Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-25
CHAPTER I'll


An Act to propose an Amendment 70
Article OF the Constitution Of this Stats
by adding thereto a new Section, 90 Be
known as Section & to follow Section
and to provide fer the Submission st said
Amendment 60 the qualified voters OF this
State fer Adoption % rejection
Section L Be Il enacted by Ghs Gen
sral Assembly Of As-Jiand three nrehs
OF al members OF each OF the two houses
eo1eurrsng), that the following section Be
and the same 10 hereby proposed a. an
amendment to Article Of the Constitution
OF this State which said section. II adopted
By the qualified voters Of thls State, shall
stand as an additional section 70 said Ar
tiels !. 10 be known as Section s. to follow
Section Z. OF sata Article.
Section 8 All STATE and municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted By the system
commonly known az the Australian Ballos
System, and It shall be the duty OF the
General Assembly 70 provide By law for
form OF ballot, uniform throughout the
State. for uas At all State elections In
this State. and provide that on said bad
lot after the nAmo OF each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nominated
g. the candidate OF any political party or
erga ntxation. there shall be printed the
legal name Of said party or organtEatlOnt
equal representation Of the minority party
among the judges and clerks Of election
registers or other officers performing sim
liar functions shan not be abolished by the
General Assembly unless by q vote OF four
6fths Of all the members Of each house.
The right to be Registered e. q quail
ned voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election in this State
ahail be limited to the following persons:
First Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third See
tons OF this Article. possessing the quail
hc&tions a. to age and residence mentioned
In Section I OF this Articia
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified By the Second or Third Sec
tons OF this Article possessing the quail
fcations as TO age and residence mentioned
in Section OF this Article, who at the time
Of his application for registration Is the
bona hde owner OF real or personal prop
erty, or both. in an amount OF not less
than I've hundred dollars. Il assessed there
for on the tax books OF the City Of Bal
tmore or OF one OF the Counties Of this
State, has bean such owner and 30 assessed
for two years next preceding his Rpplica-
ton for registration, shall have paid and
shall produce receipts for the taxes on said
property for said two years, and shah az
the time OF his application make af1davit
before the officers OF registration that he 10
the bona fds owner OF the property 20 as
sessed TO him and that he has been such
owner for two years next preceding his
application.
II any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled, 20 be registered As voters at State
Elections in this State, then this section
hal ~
Assembly shall possess the same powers
as II this section had never been adopted.
ana the laws Of this State, including the
local laws applicable to esrta4n eountieA
thereof, relating to the form or ballot to be
used at elections. IN force on the nrst day
Of July in the year nineteen hundred and
ten. shall revive or eon1nus tn force until
altered By the General Assembly notw1th-
standing any Acts to ths contrary which
may have been passed while the terms Of
this section shall have been In force or
while the General Assembly shall have
believed or assumed the provisions OF this
section to be valid.
Section 2. And be It further enacted.
by the authority aforesaid, that the Gtore-
said section hereby proposed an an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be at the
next General Election held In this 6tata,
submitted TO the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection. in
pursuance of the directions contained In
Article IL Of the Constitution of this State.
and at said General Election the vote on
the ssld proposed Amendment 70 the Con-
stituhon shall be By ballot and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words For
Constitutional Amendmsnt" and Against
Constitutional Amendment a. now pro
vided By law, and Immediately after saad
election due return shall Be made 20 the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment a. directed By said
Fourteenth Article Of tina Constttutien.
Approved APR. II. 1910.
AUSTIN L cRo1HERG
(0rsst SeaD Governor
A p. 0oRA1A9, Jr,
PreGidsna - the Sonata
ADAM PEEpLEs,
EDAaker AZ thu Hauaa NJ