Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-10-07

Constitution OF this State, and 10 provide
for the submission of said Amendment
TO the qualified voters OF this State for
adoption or rejection.
SECTION /. Be It enacted BY the General
Assembly of Maryland. three-nfths OF all
the members Of each Of the two Houses
concurring. that the following section be
and the same Ia 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. It shall supersede and stand In
the place and stead of Section one Of said
Article one.
sEc. /. All elections shap be BY ballot
and every male citizen Of tho 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
he 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 bs entitled
to vote. In the ward or election district In
which he resides. at all elections hereafter
20 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 onaceFs.
then to entitle a person to vote for such
officer. he must have been q resident OF
that part of the county or city which shall
form q part of the electoral district In
which he offers to vote, for one year next
preceding the election; but q person who
shall have acquired residence In such
county or city, emitting him to vote at any
such election. shall be entitled 70 vote In
the election district from which he removed,
until he shall have acquired q 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 Quailncations
OF age and residence shall be entitled to be
registered 80 as to become q qualified voter
IL he be. first: q person who. on the nrst
day Of January In the year eighteen hum
dred 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 q male
descendant Of such last mentioned person !;
or third foreign born citizen Of the
United States naturalized between the arst
day OF January In the year eighteen hum
dred and sixty-nine and the date of the
adoption Of this section Of this Article; or
fourth male descendant Of such last men,
toned person; or nth: q 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-
tion or direction addressed to him by any
OF the oihcers OF registration, make appli-
| cation 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 en-
ployers. II any. at the time and for the two
years next preceding. and whether he has
previously voted, and II 50. 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 statea. 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 Court Of Appeals OF
Maryland and Of the Mayor Of Baltimore
City, II the applicant resides in Baltimore
City, or Of one Of the County Commissioners
Of the county In which the applicant resides |;
and any person who Is unable to comply
with the aforegoing requirements ~ 10 max
| ing application for registration In his own
handwriting. solely because he IL physically
disabled from so doing; or sixth; a per-
son. or the husband Of q person, who at the
time Of his application for registration, is q
bona tide owner Of real or personal property
In an amount Of not less than ave hundred
dollars. 10 assessed therefor on the tag
books Of the City Of Baltimore or OF one OF
the counties Of this State, has been such
owner and 30 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 afidavit before the oAacers of
I, registration that he Ia, or that no IL the
husband Of the person who IL the bono ads
owner Of the property 80 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
istered as q qualified voter or be entitled to
vote. Every written application to DO reg
istered. presented to the officers OF rsgistra-
tion BY any person applying to be registered
uncar the above fifth clause. shall be care
fully preserved By said officers Of registra-
tion and shall DO produced In any Court, II
required. as hereinafter provided.
The afidavit OF any applicant for regis
tration, duly made to the officers 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 In the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, Is afors-
said. or that he has become . naturaIized
citizen Of tho United States between the
nrst day Of January in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-nins and the date Of the
adoption Of this section Of this Article, as
aforesaid, or his afidavit upon Information
and belief that he IL a descendant OF q per-
son who was entitled to vote on or before
the nrst day Of January in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine, or that he IL q
descendant Of o person who has become
Q naturalized citizen Of the United States
between the iirst 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 prtnla JGcie evidence Of any
Of said facts 30 sworn 70.
A wilfulIy false statement Upon the part
Of any applicant for registration In relation
to any Of the matters aforesaid shall be
perjury, and punishable a. perjury 10 pun
ished By the laws OF this State
Any person who feels aggrieved BY the
action Of any board Of oiieers Of registra-
tion IN refusing 10 register him a. q quaii-
ned voter. or 10 registering any disquali-
fed person. may at any time. either before
or after the last session OF the board OF
officers Of registration, but not later than