Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-08-03

AL ACT 70 propose an Am4ndm18S 70
Article Of the Constitution Of this State
By adding thereto q new Section. TO be
known as Section s. TO follow Section 7
and TO provide for the submission Of said
Amendment TO the qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be II snaSred By the Gen
eral Assembly Of Nsryia3S three nfths
OF all mem bers Of each OF the two houses
concurrng). that the following section be
and the same IL hereby proposed az an
amendment TO Article l OF the Constitution
OF this State. which said section. II adopted
by the qualified voters Of this State. shall
stand a. an additional section to said Ar
ticle l, 10 be knowE ss section Z. to follow
Section 7. OF said Article.
Section g. All State and municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted By the system
commonly known rs the Australian Ballot
System, and II shall be the duty Of the
General Assembly to provide By law for
form Of ballot. uniform throughout the
State, for use n all State elections In
this State. and provide that on said bal
lot after the name Of each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nomlna ted
a. the candidate Of any political party or
orga nination. there shall Be printed the
equal representation Of the minority party
among the judges and clerks OF election
registers or other officers performing sim
liar functions shall not be abolished by the
General Assembly unless by a vote OF four
hSths Of all the membeSs OF each house
The right to be registered as q quail
Fed voter and the right to vote at any
state or municipal election In this State
shall be limited to the following persons:
First: Every male white citissn not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
lions Of this Article. possessing the quail
ncaiions as TO age and residence mentioned
in sestion l Of this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen aot
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions Of this Article possessing the quail
hcations as to age and residence mentioned
In Section OF this Article who al the time
OF his application for registration is the
bona nde owner Of real or personal prop
erty, or both, in amount Of not less
than i've hundred dollars, IL assessed there
for on the tax books Of the City Of Bal
timOre or OF one OF the Counties Of this
State. has been such owner and 30 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 At
the time Of his application make afndavit
before the officers Of registration that he ia
the bona hde owner OF the property 30 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 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
as 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 notwith-
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 10 be valid.
Section 2 And be It further enacted,
by the authority Aforesaid, that the STORE
said section hereby proposed an an Amend
ment 10 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 10 the Con-
s;itutlon shall he by ballot, and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words. For
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
vidsd by law. and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment, as directed by said
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution
Approved Apr. IL. 1910.
AUSTIN l. CROIHERS
(Great SsaD Governor.
A p. GORMAN. Jr.
President Of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.