The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-10-27
CHAPTER 253.

AN ACT to propose an Amendment to
| Article of the Constitution of this
State by adding thereto new Sec
| ton, to be known as Section s, to fol-
low Section aud to provide for the
submission of said Amendment to
| the qualified voters of this State for
adoption or rejection.
| SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland (three-
fifths of all members of each of the
1.-TWO houses concurripg). that the fol-
lowing section be aud the same is here
by proprosed as an amendment to
Article 1 of the Constitution of this
! State, which said section. if adopted by
1 the qualified voters of this State, shall
stand as an additional section to sal d
Article 1. to be known as Section 8, to
follow Section 7, of said Article
Section 8. All State aud municipal
elections shall be conducted by the
| system commonly known as the Aus
tralian Ballot System, and it shall be
the duty of the General Assembly to
uniform throughout the State, for use
at all S'ate elections in this State, and
| provide that on said ballot after the
name of each candidate thereon who
may have been duly nominated as the
candidate of any political party or
orgauiz ,tion, there shall be printed the
Legal name of said praty or organization; !;
equal representation of the min nority
| party among the judges and clerks of
| election registers or others off GERS per
| forming similar functions shall not be
| abolished bv the General Assembly
unless by Vote of four-ifths of all the
members of each house
| The right to be registered as quail
| fed voter and the right to vote at any
| State or municipal election in this State
| shall be limited to the following per-
| sons:
| First: Every male white citizen not
| disq nalfi ID bv the Second or Third Sec
tions of this Article possessing the quail
ificatinns as to age and residence men,
toned in Section l of this Article.
| Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third
sections of this Article possessing the
| qualifications AS To age and residence
mentioned in Section 1 of this Article
| who at the time of his application for
registration is the boua tide owner of
real or personal property, or both, in
An amount of not less than five hun
| dred dollars. is assessed therefor on the
tax b ,oks of the City of Baltimore or
of one of the Counties of this State, has
been such owner and so assessed for
two years next preceding his applica-
ton for registration, shall have paid
and sha i produce receipts for the taxes
on said property for said two years. and
shall at the time of his application
make affidavit before the offic ars of reg
lstration that he is the bona fide owner
of the property SO assessed to him and
that he has begn such owner for two
years next preceding his application
| If any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally
entitled to be registered as voters at
State Elections 10 this State. then this
section shall be null and void and the
General Assembly shall possess the
same powers as if this section had never
been adopted and the laws of this
State, including the local Laws appl:ca
able to certain counties therof, relating
to the form of ballot to be used a
elections, in force on the first day o.
July in the year nineteen hundred an(
ten, shall revive or continue in force
until altered by the General Assembl y
notwithstanding any Acts to tht
contrary which may have been passet
while the terms of this section shal
have been in force or while the Genera
Assembly shall have believed or assum
ed the provisions of this section tt
be valid.
SECTION g. And be it further enact
ed, by the authority aforesaid, that tn
aforesaid section hereby proposes
as an Amendment TO the Constitution
shall be at the next iGeneral Electio
held in this State, submitted to tn
legal and qualified voters thereof fo