The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-09-22
-- CHAPTER 253.

An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article Of the Constitution Of TINS state
by adding thereto a new Section. to be
known III Section g. to follow Section
and to provide for the submission Of said
amendment 70 the qualified voters Of TINS
| Section !. Be It enacted " the Geners
al Assembly Of Maryland lthree- tifths Of
all members of each Of the two houses
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article l Of the Constitu-
ton Of this State. which said section. II
ton to said Article 1. to be known as
Section 8. to follow Section Z, Of said
Section s. All State and municipal cleo
tons shall be conducted by the system
y as ne ASs dnfH y Sa tSe
General Assembly to provide BY law for
form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State fqe We at Oh STATE tRbt s6id 70
lot after the name Of each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nominal
mi ere q sha Be prea a
legal name OF said party or organization;
equal representation OF the minority party
among the judges and clerks of election
registers or other officers performing sim
liar function shall not be abolished by the
General Assembly unless by a vote of
four-f fths of all the members of each
house.
The right to be registered as a quail
fed voter and the right to vote at any
ha be- meG to III ts
First: Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons Of this Article. possessing the quail
ed in Section 1 Of this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen not
ons Of this Article a possessing the quail
ed in Section j Of this Article. who, at
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personal property, or both. in an amount
or not less than i've hundred deIlars, is
6 q j. e. Il o SSoks Us h he
Counties OF this State, n has been such
owner and 50 assessed for two years next
shall have paid and shall produce receipts
for the taxes on said property for said
two years, and shall at the time Of his
application make affidavit before the or
ide owner Of the property so assessed TO
him and that he has been such owner
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton.
If any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
Elections in this State, then this 8 section a
shall be null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
aS II 6ef a sss Of s sfSe t6e
local laws applicable to certain counties
thereof, relating to the form of ballot to
be used at elections, in force on the first
day of July in the year nineteen hundred
and ten, shall revive or continue in force
until altered by the General Assembly not
withstanding any Acts to the contrary
which may have been passed while the
terms OF this section shall have been i'm
force or while the General Assembly shall
have believed or assumed the provisions
OF this section to be valid.
Section 2. And be ii further enacted.
by the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be at the
next General Election held in this State,
submitted to the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance Of the directions contained
in Article IA Of the Constitution of this
State, and at said General Election the
vote on the said proposed Amendmnt to
the Constitution shall be by ballot, and
upon each ballot shall be printed the
words, For Constitutional Amendment
and Against Constitutional Amendment"
as now provided by law. and immediate
ly after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed Amendment as d.
rected by said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution.
Approved Apr IL, 1910
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS.
Great SeaD Governor.
A. P. GORMAN, IT.,
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House Of Delegates.