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any aid. suggestion or memorandum whatsoever,
TO him by any of the officers of registration,
make application to register correctly, stating
in such application his name. age, date and place
of birth, residence and occupation at the time
and for the two years next preceding, the name
or names of his employer or employers, If any,
at the time and for the two years next preced,
ing, and whether he has previously voted, and
il SO, the State. county or city and district or
precinct in which he voted last, and also the
name in full of the President of the United
States, of one of the Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States, of the Governor
of Maryland, of one of the Judges of the
Mayor of Baltimore City, if the applicant resides
in Baltimore City, or of one of the County Com
missioners of the county in which the applicant
resides; and any person who is unable to COM
ply with the aforegoing requirements as to max
ing application for registration in his own hand
writing, solely because he is physically disabled
from so doing; or sixth: a person, or the hus-
band of person, who at the time of his applica-
Jion for registration, is bona tide owner of real
or personal property in an amount of not less
than five hundred dollars, is assessed therefor
on the taxbooks 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 pre-
ceding 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 application make affidavit
before the officers of registration that he is, or
that he is the husband of the person who is the
bona tide owner of the property so assessed to
him or to her, as the case may be, and that he or
she has been such owner for two years ne xt pre-
cedng his application.
No person not qualified under some one of the
above clauses shall be entitled to be registered
as qualified voter or be entitled to vote. Every
written application to be registered, presented
to the officers of registration by any person ap-
plying to be registered under the above fifth
clause, shall be carefully preserved by said Off
GERS of registration and shall be produced in any
Court if required, as hereinafter provided.
10 off a ncicf cfroff
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 of
January, in the year eighteen hundred and
sixty nine, as aforesaid, or that he has become
a naturalized citizen of the United States be-
tween the first day of January, in the year eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-nine, and the date of the
adoption of this Article, as aforesaid, or his af-
davit upon information and belief that he is a
descendant of a person who was entitled to vote
on or before the first day of January in the year
eighteen hundred and sixty mine, or that he Is a
descendant of a person who has become natur-
allied citizen of the United States between the
first day of January, in the year eighteen hum
dred and sixty-nine, and the date of the adOp-
ton of this section of this article, shall be pd
fdcie 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 is punished by the laws of
Any person who feels aggrieved by the action
of any board of officers of registration in refus-
ing to register him as qualified voter, or in
registering any disqualified 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 affidavit in the Circuit
Court for the county in which the cause of COM
plant arises or, if the of complaint arises
in Baltimore City, in any court of common laws
jurisdiction in said city, setting forth the
grounds of his application and asking to have
the action of the board of ofHcers of registration
corrected. The court shall forthwith set the
petition for hearing and direct summons to be
tion complained against in said petition to at
tend 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 shall also be
issued for such person, which shall be served by
the Sheriff within the time therein designated
and said several courts shall have full jurisdic-
tion and power to review the action of any board
of officers of registration and to grant or with
hold, as it may deem lawful and proper, the re-
| lief prayed for in the premises.
In determining whether any person who ap
| piled to be registered under the above fiftt
clause of this section was or was not entitled tt
! be registered under said fifth clause, the cour
shall require the board of officers of registration
| complained against to produce the written ap
| plication prepared and submitted by such per
| son at the time he presented himself for regis
tration to said board of officers of registration
and upon said written application the court shal
determine whether or not said person, when h'
| presented himself for registration, complied
! with the requirements of said fifth clause anC
if the court shall determine that said written ap
with tbe of SAID
|
| clause, and that said person was not disqualified
under any other provision of this Article of the
Constitution to be registered upon the books o.
registry in question, then the Court shall ordel
said person TO be registered as qualified voter
but if the Court shall determine that said writ
ten application of said person failed to comply
with the requirements of said fifth clause, Of
that said person was in any other respect undel
this Article of the Constitution disqualified tt
be registered upon the books of registry in Ques
tion, then the court shall order that said person
shall not be registered upon said books o.
registry.
The court may enforce any order by attach
ment for contempt in said cases neither party
shall have any right of removal; exception NAL
| be taken to any ruling of the court at the hear
| ing of said cases and an appeal shall be allowed
to the Court of Appeals as in other cases; al
| such appeals shall be taken within five day
from the date of the decision complained OF, ant
shall be heard and decided by the Court of Ap
peals upon the original papers, or otherwise, al
| the Court of Appeals may by rule prescribe. al
soon as may be practicable.
The General Assembly shall have power tx
provide more fully by legislation not inconsis
| tent with this section of this Article, for tht
hearing and determination of all such cases,
| SEC 2. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That the af0reg0ing section
| hereby proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution of this State shall be at the next Gen
eral Election for members of the General AS
sembly to be held in this State, submitted to the
! legal and qualified voters thereof for their adop
contained in Article XIV of the Constitution Of
this State, and at said general election the vote
on the said proposed amendment shall be DI
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be prin
ted the words For the Constitutional Amend
ment'' and against the Constitutional Amend
! ment" as now prescribed by law, and immedi
| atey after said election due returns shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and agains
| said proposed amendment, as directed by the
| said Article XIV of the Constitution.
Approved February 25, 1908.
| Now, therefore, /. Austin l.. Crothers, Cover
nor of the State of Maryland, in pursuance Of
the provisions of Section l, of Article II of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland, do here
by order and direct that copy of said Act pro
posing an amendment to Section of Article Of
| the Constitution of said State, be published IL
| at least two newspapers in each of the counties
| of the State and in three newspapers in the City
! of Baltimore, one of which shall be published In
| the German language, once a week for at leas
| three months preceding the next General Elec
| tion, which election will be held on November
! I'd, 1909, at which election the said proposed
amendment shall be submitted. in the form and
| manner prescribed by the General Assembly, tt
| the legal and qualified voters of the State fol
| their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great Sea
| 49, of the State of Maryland. Done at the
| 3sEAL ICity of Annapolis, this first day o.
| (o-l July, one thousand nine hundred ant
nine. AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
N. WINSLOW WILLIAMS
Secretary of State.
| e~The polls will be opened at O'Clock A. NJ
| and closed at o'clock p. NJ.