Saint Mary's beacon., 1911-08-10

An Ass 70 propose en- AD9AHnea4 @
Article Of the COastitstson ef tAis saaas
~ adding tAsrsts q new ssst,on. % b
Known 90 Section g. % tslisw ssoe1sa Z
aud to provide for the ssnmismea Of saia
Ansadmsnt to the aaaiinsd voters sf sAis
State for adoption or rejection
seetisa 1. 30 II enacted By the Gsa-
ssal Assembly Of Marylan1 tthrss- at hs
o. all members Of each OF the tive houses
eoasurvias), that the following ssssisn be
and the same 10 hereby proposed as an
amsndmsnt to Article Of the Constisutaon
Of this State. which saia ssesioa. n Adopted
~ the ouaaiesd vetsrs Of this State, ahail
stand q IN additional section % sasd Axa
tieis l. % Be known as Section 8. % fosisw
Section 2. ef said Article.
section q All State and municipal sise.
nons shalt ss conducted By tha sysssm
sOmmenly known a the Australian Bailoa
system. and Il shall be the auty OF the
General Assembly to provide by Law fer
form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
state. for uss at all State elections IN
THIS state. and provide that on said baa-
let SITTER the name of each oand%ases
thereon who may have been duly nomin sssd
as the candidate Of any political party es
organization, thsrs shall be printed sn~
legal name Of said party or Organization;
equal rspresentatiOn Of the majority psr<y
among the judges aud CLERKS OF ssectiea
registers or other officers performing sim.
iiar functions shall not be abolished By ths
General Assembly unless By a vote OF four
afths OF all the members Of each housA
The right TO be registered as q quail.
ssd voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election In this state
shall bs limited 20 the following persons:
First: Every male white eitissn not
disqualified by the Second or Third See.
tons Of this Article. possessing the auait.
heations ~ TO age aad residsnes mentioned
In Section 1 Of this Article.
second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified By the Second or Third See.
tioDs OF this Article possessing the quail.
ncations as to age and residence mentioned
In Section OF this Article, who at the time
OF his application for registration 10 the
bona nde owner Of real or personal prop
efty. or both. In an amount Of not lsss
than fVe hundred dollars, 10 assessed there
for on the tax books OF the City OF Bal.
timors or Of one Of the Counties Of this
State, has been such owner and 90 assessed
for two years next presiding his applica-
ton for registration, shall hsvs paid and
shall produce receipts for the taxes on said
property for said two years, and shall st
the time Of his application make anadayts
before the officers Of registration that he n
the bona ode owner Of the property % as
seessd to him and that hs has been such
owner for two years next preceding has
application.
II any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered as voters at stars
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 besn adopted.
and the laws OF this State, includanz tAs
local laws applicabls to certain counties
thereof. relating 10 the form Of ballot % be
used at elections. In force On the nrst day
OF July In the year nineteen hundred ana
ten, shall revive or continue in force until
altered by the General Assembly notwith-
standing any Acts to the contrary whioh
may have been passsd 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 And be it further enacted.
By the authority aforesaid, that the afors-
said section hereby proposed 40 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 to the Con.
sti,ution shall be By ballot. and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words. For
Constit utiOnal Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as aow pro-
vtdsd By law. and Immediately after saaa
election due rstuFa shall bs made 70 the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amsodmsnt a. directed By said
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution.
Approved Apr. IL. 1910.
AUSTIN l. CROIHKRa.
(Creat ssAD GOvsrnos
A. p. GoRMAN. yr..
President Of the Sonata
ADAM PEEPLEs,
epeaksr Of the House of Delegates