Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-31
New Advertisements.
PROCLAIM ALTON


WHEREAS Al the January sion of the
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General Assembly OF MaTyldh"' helu III lIc
wear of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred
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ana eISHt, an ACt was PtSSth PlOP'9iiS an
amendment tO Section | of Article of the
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constitution Oh 'le ot"te' "ilI'h Sal' A'' 10
i'm tine following words to wit.
fHfPTER 20.
AN ACT to amend Section one of Article
,
one, title, Effective FRANCHISE, OF the
C,rstitrtio,, of this State and tO nroyide
tor the SUBMISSION OF Salu Amendment 10
thauuaIifiad voters of this State for adon-
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ton or relecuoh.
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SECllON /. bt I" '""cteu ~ W.t re'''"'", ~
~ StnbiY 81 -H"rytd"d, Wrte.hfWS 81 q" me
members IF each ot tue t"0 Houses c0hrHrri"g,
That fine following section be and the same
is bernh,, nr0uoSed as an amendment to
20 fiGl It;l vs. 80 ~ ..IrInt;,.
I,i; 81 LaCnn.t;tntin,o Of tI,is Statn
fTahchlsc, Oh 'iIe ColSli'"Cipho vi IlllS 2tH'c
and II adopted by the legal ana Qiaillleu
voters thereof as herein provided, it shall
supersede and stand in the place and stead
Of Sortinn ono of said Article one
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SEC l. All elections shall be by ballot and
every male citizen of the l'nitcd States of the
aye of twrnty-Onc years or upwards, who has
been a resident of the State for two years and
of the Legislative District of Baltimore City or
of thc county in which he may offer to vote,
for one wear next preceding the election, and
who, moreover, is duly registered as a quail
fled voter aS provided in this Article, shall he
entitled to vote, in the ward or election dis
trict in which he resides, at all elections here
after to he held in this state and in case any
county or city shall be divided as to form
purti0ns of different electoral districts for the
election of REPRESENTATIVES, in Congress, SCna
tors Delegates. or other officers, then to emit
tie il person to vote for such officer, he must
have been IA resident of that part of the county
or city which shall form il part of the electoral
district in which he offers to vote for one year
next preceding the election but IL person who
shall have arullired "A residence i'm sIlch count V
or city, emitting him to vote at any such clcc-
ton Shall be entitled to vote in the election
district from which he removed, until he shall
have acquired IA residence in the part of the
county or city to which he has removed.
Every male citizen of the lnitcd States hav
ing the above prescribed qualifications of age
and residence Shall be entitled to be registered
So rs To become n qualified voter if he be- first =:
"A person who on the first day of January, in the
year eighteen hundred and SiXty-niuc, or prior
thereto was entitled to vote under the laws of
this state. or of any other State of the United
States wherein he then resided or second: Il
male descendant of such last mentioned per
son or third: a foreign born citizen of the
I'nitcd States naturaliIcd bet wccn 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; or fourth Il male de
sccudant of such last mentioned person or
fifth: Il person who in the presence of the OH
GERS of registration, shall in his own hand
writing with prn and ink. without any aid.
SUGGESTION or memorandum whatsoever and
without any question or direction addressed to
him hv any of the officers of registrations make
application to register correctly stating in
SIIch applicatiOn his name age date and place
of birth residence and occupation at the time
and for the two years ne xt preceding the name
or names of his cmplOycr or EMPLOYERS if auy
mt the time and for the two wears next proceed
Ing, and whether he has previously voted and
if so, the State county or city and district or
precinct in which ne voted last and also the
name in fun 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 Court of
AppcaS of MARYLAND and Of the Mayor of Bal
tiiuorc Citv if the applicant resides in I}alti
more civ, or of one Of the comfy Commis
Sinnrrs Of the county i'm which the ambient
resides and any person who is unahIr 70 com
| NV with the nforcpoinr rrnIirrmcnts ms ia
| making application for REGISTRATION in his own
| HANDWRITING, solely because he is physically
disabled from So doing or Siyth =: "A nrrson a,
| fine husband of n person who nj thp time of his
nnniirntnn for roo ist ration il a bnnn t,n ,,,,,r
or IF real or ncrs6nnI nrnnnrtv in an amount nt
| NOT less than five hundrrd dollars is assessed
| therefor ON the tax-bOoks of the CITY of BlIti
,,,ro ar Of ono Of thn o,intinS Of tI,iS Statn b,
h"mn s,rh nrnnrand 40 ,sSnSsoh fnr Two ,.,n,',
nryt nrc"rdinT his anplirntiGn for rr~iSt ,t"n
| shall have paid ana shall nrndurc rereimts fn,
| thr tnyrs IN said nronrrty for said two ,nnrs
| md shall nt rho tiinr IF his ,nnIiratinn Inal.S
ntndavit before the nt,iccrs of rcgistratinn thn,
~" is nc tbnt hn il tht h,'Shand ~ no n rl,I'
,,b,, l. tLn I,nn ~, ,r,,n, - 10 ,,,.,,,,r, :, ~,
! assessed tn him mr. IN nor ne The case n,r! hr
| mi th,t he ar she has hnnn s,Ich nwnnr tn,
| two wears next preceding his appIication.
| NJ nnrsnn MOI nnnIitird indrr some ono M
| thr nhnyr clauses Shall he entitled tn he rr,ris
tered s 3, Qualified vntrr mr. he entitled tn ,,Ttn
| Every written app,iration 70 he rrristcrrd
nrrsGntrd to thr 1t'rrrs Of rn"istrntinn Inv. an,
! nrrson annIyiuu To- he rrgiStrrrd IIndGr RI,
| above tiTth clause shall me carefully nrrSrrvmt
h, s,iI ntfrrrs If rn,r.tr,tinn ana Sbiil nv, NO
| diIccd in any Court if rnnuired rs h"rninatft",
| nroyidrd
| 'Thr ntHda,.it nf any. ,npIir,ut for royi.tr,
tinn duly made IN h. ntiirrrs nf reyistr,tion -,
| in Court that he rho nnnIirnut is - nnrSnn ,rh,