Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-08-12

/ preceding his application for registration
shall have paid and shall produce receipts
for the taxes On said property for said two
years and shall nc the time % his april
cation make afadavit before thu officers oi
registration that he Is. or that he Is the
husband Of the person VITO Is the bona ads
owner Of the property 20 assessed TO him or
her. as the case may be. and that he OF
she has been such owns for two years next
preceding his applicable.
| No person not qualified under some one of
the above clauses shall be entitled 10 be reg
istered rs . qualified voter or be entitled TO
vote. Every written application % be reg
istered. presented 10 the ofscers OF registra-
ton by any persen applying TO be registered
under the above Attn clause. shall be care
fully preserved by said officers OF registra-
ton and shall be produced In any Court. II
required rs hereinafter provided
The affidayit Of any applicant for regis
tration. duly made TO the ofhcers Of regis
tration or in Court that he. the applicant.
| Is q person Who was entitled TO vote on or
before the arst day Of January I'm the year
eighteen hundred and sixty nine, as afore-
| said. or that he has become q naturalized
| citizen OF the United States between the
nrst day OF January In the year eighteen
| hundred and sixty-nine and the date Of the
adoption Of this section Of this Article a.
aforesaid. or his afidayit upon information
and belief that he II q descendant OF n per
! son who was entitled TO vote on or before
the nrst day Of January In the year eighteen
hundred and sixty -nine. kr that he Is n
descendant of n person Who has become
n 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 adoption Of this section OF this
Article. shall be priBa facie evidence Of any
Of said facts 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 Is pun
! ished by the laws OF this State.
Any person who feels aggrieved by the
action OF any board Of officers of registra-
ton In refusing TO register him as a quail
ned voter. or In registering any dIsQuaII-
fed person. may at any time. either before
or after the last session OF the board~of
officers OF registration. but not later than
the Tuesday next preceding the election. file
petition. verified by afadavit, in the Cir
cult Court for the county In which the
cause of complaint arises. or. 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 10 have the action
OF the board OF officers OF registration cor
rected. The court shall forthwith set the
petition for hearing and direct summons 70
be issued requiring the board OF ofncers OF
registration complained against in said peti-
ton 70 attend at the hearing In person or
BY counsel. and where the object OF the
petition fs to strike OF the name Of any
person. summons shall also bs issued for
such person. which shaii b served by the
sherin 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 II 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
NTH clause OF this section was or was
not entitled TO be registered under said
NTH 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 he presented himself for registra-
ton TO said board Of officers OF registration
and upon said writes application the court
shall determine whether or not said person
when he presented himself for registration
complied with the requirements OF said nfth
clause; and IL the court shall determine
that said written application. so 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 upon
the books OF registry In question, then the
court shall order said person to be regis
tered rs qualified voter. but IL the court
shall determine that said written applica-
ton OF said person failed TO comply with
the requirements of said hfth 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
order that said person shall not be regis
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-
moVaI: exception may be taken TO any ruI-
Ing of the court at the hearing OF said
cases and an appeal shall be allowed to the
Court OF Appeals 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. rs 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 the aforego-
ing section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution Of this State shall
be at the next General Election for mem
Ders OF the General Assembly to be held I'm
this State. submitted to the legal and quail
ned voters thereof for their adoption or re-
tanned 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. and upon each ballot there
shall be printed the words For the Consti-
tutional Amendment" and Against the
Constitutional Amendment" rs nov pre-
scrlbed by law. and Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made 70 the
Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed amendment rs directed by the
said Article XIV Of the Constitution.
Approved February Is. 1908.
NOW. THEREFORE,. I. AUSTIN l..
cRoTHERs, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
oR%xxHfzElD. In pursuance Of the pro-
- - Etion I, Of Article IL Of the
coss.tstsfss4 Of the State Of Maryland do
hereby order and direct that q copy Of said
Act proposing an amendment To Section 1
Of Article OF the Constitution Of said
State. be published In At Iaaa, .wn nm.