Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-07-30

or that he is a descendant of a perSO
who has become a naturalized citizen {
the United States between the first da
Of January in the year eighteen hun Ore
and sixty-nine and the date Of the adoy
tion Of this section Of this Article, shal
be prima facie evidence Of any Of sal
facts so sworn to.
Il A wilfully false state ment upon tn
part Of any application for registration
in relation to any of the matters afore
aid shall be perjury, and punishable a
perjury is punished by the laws q
this state.
Any person who feels aggrieved b.
the action Of any board OF officers o
/ registration In refusing to register hit
| as a qualified voter, or in registerin
any disqualified person, may at any time
either before or after the last session o
the board Of officers Of registration, bu
not later than the Tuesday next proceed
ing the election, file a petition, verifiel
by affidavit, in the Circuit Court for thu
county In which the cause Of complaint
arises, or, II the cause Of complain
arises in Baltimore City in any court o
common law Jurisdiction in said city
setting forth the grounds of his applica
tion and asking to have the action o
the board Of officers II registration cor
rected, The court shall forthwith sci
the petition for hearing aud direct sum
mons to be issued requiring thea board
of officers Of registration complained
against Ia said petition t. attend at the
aearing 10 patson or by COUNSEL. and
whera the object of the petition IS t.
strike of the name II any person. sum.
mons sha also be issued for such per.
son, which shall be served by the sheriff
within the time therein designated aud
said several courts shall have full juris.
dictlon and power to review the action
II any board If officers Of registration
aud to grant or withhold as it may deem
awful aud proper, the relief prayed for
in the premises.
In d. termining whether any person
VIII arp led TO be registered under the
alb We fifth clause was or was not en-
ltled to be registered under said fifth
lau>e, the court shall equire the board
# officers Of registration complained
against to pr, duce the written applica-
ton prepared and submitted by such
person at the time he presented himself
for registration TO said board Of officers
of registration, and upon said written
DUPLICATION the court shall determine
whether or not said person, when he
presented himself for registration, com
piled with the requirements OF said fifth
clause; aad il thu Court shall determine
that said written application, SO prepar-
ed and submitted BY said person, COM
piled with the requirements of said fifth
clause, and that said person was not dis
qualified under any other provision of
this Article Of the Constitution to be
registered upon the books Of registry in
question, then the Court shall orde said
person to be registered as a qualified
voter, but ii the court shall determine
that said written application Of said per.
son failed to comply with the r. quire-
ments of said fifth clause, or that said
person was in any other respect under
his Article Of the Constitution disqual-
fled to be registered upon the books of
egiStry in question, then the court shall |
rider that said person shall not be reg |
stored upon said books Vt registry.
The court may enforce any order by
for contempt in said cases
neither party shall have any right Of re-
moval exception may be taken to any
ruling of the court at the hearing of said
the Cou Of Appeals as in other cases l
all such appeals shall be taken within
i've days from the date Of the decision
complained of, and shall be heard and
decided by the Court of Appeals upon
the original papers, or otherwise, as the
Court Of Appeals may by rule prescribe,
as soon as may be practicable.
The General Assembly shall have pow
or to provide more fully by legislation
not inconsistent with this section of this
Article, for the hearing and determine
tion Of all such cases.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the afore-
going section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of tins
State shall be at the next General Flee
ton for members of the General Assem-
uiy to be held in this State, submitted to
the legal aud qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection. in pursuance
If the directions contained "a Article
XIV OF the Constitution of this Stats,
aud az said general eection the vote on
the said proposed amendment shall be
by ballot, AID upon each ballot there
shall b. printed the words Fer he Con
stitutiona Amsadment" and Against
the Constitutional Amendment as now
prescribed by law, and Immediately af-
ter said ecti N due returns shall be
made to the Governor of the vote fol
and against said proposed amendment
as directed by the said Article XIV OF
the Constitution.
Approved February %, 1908.
NOW, THEREFORE, l, AUSTIN L.
CROrHERS. GOVERNOR OF III +
STATE OF MARYLAND, in pursuance
Of the provisions If Section l, of Article
IA Of the Constitution Of the State ol
Mary land, do hereby order and direct
that a copy of said Act proposing al
amendment to Seetioa l Of Article l Of
the Constitution of said State, be pub
lished in at least two newspapers il
ca b of the counties of the State and il
three newspapers in the City of Balti
more, one of which shall be published il
the German language, once a week fol
at least three months preceding the mex
General Election, which election will b.
held on NOvSlnber 2nd, 1899, at which
election the said proposed amendment
shalt be submittedSin the form and Eian
ner prescribed by theGeneral Assembly
to the legal aud qualified voters o. tn
State for their adoption OK rejection.
GIVEN under my hand ant
the Great Seal of>Jhe Stat
\ SEAL of Maryland. Done>,at TIN
~ City of Annapolis, TINS is
day of July, one thnuSS0.
niIe hundred aud nine.
AUSTIN l.. CROTH Frs
BY the Gos~nor
n. WI1eLOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary of State.