Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1909-10-29

AN ACT to amend Section one of Ar
ticle one, title, Elective Franchise, = of
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 l.. Be it enacted 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 au amendment to Section one
Of Article one, title, Elective Fran
ehiSe,n of the Constitution of this State,
and If 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-one years or
upwards, who has been a resident of the
State for two years and of the Legisa-
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 10 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
foi the election Of Representatives in
Congress, Senators, Delegates or other
officers, then to entitle person to vote
for such officer, he must have been
resident Of that part Of the county or
city which shall foim part Of the cleo
toral district in which he offers TO vote,
for one year next preceding the election;
but person who shall have acquired
residence in such county or city, en-
tirling him 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 removed.
Every male citizen of the United States
having the above prescribed qualifica-
tionS Of age and residence shall be en-
titled to be registered so as to become
qualified voter if he be first a person
who, on the first day of January in the
year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, or
prior thereto, was entitled to vote under
state of the United States, wherein he
then resided or second 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 male descendant of
such last mentioned person or fifth
person who, in the presence Of the Of
iicers 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
plication his name, age, date aud pla
of birth, residence and occupation at the
time and for the two years next preesd-
ing, the name or names Of his employer
or employers, if any, at the time and for
the two years next preceding, and
whether he has previously voted, and If
so, the State, county or city and district
or precinct in which he yotee last, and
also the name in full of tie President Of
the United States, 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 APP
peals of Maryland aud 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 i, unable to comply with the |
afOregoing requirements as to making |
application for registration in his own /
handwriting, solely because he is physi- /
cally disabled from so doing; or sixth
q person, or the husband Of a person,
whn at the time Of his application for
registration is bona fide owner of real
or personal property in an mount of
Lot less than five hundred dollars, is as
seSsed therefor on the tax-books of the
City Of Baltimore or Of one Of the coun-
ties II this State. has been such owner
and ;essed for two years next pre-
cedi3 rs application for registration
shall hare paid and shall produce re
eeipts fofShe taxes on said property for