Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-10-27

An Act TO propose an Amendment to
Article Of the Constitution OF this Stale
by adding thereto new Section to BE-
and to provide for the submission Of
said Amendment 10 the qualified voters Of
this State FOR adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be II enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland (three-hfths OF
all members Of each of the two houses
c0ncurrng). that the following section be
and the same Is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article 1 OF the Constitu-
ton Of this State. " hich said section. IL
adopted by the qualified voters OF this
State, shan stand as an additional section
TO said Article /, to be known as Section
s. to follow Section Z, Of said Article
Section g. All state and municipal elec-
tons shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Bal.
lot 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 at all State
on said ballot after the name OF each
candidate thereon who may have been
duly nominated as the candidate Of any
political party or organization there
party or organization; equal representa-
ton Of the minority party among the
judges and clerks OF election, registers or
other officers performing similar func-
tons shall not be abolished by the Gen
ernl Assembly unless by a vote of four
ffths Of an the members Of each house.
ned voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election in this State
shall be limted 10 the following persons:
Flfst. Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the second or Third Sec
noHs OF this Article, possessing the quail
cations as TO age and res dence men,
saed 10 Section Of this Article.
second: Every other male citizen not
e.giuaihed by the Second or Third Sec
CONS Of this Article possessing the quali-
islgtions as 70 age and residence men
iAed In Section Of this Article, who at
fhf time OF his application for registra
ion is the bona fde owner OF real or
Or fsonal property, or both, in an amount
3 1ot less tnan i've hundred dollars. is
SD therefor on the tax books of the
Of Baltimore or Of one OF the Soun-
Of this State has been such owner
so assessed for two years next pre-
ang his application Tor registration,
ii have paid and shall produce re-
7sipts for the taxes on said property for
said two years, ard shall at the time Of
his application make affidavit be ore the
officers Of registration that he IS the
loua fde owner of the property so as
sessed to him and that he has been such
owneF for two years next preceding mis-
NV person other than those herein
rneati0aed shall be or become legally en-
tified TO be registered as voters at state
Elections in this State, then this secti1,i
sstasnhlg shall possess the same powers
81 r. mis- section had never been adopted.
and the laws Of this State, including the
locai laws applicable to certain counties
thereof relating to the form OF ballot TO
be used at elections. in force on the iirst
.iov OF July in the year nineteen hundred
and ten, shall revive or continue IN force
until altered by the General Assembly
notwithstanding any Acts to the con-
tr;irr which may have been passed while
fhe terms Of this section shall have been
IN force or while the General Assembly
shal have believed or assumed the pro-
s,3siens of this section to be valid.
Section @ And be IL further enacted. py
the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
saia section hereby proposed as an
Awendnent to the Constitution shall be
81 The next General Election held in this
stafe. submitted TO the legal and quaii-
ned voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection. In pursuance Of the dlree-
lions contained in Article 4 Of the Con-
stitution Of this State, and at said Gen
noged Amendment to the Constitution
shnlf he BY ballot and upon each bal
iot shall be printed the words, For
Unconstitutional Amendment and Against
Cc,,sfitntional Amendment as now pro-
vi,isa bv law, and Immediately after said
clccffon due return shall be made to the
f-,vsrrar Of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment. as directed
BY said Fourteenth Article OF the consti-
Approved Apr II. 1910.
AUSTIN L. cRoTHERs.
'erea' sea- & P. GoRMAN. JR..
President OF the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker of the House Of Delegates