Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-09-09

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Constitution OF this State and to provide
for the submission OF said Amendment
to the qualified voters OF this state for
adoption or rejection.
SECTION i. Be II enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland. three-ifths OF all
the members OF each Of the two Houses
concurilng, that the following section DO
and the Same Is hereby proposed as an
amendment TO Section one Of Article one.
title. effective franchise. OF the consti-
tuition Of this State. and II adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
In provided, II shal. supersede and stand In
the place and stead of Section one OF said
! Article one.
SEC. /. All elections shall be by ballot,
| and every male citizen OF the United States
OF the age Of twenty-one years or upwards.
who has been resident OF the State for
two years and of the Legislative District
OF Baltimore City or OF the county in which
no may offer TO vote. for one year next
preceding the election, and who, moreover.
is duly registered as a qualified voter as
provided In this Article. shall be entitled
to vote, in the ward or election district In
which he resides, at all elections hereafter
70 be held in this State. and in case any
county or city shall be so divided as to
form portions OF different electoral districts
for the election Of Representatives In Con-
gress. Senators. Delegates or other otficers.
l-then to entitle person to vote for such
officer, he must have been a resident OF
that part Of the county or city which shall
form a part OF the electoral district In
which he offers to vote. for one year next
preceding the election; but a person who
shall have acquired a residence In such
county or city. emitting him 10 vote at any
such election, shall be entitled to vote In
the election district from which he removed,
until no shall hars acquired residence
In the part OF the county or city to which
he has removed.
Every male citizen Of the United States
having the above prescribed qualifications
OF age and residence shall be entitled to be
registered SO as to become qualified voter
II he be, frst person who, on the frst
day OF January in the year eighteen hun
bred and sixty-nine, or prior thereto, was
entitled To vote under the laws Of this State
or any other State Of the United States
wherein he then resided; or second: male
descendant OF such last mentioned person
or third a foreign born citizen Of thu
: United States naturalzed between the hrsl
day OF January in the year eighteen hun.
3 bred and sixty-nine and the date OF thi
adoption OF this section OF this Article; Of
fourth: a male descendant Of such last men
toned person or nfth: person who. II
the presence OF the officers Of registration
shall, In his own handwriting with pen ant
ink, without any aid, suggestion or memo
randum whatsoever, and without any CUES
ton or direction addressed to him by am
OF the officers of registration. make appli
cation to register correctly, stating In sucl
application his name, age. date and place o
birth, residence and occupation at the tim
aud for the two years next preceding. tn
name or names OF his employer or EN-
ployers, IL any, at the time and fgg the w.
years next preceding. and whetksr he ha
previously voted, and II no, the state. count
or city and district or precinct in which b
voted last, and also the name In full Of tn
President OF the United States. Of one Of Ii
Justices OF the Supreme Court Of the Unite
3 States, OF the Governor Of Maryland, Of on
o OF the Judges OF the Court Of Appeals {
v Maryland and OF the Mayor Of Baltimor
!. City, II the applicant resides In Baltimor
4 City, or Of one Of the County Commissioner
!, OF the county In which tho applicant resides
ana any person WHO II uhuDio " tohPi
, with the aforegoing requirements as to mai
ing application for registration In his ow
D. handwriting, solely because he is PHYSICAL
disabled from 50 doing; or sixth: q pol
Is son, or the husband Of a person, who at u
y time Of his application for registration, is
bono fde owner Of real or personal properl
In an amount OF not less than I'VE hundr'
dollars, Is assessed therefor on the Ia,
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II tho counties OF this State. has been sue
v, owner and 10 assessed for two years me-
10 preceding his application for registration
i'd shall bRve paid and shall produce receip
ID for the taycs on said property for said "
years and shall at the time Of his appl
cation make affidavit before the officers
registration that he Is, or that no is u
husband OF the person who Is the bona n
W owner Of the property 30 assessed TO him
o. her, a. the case may be, and that be
Dr. abe has been such owner for two years ne
m preceding his application.
&. No person not qualified under some one
IS. the A clauses shall DO entitled TO be 70
Il. istered as a qualified voter or be entitled
vote. Every written application 70 b re
istered, presented 10 the officers Of regIstr
- tion BY any person applying to be register
- under the above Hfth clause. shall be cal
n fully preserved by said ofIicers Of registr
q tion and shall be produced In any Court
u required, as hereinafter provided.
"A The afadAyit Of any applicant ie- reg
trRtion, duly made 10 the officers Of reg
tration or in Court, that be, the applicai
n Is a person who was entitled to vote on
before the nrst day Of January In the ~
eighteen hundred and slxty-nine, az afoI