The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
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AN ACT to amend Section one of Art
Gle one, title, Elective Franchise" of
the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said
Amendment 10 the qualified voters of
this State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION l. Be il enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, three
ffths Of all the members Of each of the
two Houses concurriug, that the follow
ing section be and the same hereby
proposed as an amendment to Section
one of Article one, title, "fEleetive
Franchise, Of the Constitution Of this
State, and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, as herein pro-
vided, it shall supersede and stand in
the place and stead of Section one Of
said Article one,
SEC. l All elections shall be by hal
lots, and every male citizen of the Unit
ed 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
10 vote, for one year next proceeding
the election, and who, moreover, 10
duly registered as a qualified voter as
provided in this Article, shall be entitl-
ed to vote, in the ward or election dis
trict in which he resides, at all elections
hereafter to 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
Representative in Congress, Senators
Delegates or other officers, then to en-
title person 10 vote for such officer,
he must have been a resident of that
part of the county or city which shall
form part of the electoral district in
which he offers TO vote, for one wear
next preceding the election; but a per-
son who shall have acquired a residence
in such county or city, emitting to vote
at any such election, shall be entitled
to vote in the election district from
which he removed until he shall have
acquired residence in the part of the
county or city to which he has re-
moved.
Every male citizen of the United
States having the above prescribed
qualif1cati rs of age and residence shall
be entitled to be registered so as to be-
come qualified voter if he be, first
person who, on the first day of January
in the year eighteen hundred 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 defendant. Of such l.st mentisued
person or chiT3 2 foreign born citi
zen Of the United States naturaIized
between the first day OF January in the
year eighteen hunirGd and sixty-pine
and the date Of the adoption of this
section Of this Article; or fourth "a
male descendant # such last mentioned
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. sugge.-
ton or memorandum whatsoever. and
without any question or direction ad-
dressed to him by any Of the officers of
registration, make application,
to register correctly. stating in
such application his name, age date ard
place or birth, residence and occupa-
ton at the time and tor Ihe two wears
ns1t proceeding, the name or names of
his employer or employers, if any, at
the time ana for the tWO wears NEXT |
proceeding, and whether lie has pr.yi |
ously voted, AID # SO, The State, cnun |
ty 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 ono the Justices of the gu
preme Court Of the United States, of
the Governor OF Maryland, Of one of
the Judges Of Tia Court of Appeals of |
Maryi4nG and Of The Mayor of Bait
Guy. if tie applicant resides in Balti-
more CITY. OF D.: one County CDmmiss-
loner Of the county IN which the ap-
plicant resides and any person who is
unable to compiy with the aforegoins
requirements as 10 masing application
for registration IL his own handwrit-
ing, solely oecaGse lie is physically
disabled from 80 DONG, or sixth; a per
son, Or the hU-Dsud Of 4 person, who
1t the time 81 his application for re-
is 8 bona H6e owner of real or
PERSONAL property n s 4 amount Of not
IS than five hun IreJ dollars, is assessed
herefor on the Is Xbooks OF he CITY of
BALTIMORE Or Of one Of the counties of
ssta,e, has been such owner and so