Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-30


An Act 70 propose "a Amendment 70
Article CT the constitut3on Of this State
ey adding iAsssts q ngw Section. 70 be
known - seetacz q % follow Section Z
and to proyite fer thA Submission Of said
AmAndmsna 10 the quatsAsd voters Of this
State fer adeptioa e rs:sct;eA.
Section !. Be q enAstaA By the Gen.
sral Assembly Of Maryland three nfths
Of ali members Of each Of the tive houses
eonsuTrngi, that the following section be
ana the same IL hsrshy proposed a. an
amendment - Article Of the Constitution
OF this State, which said section. II adoptsd
By the ouAiinsd voters Of this State. shall
stand as an additional section to said Ar
ticis ], to Be known a. Section 8 to follow
Section Z. Of saiA Article.
Section & All stata and municipal cleo
lions shall b. ecrdectad By the system
commonly known a. che Australian Ballot
System. and Il shah Be the duty OF the
General Assembly 70 provide By law for
. form Of ballot, Uniform throughout the
etatA for sss At ell State elections In
Shls State. ana provide that on said bal
lot AFTER the name Of each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nomin atsd
a. The candidate Of any political party or
organization, thsre shall be printed the
legal name Of said party or organization !
equal REPRESENTATION Of the minority party
among the Judges ana clerks Of election
registers or other oracers performing sim
naF functions shall nes be abolished By the
General Assembly unless by a vote Of four
Atths Of ell the members Of each house
The right 10 Be registered a. 4 quail
asd voter and the right 70 vote at any
State or municipal election IN this State
shail be limited to the following persons
Firsti Every male white citizen not
disqualified By the Second or Third Sec
lions Of this Artioia, possessing the quail
Geatiorp a. 70 age and residence mentioned
In Section Of this Article
Second, Every ether male citizen net
disqualified By the Second or Third &c.,
lions Of this Article possessing the quail
noat1ons a. to are and residence mentioned
IN Section 1 Of this Article. who at the time
Of bis application for registration 10 the
bona nde owner Of real Or personal prop
erty. or both, in an amount Of not lass
thaa I'VE hundred dollars, Is assessed there
for en- the tar books Of the City Of Bal
timors or Of enc Of the Counties Of this
etata. has been such owner and % 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 sha1 al
the time Of his application make af1davi,
before the officers OF registration that he Ii
the bona nde owner OF the property 20 as
sesssd TO him and that ks has been such
owner for tive pears next preceding his
application.
II any person ether than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled Co be registered al voters at State
Elections in this State, then this section
shall be null ana void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
a. II this section had never been adopted
and the laws Of this State, including the
local iEws applicable to certain counties
thereof relating 10 the form Of ballot 70 Be
used at elections. In force On the nrst dag
Of July in the year ninsteen hundred and
ten, shall revive or continue In force until
altered By the General Assembly notwith.
standing any Acts to the contrary witch
may have been passed while the terms 81
this section shall have been in force %
while the General Assembly shall haYs
believed or assumed the provisions Of this
section 10 be valid.
Section q And be II further enacted,
By the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed a. an Amend
nent to the Constitution shall be ct thu
next General Election held In this State.
submitted 10 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-
shtution shall be By bailoA and upon each
ballot shall be printed the wordA "FoE
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment 60 now pro
Yided By law, and Immediately after said
election due retura shall be made 70 the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment a. directed By said
Fourteenth Articis Of the ConstitutioA.
Approved Apr. II. 1eiA
AUSTIN L CRo1HERA
t0rsat SeAD Governor.