Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-10-14


books of the City of Baltimore or Of one of
the counties Of this State. has been such
owner and so assessed for two years next
preceding his application for registration
shall have paid and shall produce receipts
for the taxes on said property for said two
years and shall at the time OF his appli-
cation make afidavlt before the officers OF
registration that he is, or that no is the
husband Of the person who is the bona Hde
owner Of the property SO assessed to him or
her, as the case may be, and that he 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 entitled to be reg
istored as q qualified voter or be entitled to
vote. Every written application to be reg
istered. presented to the officers OF reglstra-
tion by any person applying to be registered
under the above hfth clause, shall be care
fully preserved by said officers OF registra-
ton and shall be produced In any Court, II
required. as hereinafter provided.
The afidavit OF any applicant for regis
tratiou. duly made to the officers Of regis
tration or In Court that he. the applicant,
is a person who was entitled to vote on or
before the first day of January In the year
eighteen hundred and sixty mine, as afore-
said. or that he has become a naturalised
citizen of the United States between the
nrst day of January in the year eighteen
hundred and slxty-nine and the date Of the
adoption of this section of this Article, as
aforesaid. or his affidavit upon Information
and belief that he is descendant OF a per-
son who was entitled to vote on or before
the hrst day Of January In the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine. or that he Is q
descendant Of person who has become
naturalized citizen of the United States
between the FIRST day Of January In the year
eighteen hundred and sixty mine and the
date Of the adoption of this section Of this
Article. shall be prima facie evidence Of any
Of said facts SO sworn TO.
wilfully false statement upon the part
Of any applicant for registration In relation
to any Of the matters aforesaid shall be
perjury, and punishable as perjury ia pun
ished by the laws Of this State.
Amy person who feels aggrleved by the
action Of any board of officers Of reglstra-
tion in refusing to register him as a quail
fed voter, or in registering any disquall-
fed person, may at any time. either before
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officers OF registration. but not later than
the Tuesday next preceding the election, file
petition, verified by afidayit, In the Cir
cult Court for the county In which the
cause Of complaint arises, o.. II the cause
Of complaint arises In Baltimore City, In
any court Of common law Jurisdiction in
said city, setting forth the grounds Of his
application and asking to have the action
of the board OF officers OF registration cor
rected, The court shall forthwith SGT the
petition for hearing and direct summons to
be issued requiring the board OF officers Of
registration complained against In said petit
ton to attend at the hearing in person or
by counsel. and where the object OF the
petition Is to strike Of the name Of any
person, summons AhAll also ba issusd for
such person. which shall he served By the
sheriff within the time therein designated |;
and said several courts shall have full juris-
diction and power TO review the action Of
any board OF officers Of registration and TO
grant or withhold, as 1t may deem lawful
and proper. the relief prayed for in the
promises.
In determining whether any person who
applied to be registered under the above
nfth clause Of this section was OF was
not entitled to be registered under said
afth clause, the court shall require the
board of officers OF registration complained
against to produce the written application
prepared and submitted by such person at
the time no presented himself for registra-
ton to said board Of officers Of registration.
aud upon said written application the court
shall determine whether or not said person,
when he presented himself for registration.
complied with the requirements Of said ffth
clause; and II the court shall determine
that said written application, 80 prepared
and submitted by said person, complied
with the requirements OF said NTH clause,
and that said person was not disqualified
under any other provision OF this Article
OF the Constitution to be registered SRlpon
the books OF registry In question, then the
court shall order said person TO be regis
tered as n qualified voter, but IL the court
shall determine that said written applica-
tion Of said person failed to comply with
the requirements OF said nth clause, or
that said person was In any other respect
under this Article of the Constitution dis
qualified to be registered upon the books OF
registry in question. then the court shall
tered upon said books OF registry.
The court may enforce any order by at
tachment for contempt In said cases
neither party shall have any right OF re-
moyal; exception may be taken 10 any rul-
ing OF the court at the hearing Of said
cases and an appeal shall be allowed 10 the
Court OF Appeals as in other cases ; all
such appeals shall be taken within Ave days
from the date of the decision complained OF,
and shall be heard and decided by the
Court OF Appeals upon the original papers,
or otherwise, as the Court Of Appeals may
by rule prescribe, as soon AS may be prac-
ticable.
The General Assembly shall have power
to provide more fully by legislation not
inconsistent with this section OF this Article,
for the hearing and determination OF all
such cases.
SEC. 2. And be It further enacted BY
the authority aforesaid, That tho aforego-
ing section hereby proposed as an amend
ment TO the Constitution Of this State shall
be at the next General Election for mem
bers Of the General Assembly to be held in
this State, submitted 70 the legal and quail
fed voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection. In pursuance Of the directions con-
talned In Article XIV OF the Constitution Of
this State. and at said general election tho
vote on the said proposed amendment shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there
shall DO printed the words FOR the COnsti-
tutional Amendment" and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" az now pre-
scribed by law, and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made TO the
Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed amendment, as directed by the
said Article XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved February rs, 1908.
NOW, THEREFORE,, 1, AUSTIN L.