Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-12

An AK 20 propose a. AESn01It1h "
Article Of the constitstion .: this State
BY adding thereto q new Section, 70 Be
known e. Section Q. to folisw Section Z
and to provide for the submission Of said
Amendments 70 the Qualihsd voters Of this
State for adoption or rejection.
Section ], Be It enacted by che Gen
Sral Assembly OF Maryland tthree- htths
OF ali members OF each CT the tive houses
eoneurrtns). that the following section be
and the same IL hereby proposed a. an
amendment to Article Of tbs Constitution
Of this State, which said section. II adopted
By the qualified voters Of this State, GhalI
stand as an additional section to sAid Ar
tiels !. TO be known as Section g. to follow
Section I. Of saia Article
Section 8 All State and municipal cleo
tons shall be conducted By the system
commonly known a. thu Australian Ballot
System, and It shall be the duty OF the
General Assembly to provide By law for
form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State. fer use At 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 nominated
a. the candidate OF any political party or
organization, there shall be printed the
legal name Of said party or organiEationI
among the judges and clerks Of election
registers or other onicers performing Sim
liar functions shall not BE- abolished by the
General Assembly unless By q vote Of four
nfths Of all the members Of each house
The right to be registered a. q quail
nsd voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election In this State
shall be limited to the following persons:
Firsti Every male whita citizen not
disqualified By the second or Third Sec
tons Of this Article, possessing the quail
ncations az 20 age and residence mentioned
In Section Of this Article.
Second, Every other male citizen net
disqualified By the Second or Third SEQ.
lions Of this Article possessing the quail.
hcations as to age and residence mentioned
In Section 1 OF this Articla, who at the time
Of his application for Fsg1strAtion f. tha
bona nde owner OF real or personal prop
erty, or both, in an amount Of not less
than i've hundred dollars. h assessed there
for on the tar books Of the City Of Bal
tlmors or Of enc 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 ct
the time of his application make afadavit
before the officers OF registration that he IL
the bona hde owner Of the property 30 a..
Sessed 20 him and that he has been such
owner for tive years next preceding his
application.
II any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered a. voters at State
Elections in this State. then this section
shall Be null and void ana 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 az 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 notW1th.
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 to be valid.
Section 2. And be 1t further enacted,
by the authority aforesaid. that the sSors-
said section hereby proposed a. an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be az tia
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 II Of the Constitution of this State.
and at said General Election the vote on
ths said proposed Amendment TO the Con-
stitution shah be By bailot and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words. "For
Constitutional Amendment and Against
Constitutional Amendment" o. now PRO-
vidsd By law, and Immediately after sid
election due return shall Be made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment a. directed By said
Fourteenth Article ct the Constitution.
Approved Apr. II, 1910.
AUSTIN L cRoIHERA
(Grsat seaD Governor.
A. p. 0oRAEAN, Jr.
Pressdan4 e1 the Senate
ADAM PEEPLEs,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.