Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-29
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An Act to propose an Amendment 20
Article Of the ConstitutiOn Of this Stats
By adding thereto q new Section. 20 Be
kaown as Section & 10 follow Section Z
and 70 provide for the submission 81 said
State for adoption - rejection.
Section / Be Il enacted By The Cen
sral Assembly Of Maryland ttAree-hths
Of al members Of each Of the TIVE houses
sOncurrins), that the following section be
and the same L. hereby proposed e. al
amendment to Article 1 Of the Consultation
Of this State, which said section, II adopted
By the qualified voters Of this Btate, shaih
stand as an additional section to said Ar
ticle /, to be known ss Section & to follow
Section 7. Of saiA Article.
Section 8 All state and municipal slee-
lions shall be conducted By the system
commonly known as tia Australian Ballot
System, and It shall be the duty Of the
General Assembly to provide BIZ Law for
form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State. for use at all State elections IN
this State. and provide that on said baa-
lot after the name Of each eandidate
thereon who may have been duly nominated
a. the candidate Of any political party or
organization, there shall be printed the
legal name Of said party or organiEationE
equal representation Of the minority party
among the judges and clerks Of election
registers or other of1oers performing sim
liar functions shah not be abolished BY the
General Assembly unless By q vote Of four
htths Of ell the members Of each house.
The right 10 be registered 90 q quail
nsd voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election In this State
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Firsti Every male white eitisen not
disqualified By the sscond or Third Sec
tons Of thiB Article, possessing thu quail
eeations "a 10 age and reaidsnee mentioned
IN Section Of this ArticlA
sscondi Every ether male citizen net
disqualified By the Second Or Third SEQ
-tions Of this Article possessing the quail
ncations as to age ana residence mentioned
In Section OF this Article, who at the tins
OF his application for registration Is the
bona nds owner OF real 81 personal prop
erty, or both. in an amount Of not less
than Ave hundred dollarA IL assessed there
for on the tax books Of the City Of Bal
timore or of enc Of the Counties Of this
State. has been such owner and % assessed
for two years next preceding bis appllca-
ton for registration. 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 afidavit
before the officers Of registration that he Is
the bona fde owner Of the property 30 as
sssssd TO him and that he has been such
owner for two years next preceding his
application.
II any person other than those herein
mentioned shah be or become legally en-
titled TO be registered as voters at State
Elections in this State, then this section
shall be null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
a. II this section had never been adopted.
and the laws OF this stats. including the
local laws applicable 20 edrtAin counties
thereof, relating 10 the form Of ballot to be
used at elections. In force On The nrst day
Of July in the year nineteen hundrsd and
ten, shall revive or continue In force until
altered By the General Assembly nOtw1th.
standing any Acts to the contrary which
may have been passed while ths terms Of
this section shah have been In force or
while the General Assembly shall have
believed or assumed the prcviEions Of this
section to be valid.
Section q And be II further enacted,
By the authority Aforesaid. that the store
said section hereby proposed 40 an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be - ths
next General Election held In this State
submitted to the iagAl ana 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 said proposed Amendment 10 the Con-
stitution shall be By ballot. and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words. FOR
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" a. now pro-
vtdsd By law, ana Immediately after said
election due return shall Be made 70 the
Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed Amenduaaat a. directed By said
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution.
ApprOved Apr. II. 1910.
AUSTIN L. CRo1HERA
(Great eeaD Governor
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