Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-11
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An Act to propose an Amendment 70
Article OF the Constitution Of this State
By adding thereto q new Section, TO be
known as Section O. to follow Section
and to provide for the submission Of said
Amendment to the aualiAed voters Of this
State for adoption % rejection.
Section i. Be It enacted by che Cen
sral Assembly OF Maryland three
Of ali members Of each Of the tive houses
and the saps Is hereby proposed a. an
amendment to Article Of the Constitution
OF this state, which said section. II adopted
By the qualified voters Of this State, shRll
stand as an additional section to said Ar.
ticle l. TO be known as Section 8. to follow
Section 7. of said Article.
Section s. All State and municipal cleo
tons shall be conducted by the system
commonly known a. thu Australian Ballot
System, and it shall be the duty Of the
General Assembly 70 provide By law for
form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State, for Ess At ell State elections in
this State. and provide that on said bal
let after the name Of each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nomina ted
as the candidate OF any political party or
organization, there shall be printed the
legal name OF said party or organization ;
equal representation OF the minority party
among the judges and clerks Of election
registers or other onacsrs performing Sim
liar functions shall not be abolished By the
General Assembly unless by q vote Of four
nfths Of all che members Of each house.
The right 70 be registered a. q quail
nsd voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election In this State
shall be limited to the following persons
FirTti Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons OF this Article, possessing the quail
ncations as TO age and residence mentioned
in Section 1 Of this Articie
Second: Every ether male citizen not
disqualified By the Second or Third See.
lions Of this Areicls possessing the quail
ncations as to age and residence mentioned
in Section 1 of this Article, who at the time
Of his application for registration IL the
bona fde 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
timore OF Of one OF the Counties of this
State, has been such owner and 50 assessed
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton for registration, shall have paid and
shall produce receipts for the taxes on said
property for said two years, and shall ct
the time Of his application make af1davit
before the officers OF registration that he II
the bona hde owner Of the property 80 as
sessed 20 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 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
az II this section had never been adopted,
and the laws Of this State. including the
local laws applicable TO certain counties
thereof, relating to the form OF ballot to be
used at elections, in force on the nrst day
Of July in the year nineteen hundred 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 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 a1orS-
said section hereby proposed a. an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be at the
next General Election held in this State,
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 said proposed Amendment 70 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.
: vidsd by law, and Immediately after said
election duo return shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendmens a. directed By said
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution.
Approved Apr. IL. 1910.
AUSTIN L. cRoIHERA
(Great seaD Governor.
A p. GoRakAN, Jr..
PreAdeu4 Of the Senate
ADAM PEUPLEg.
Speaker Of the Houss Of Delegates