Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-08-06

the General Assembly of Maryland, held
in the year Of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and eight, an Act was
passed proposing an amendment 10 Sec
tion / 81 Article / Of the Constitution Il
the State, which said Act is ~ the fol
lowing words, to-wit
CHAPTER %.
AN ACT to amend Section one Of Ar
tieie one, title, Elective Franchise" Of
the Constitution Of this State, and to
provide COR the submission Of said
Amendment to the qualified voters %
this State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION /. BE it ena ted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, three-iifths !
Of all the members Of each Of the two (
Houses concurring, that the following |
section be and the same is hereby pro |
posed as an amendment to Section one
Of Article one. title. effective Fran
ohise.n Of the Constitution Of this State
and if adopted BY the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as herein provided, it
shall snpersede and stand in the place
and stead Of Section one of said Article
one.
SEC. 1. All elections shall be by bal
D u
States n tho age Of twenty-one years or
upwards. who has been resident Of the
state for two years and Of the Legisla-
tive District of Ba timore City or OF the
county in which he may offer TO vote.
for one year next preceding the election
aud who, m borrower. is duly registered as
a qualified voter as provided in this Ar
tieie. shall be entitled to vote, in the
al tab D..
sides, at all elections hereafter TO be
held in this State, and in ease any county
or city shall be so divided as to form
portions Of different electoral districts
for the election Of Representatives in
Congress, Senators, Delegates or other
officers, then to entitle person to vote
for such office, he must have been 2
resident of that part Of the county or
city which shall form part OF the cleo
toral district in which he offers 70 vot
for one year next preceding the election;
but person y no shd' have acquirrd a
residence in such county 0r city, en
titling him To vote at any such eiecti's
shall be e tit.rd tV vote Boz oLe civcba O.
dis rict from which he remove b. until he
shall b w. aeIain,d sdeure u The
part Of the con- ty or city 90 which he
has removed.
Eye,y ua.ec.l zrii-f 5. L edota e
having the a0uv presl e qualtiira |
tioss If age q sid Ae ,ia ) b en- |
titiad T.. b r-- ist.t c't SOS 10 % cn.
dusiifi d VOTE Or b H., tir.t; .4 ie g.
who. nn the fir ia IF IA ia y N
year eighteen hundred and xty-nhe or 1
prior thereto, va, enfitledtn vote uni
tile laws Of thi, state, or II aoy til
State # the t'uitad States. Wherein h
then resided or second a male de-
scendant OF such last mentioned person;
or third a foreign born citizen OF che
United States naturalized between the
first day Of January in che yea eighteet
hundred and sixtv-nine and the date OF
the adoption If this section Of tbs Arti-
Gle; or ioutth a MAZE descendant "
such last mentioned person or fifth
a person who, in the presence of the Of
hcers Of registration, shall, in his own
handwriting, with pen aud ink, without
any aid, suggestion or memorandum
whatsoever, aud without any question or /
direction addressed TO him by any OF the !
officers Of registration, make applicat on I
to register correctly, stating in such ap-
p ication his name, age, date and place
Of birth, residence and occupation at the
time auu lDF tHt Two years tHAb Hfett u
ing. the name or names of his empi yer
or employers, il any, at the time and for
the o years next preceding, aud |
whether he has pre- viously voted. and # 4
so, the State, county or city and district I
or precinct in which he voted last, and /
also the name in fuil Of the President of |
the United States, f one Of the justices
Of the Supreme Court Of this United I
States, of the Governor OF Maryland, of !
one of the Judges OF the Court Of APP |
peals of Maryland and Of the Mayor of |
Baltimore City, if the applicant resides /
in Baltimore City, or Of one Of the |
County Commissioners Of the county |
in which the applicant resides; and any |
person who is unable to comply with the /
aforegoing requirements as to making /
application for registration in his own |
handwriting, solely because he is physi- /
cally disabled from so doing or sixth [
a person, or the husband of a person, /
who at the time of his application for
registration, is a bona tide owner of real |
or personal property in an amount of |
not less than five hundred dollars, iNas- |
sessed therefor on the textbooks Of the
City of Baltimore or Of one Of the coun-
ties Of this State, has been such owner
and so asses ed Tor two years next pre-
ceding his application for registration; /
shall have paid and shall produce re-
ceipts for the taxes on said property for
said two years aud shall at the time Of I
his application make affidavit before the /
officers of registration that he is, or that /
he is the husband Of this person who is
the bona tide owner Of the property so
assessed to him or to her, as the case
may be, and that be or she has been
such owner for two years next preceding
his application.
No person not qualified under some
one of the above clauses shall be EMIT
ed to 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 in any Court, if
required, as hereinafter provided.
The affidavit Of any applicant for
registration, duly made to the officers
Of registration or in Court, that he the
applicant, is a person who was entitled
to vote on or before the first day If Jan
uary in the year eight en- hundred aud
siXty-nine, as aforesaid. or that he has
become a naturalized citizen Of the
/ United States between the first day of
January in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-nine and the date of the adpp-
ton Of this section of this Article as
aforesaid OF his affidavit upon informa.
ton and b. lief that he is a descendant
of person who was entitled to vote on