Maryland independent., 1909-08-27
NCLANlATlON.

WHEREAS, at the JAM, session Of
the General Assembly Of Mai Wand, held
In the year Of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred aud eight, an Act was
passed proposing an amendment to Sec
tion I Of Article Of the Constitution Of
] the State, which said Act is IN the fol-
lowing words, to-wit
CHAPTER 20.
AN ACT TO amend Section one Of Ar
ticle one, title, Elective Franchise Of
the Constitution Of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said
Amendment to the qualified voters Of
this State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION /. Be il ena sted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, three-fifths
Of all the members OF each Of the two
Houses concurring, that the following
section be and the same is hereby pro-
posed as an amendment to Section one
Of Article one, title, Elective Fran
chise, Of the Constitution Of this State,
and il adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof, as herein provided, it
shall supersede and stand in the place
and stead Of Section one Of said Article
one.
SEC. 1. All elections shall be by bal
lot, and every male citizen Of the United
States of the age Of twenty-ohe years or
upwards, who has been a resident Of the
state for two years and Of the Legisla-
tive 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
qualified voter as provided in this Ar
ticle, shall be entitled to vote, in the
ward or election district in which he re-
sides, 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 Representatives in
Congress, Senators, Delegates or other
officers, then to entitle person to vote
for such officer, hs must have been a
resident of that part of this county or
city which shall form part of the elee-
toral district in which he offers to vote,
for one year next preceding the election;
but person Who shall have acquired a
residence in such county or city, en-
titling HIM to vote at any such election,
shall be entitled to vote in the election
dis .rict from which he removed, until he
shall hsve acquired a 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 qualifiea-
tions Of age ard residence shall be en-
titled to be registered so as to become a
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 of any other
State of the United States, wherein he
then resided or second a male de-
scendant of such last mentioned person;
or third a foreign born citizen of the
United States naturalized between the
first day Of January in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine and the date Of
the adoption of this section Of this Arti-
Gle; or fourth a male descendant of
such last mentioned person or fifth /;
a person who, in the presence of the of
hcers Of registration, shall, in his own
handwriting, with pen and ink, without
any aid, suggestion or memorandum
whatsoever, and without any question or
direction addressed to him by any Of the
officers of registration, make application
to register correctly, stating in such ap-
p ication his name, age, date and place
of birth, residence and occupation at the
time and for the tive years next preced-
! ing, the name or names of his employer
or employers, if any, at the time and for
tue I 0 years next preceding, and
whether he has previously voted, and if
so, the State, county or city and district
or precinct in which he voted last, and
also the name in full Of tlie President of
the United States, Cf one of the Justices
of the Supreme Court Of ths United
States, of the Governor of Maryland, of
one Of the Judges Of the Court of Ap-
peals Of Maryland and of the Mayor OF
Baltimore City, If 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 as to making
application for registration 10 his own
handwriting, SOLELY because he is physi-
callY disabled from so doing or sixth
person, OF the husband Of a person,
who at the time of his application for
registration, is bona fide owner of real
or personal property in an amount of
not less than five hundred dollars, is as
sessed therefor on the tax-buOks of the
City Of Baltimore or OF one Of the cOun-
ties of this State, has been such owner
and so asses ed for two years next pre-
ceding his application for registration ;
shall have paid and shall produce re-
eeipts 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 iide 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 next preceding
his application.
No person not qualified under some
one of the above clauses all be entitl-
ed to be registered as a qualified voter
or be entitled to vote. Every written
application to be registered, presented to
the officers of registration by any person
applying to be registered under the
above fifth clause, shall be carefully
preserved by said officers of registration
and shall be produced in any Court, if
required, as hereinafter provided.
The affidavit Of any applicant for
registration, duly made to the officers
Of registration or in Court, that he, the
applicant, is person who was entitled
to vote on or before the first day Of Jan
uary in the year eight EN- hundsed and
sixty-uine, as aforesaid, or that he has
become a naturaliged citizen Of the
l United States between the first day OF
January in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-nine and the date of the adop-
tion of this section Of this Article. as
aforesaid, or his affidavit upon informa-
tion and belief that he is a descendant
Of person who was entitled to vote on