The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-09-08
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An Act to propose an Amendment TO
Article i OF the Constitution OF this state
BY adding thereto new Section, 20 be
known a Section q TO follow Section
and to provide for the submission Of said
Amendment to the qualified voters OF this
State for adoption or rejection:
al Assembly Of Maryland (three-ffths OF
all members Of each of the two houses
concurring), that the following section be
and the sane fe Feo tRRe 81
ton of this State. which said section II
adopted by the qualified voters Of this
State. shall stand o. ID additional &C. C
Section 8 to follow Section ~ of satd
Article
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
System, and it shall be the duty OF the
General Assembly to provide by law for
State, for use at all State elections in
this State, and provide that on said bal
lot after the name Of each candidate
ed as the candidate Of any political party
or organization, there shall be printed the
legal name Of said party or organization
among the Judges and clerks or election
registrars OF other officers performing sim
liar function shall mot b. abolished by the
General Assembly unless by n vote 81
four-ffths OF Ill the members OF each
house.
The right to be registered ms q quail
fed voter and the right to vote mt any
shall be limited to the following persons
First: Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
fications as to age and residence mention
ed in Section 1 Of this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen not
lions Of this Article possessing the quail
ncationB ag to age and residence mention
q In Section OF this Article who nc
o. ne tb @ ~ Application 60 reEIra
personal property, or both. in nm amount
or mot less than five hundred dollars, Ii
assessed therefor on the tax books OF the
Counties OF this State, has been such
owner and so assessed for two years next
preceding his application for registration.
for the taxes on said property for said
two years, and shall at the time of his
application make affidavit before the Of
deers OF registration that he is the bona
nde 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 b. or become legally en-
titled to b. registered as voters mt State
shs 81 h ID ~ and via M ~
Assembly shall possess the same powers
ny II this section had never been adopted
anu Ine laws OF Tn1B STATE, 1lcluQ1ng the
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
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 b. valid
Section p And b. 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 II 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, ~ di-
rected by said Fourteenth Article or the
Constitution.
Approved Apr. ii. 1910.
AUSTIN T.. CROTHERS.
A. p. GORMAN, Jr..
President of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates