Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-09-30

Constitution OF this state. and to provide
for the submission OF said Amendment
to the aualiaed voters of this State for
adoption or rejection.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, three-nfths Of all
the members of each of the two Houses
concurriug. that the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Section one of Article one,
title, elective Franchise, of the Consti-
tuition of this State, and II adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof, as here
in provided, 1t shall supersede and stand in
the place and stead of Section one of said
Article one.
SEC. l. All elections shall be by ballot,
and every male citizen OF the United states
OF the age oil twenty-one years OF up"arus'
who has been a resident oil the state ior
two years and oil tue Legislative Dlstrict
OF Baltimore Clty OF OF the county III "hicn
he may oler 10 Vote' TOT one year next
preceding the election ana Who' moreover
Is duly. registered as qualihed voter as
provided IN this Article snail DO emitted
to vote, In the ward or election district In
70 be held In this state ana In case any
county or city snail De 80 divided as 70
form portions OF Inherent electoral districts
for the election OF representatives IN Con-
gress' Senator'S Delegates OF otner omcers'
then TO entitie person 10 vote Lor su'n
oheer' he must nave Deen resident Oh
that part oil the county OF city wnicn shan
form part OF tne eiec'orai district IN
Whicn ne oners 70 Vote' Ior one year neAs
preceding Inc eiec'ioni pu' psrson "no
snail nave acquired resiuenee IN such
county or city eEtitiins MIN 70 vote at any
such election shail De emitted 10 vote III
the eiectioh district from wn'ch no remoFeu'
until ne snail nave acquired residence
In the part Oh the county OF CITY 10 Which
ne mas 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, first a person who, on the first
| 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 a male
descendant OF such last mentioned person
or third. foreign born citizen OF the
United States naturalzed between the first
day OF January in the year eighteen hun
bred and sixty-nine and the date of the
adoption OF this section of this Article OF
fourth male descendant of such last mem
toned person; or fifth: a person who, In
the presence of the officers of registration
shall, In his own handwriting, with pen and
ink, without any aid suggestion or memo
randum whatsoever. and without any ques-
ton or direction addressed to him by ans
OF the officers of registration, make appli
cation to register correctly, stating In suci
application his name age, date and place O.
birth, residence and occupation at the tim'
and for the two years next preceding. tn
name or names OF his employer or EN-
ployers, If any, at the time and for the tw'
years next preceding, and whether he ha
previously voted aud II so. the State, count!
or city and district or precinct in which h
voted last, and also the name In full of tn
President Of the United States, Of one Of tn
Justices Of the Supreme Court OF the Unite'
States of the Governor OF Maryland, OF on
OF the Judges OF the Court OF Appeals 0
Maryland ana OF the mayor OF baltimoF
City II the applicant resides In Baltimor
City or oil one OF the County Commissioner
OF the county In which the applicant resides
and any person VINO Is unable 10 comp
with the aforegolng requirements as TO max
L Ing application for registration In MS o"
handwriting, solely because he Is PHYSICAL
disabled from so DONG; or SIKH pei
son, or the husband OF person. VINO at u
I time OF his application for registratlon' IL
bona Fde owner OF real or personal proper'
In an amount OF not less tnan hVe hunnre
. dollars Is assessed therefor on the ta'
books OF the CITY OF baltimore or OF one
tho counties OF TINS state mas peen sue
owner and 30 assessed Tor Two years ne'
! preceding his application Tor registration
shall have paid ana shall produce Feceip
for the taxes on sald properly TOT SAID Nv
!. years and shall at the time oil MS appi
cation make aihdaVt before tine oncerS
registration that he Is, or that no Is
husband Of the person who Is the bona ~
y owner Of the properly 80 assessed 70 him
/. her, rs the case may be, and that he
Q. she has been such owner for two years ne
preceding his application.
g. No person not qualified under some one
- the above clauses shall be entitled to be re
istered as a qualified voter or be entitled
vote. Every written application to be re
, istered. presented 10 the officers of registr
.. ton by any person applying to be register
under the above nth clause, shall be car
,. fully preserved by said officers Of registr
J. tlon and shall be produced In any Court,
required. as hereinafter provided.
The afidavit of any applicant for reg
o. tratlon. duly made to the officers Of reg
e. tration or in Court that he, the applIcai
Is a person who was entitled TO vote on
n. before the FIRST day of January In the ye
n' eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, az afol
said. or that he has become a naturaliz
citizen Of the United states between