The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-08-20
Proclamation.

WHEREAS, at the January Session Of
The General Assembly Of Maryland, held
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and eight, an Act was
passed proposing an amendment to
Section / Of Article of the Constitution
of the State, which said act is in the
following words to-wit:
CHAPTER rs.
AN ACT to amend Section one of
Article one, title, Elective Fran
chise," Of the Constitution of this
State, and to provide forthe submission
of said Amendment to the qualified
voters of this State for adoption or
rejection.
SECTION 1, Be it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, three-ifths Of all the
members of each Of the two houses concurring,
that the following section be and the same is
hereby proposed as am amendment to Section one
Of Article one, title, effective Franchise, of the
Constitution OF this State and if adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof. as herein pro-
yided it shall supersede and stand In the place
and stead OF Section one of said Article one.
SEC. All elections shall be by ballot. and
every male citizen Of the United States OF the age
Of twenty-one years or upwards who has been
resident of the State for two years and of the
I,eeislatiye District of Baltimore City or OF the
county in which be may offer to vote, for one year
next preceding.the election, and who. moreover,
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in this Article shall be entitled TO VOTE in the
ward or election district in which he resides, at
ali elections hereafter to be held In this State,
and in case any county or city shall De 80 divided
as ia form portions Of different electoral districts
FIR the election Of Representatives In congress-
senators. Delegates or other officers, then to en-
title 4 person to vote for such officer, he must
have been resident of that part of the county or
city which shall form part OF the electoral dis'
trict in which he offers to vote, for one year next
preceding the election; but person VINO snail
have acanired a residence in such county or city.
emitting him to vote at any such elections, snaii
be entitled to vote in the election district from
which ne removed. until ne shall have ACQUIRED
q residencelin the part OF the county or city to
which he has removed.
Every male citizen of the United States having,
the ABOVE pfEsGtAuou 4u@hnSssssONs y -
residence shall be entitled to be registered so as
q become q qualified voter If he be, first: a
person who. on the first day of January in the
yaar eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. or prior
thereto. was entitled to vote under the laws OF
,nis state. or Of any other State of the United
states. wherein he then resided; or second: a
male descendant of such last mentioned person;
ar third {: a foreign born citizen of the United
k.nkv, tho i
nary in the year eighteen hundred and sixty.nine
and the date of the adoption Of this section OF
this Article; or fourth male descendant Of such
last mentioned person; or fifth q person Wno' N
the presence of the officers OF registration shall.
in his own handwriting. with pen ana me- WIN
oout any aid. suggestion or memorandum whatso-
ever, and without any question or dlrectioh az
dressed to him by any OF the officers of regis
tration make application to register correctly
stating In such application his name. age, date
and place of birth. residence and occupation AZ
me time and for the two years next preceding,
the name or names OF his employer OF employers
ifanv at the time and for the two years next pre-
deding, and whether he has previously voted, ana
and if So the State county city and district or
precinct in which he voted last. and also the
name in full Of the President of the United States
nf the JOSLtcee "a So~-s =. $50
limited States, of the Governor of Maryland, OF
one of the Judges OF the Court OF Appears Oh
Maryland and of the Mayor OF baltimore CITY,
the applicant resides 10 Baltimore City. oriof one
OF the County Commissioners OF the county 70
which the applicant resides; ana any person VINO
i unable TO comply with the aforegoing require
ments as to making application for registration
In his own handwriting. solely because ne IS
physically disabled from so dong; OF SIKH
person, or the husband Of person. VINO az the
time Of his application Tor registration is coma
JIds owner of real or personal properly IN tne
amount of not less than five hundred COLLARS IS
assessed therefor on the tax books OF the saty OF
Baltimore or of one of the counties OF TINS State,
has heen such owner and so assessed for TWO years
next prccedi his application for registration;
shall have paid and shall produce receipts TOT the
taxes on said property for said two years ana snail
at the time of his application make afndavit pe-
fore the officers of registration that ne 49, or tnat
he is the husband.of the person who ist oona
Jsds owner of the property SO assessed 10 MIN OF
to her, as the case may be. and that he or she
has been such owner for two years next preced'
ing his application.
No person not qualified Under some one OF the
above clausea shall be entitled to be registered
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written application to be registered. presented to
the officers of registration by any person applying
to be registered under the above ffthl clause,
shall be carefully preserved by said officers Of
registration and shall be produced In any Court
ii required. as hereinafter provided.
The affidavit OF any application for registration
duly made to the officers of registration or in
Court, that he. the applicant, is person who
was entitled to vote on before the first day Of
January in the year eighteen hundred and sixty
nine, as aforesaid. or that he has become
naturalized citizen of the United States between
the first day of January in the year eighteen
hundred and sixtynine and the date of the
adoption Of this section Of this Article es aiore
said, or his AFFIDAVIT upon information and belief
that he is descendant OF person who was en-
titled to vote on before the first day of January
in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, OF
that he Is a descendant of person who has be-