Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-10-29

ne Is the husband OF the person who is
the bona fide owner Of the property SO
assessed to him or to her, as the case
may be, and that he or she has beeu
such owner for two years mex preceding
his application.
No person not qualified under some
one of the above clauses shall be eatitl-
ed 70 be registered as a qualified voter
or be entitled to vote. Every written
application to be registered, presented to
the officers Of registration by any person
applying to be registered under the
above fifth clause. shall be carefully
preserved by said officers Of registration
and shall be produced Ia any Court, II
required. as hereinafter provided
The affidavit Of any applicant for
registration, duly made to tn officers
of registration or in Court, that he. the
appli ant, is person who was entitled
to vote on or before the first day Of Jan
uary in the year eighteen hundred and
| sixty nine, as aforesaid or that he has
become a uaturalized citizen Of the
| United States between the first day Of
January in the year eighteen hundred
and sixtv-nine and the date Of the adop-
tion Of this section of this Article, as
aforesaid, or his affidavit upon informa-
ton and belief that he is a descendant
of person who was entitled tn vote on
or before the first day Of January in the
year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,
or that he is a descendant Of a person
who has become a naturalized citizen Of
the United States between the first dly
of January ia the year eighteen hundred
and sixty and the date OF the adop-
ton of this section Of this Article, shall
be prima facie evidence Of any of said
facts so sworn to.
A wilfully false statement upon the
part Of any application for registration
in relation to any of the matters afore-
said shall be perjury, and punishable as
perjury is punished by the laws Of this
State.
Any person who feels aggrieved BY
the action Of any board of officers of
registration in refusing to register him
as a qualified voter, or in registering
any disqualified person, may at any time.
either before or after the last session of
I the board Of officers of registration. but
not later than the Tuesday next proceed
ing the election. file a petition, verified
/ by affidavit, in the Circuit Court for the
county in which the cause Of complaint
arises, or, if the cause Of complaint
arises in Baltimore City ir any court If
common law jurisdiction in said city,
setting forth the grounds Of his applica-
| ton and asking to have the action Of
the board Of officers Of registration cor
rected. The court shall forthwith set
/ the petition for hearing and direct sum
mons to be issued requiring the beard
Of officers Of registration complained
against in said petition to attend at the
! hearing in person or by COUNSEL, and
where the object Of the petition is to
strike off the name Of any person, sum
mons shall also be issued for such per-
sln, which shall be served by the sheriff
within the time therein designated and
said several courts shall have full iuris-
diction and power to review the action
of any board of off ers of registration
and to grant or withhold, as it may deem
lawful and proper, the relief prayed for
in the premises.
In determining whether any person
who applied to be registered under the
above fifth clause was or was not en-
/ titled to be registered under said fifth
clause, the court shall require the board
of officers of registration complained
against to produce the written applica-
4 ton prepared and submitted by such
person at the time he presented himself
| for registration to said board OF officers
Of registration, and upon said written
application the court shall determine
whether or not said person, when he
4 presented himself for registration, com
piled with the requirements of said fifth
clause and if the Court shall determine
that said written application, SO prepar-
ed and submitted by said person, com
piled with the requirements of said fifth
clause, and that said person was not dis
qualified under any other provision of
this Article Of the Constitution to be
registered upon the books Of registry in
question, then the Court shall order said
person to be registered as a qualified
voter, but if the court shall determine
that said written application of said per-
son failed to comply with the require
ments of said fifth c ause, or that said
person was in any other respect under
this Article Of the Constitution disqual-
| flied to be registered upon the books of
registry in question, that the court shall
order that said person shall not be reg
istered upon said books Of registry.
The court may enforce any order by
alta hment for contempt in said cases /;
neither party shall have any right of re-
moval exception may be taken to any
ruling Of the court at the hearing Of said
eases and an appeal shall be allowed to
/ the Court Of Appeals as in other cases /;
all such appeals shall be taken within
/ five days from the date of the decision
complained Of, and shall be heard ard
decided by the Court OF appeals upon
the original papers, or otherwise, as the
Court Of Appeals may be rule prescribe,
as soon as may by practicable.
The General Assembly shall have pow
er to provide more fully by legislation
not inconsistent with this section Of this
article, for the hearing and determine
ton Of all such eases.
/ SEC ? And be it further enacted b
the authority aforesaid, That the afore-
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution Of this
State shall be at the next General Flee
ton for members If the General Assem-
/ bly, to be held in this State. submitte to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection. in pursuance
of the directio 5 cbntained in Article
/ XIV of the Constitution Of this State
and at said general election the vote on
the said proposed amendment shall be
| by ballot, ard upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words "For he Con
| stitutional Amendment and Against
the Constitutional Amendment' as now
prescribed by law, and Immediately af-
ter said election due returns shall be
made by the Governor Of the vote. for
and against said proposed amend ment,
as directed by the said Article XIV Of
the Constitution.
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.
AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
JOHN f. STON &. Pres.