The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-08-18
CHAPTER 253.

An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article Of the Constitution Of TINS State
known I'D Section s, to follow Section IL
and to provide for the submission of SAID
Amendment to the qualified voters of thls
State for adoption or +e1ec hS MI canar-
al Assembly Of Maryland (three-ff Of
all members Of each of the two houses
concurring). that the following seetion DE De
amendment to Article 1 Of the Constitu-
ton of this State. which said section, II
adopted by the qualified voters OF this
State shall stand as On additional sec
ton to said Article J.. to be known as
Section s. to follow Section z, Of said
Section 8. All State ana municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted BY the system
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
System, and II shall be the duty Or tne
a form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State, for use at all State elections in
this State, and provide that on said bal
thereon who may have been duly nominal
ed as the candidate of any political party
or organization 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 function shall not be abolished by the
General Assembly unless By vote Of
four ffths Of all the members Of each
house.
line right 10 De Registered dS IL Qudil-
fed voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election in this State
shall be limited to the following persons:
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons of this Article possessing the quail
fieations as to age and residence t.s1e mention
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions Of this Article possessing the quail
ed in Section i Of this Article. who at
ton ID The bona fide. owner OF real or
On not less than i've hundred dollars, il
assessed therefor on the tax books OF the
City OF Baltimore or OF one OF the
owner and so assessed for two years next
preceding his application for registration,
shall have paid and shall produce receipts
two years, and shall at the time of his
application make affidavit before the Of
1cers OF registration that he is the bona
him and that he has been such owner
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton
mentioned shall Be or become legally en-
titled to- be registered as voters at State
Elections in this State. then this section
Assembly shall possess the same powers
as Ii this section had never been adopted
and the laws Of this State, including the
lOcdl laWS 10 certain counties
thereof relating to the form of ballot to
be used at elections, in force on the first
day OF July In the year nineteen hundred
and ten, shall revive or continue in force
until altered by the General Assembly not
withstanding any Acts to the contrary
which may have been passed while the
terms OF this section shall have been in
force. Oh 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 afore-
said section hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be at the
next General Election held in this State,
submitted to the legal and qualified vot-
erS 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 the said proposed Amendmnt to
the Constitution shall be by ballot. and
upon each ballot shall be printed the
words, For Constitutional Amendment
and Against Constitutional Amendment"
Ms now provided BY law. and immediate
ly after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed Amendment, as di-
rected by said Fourteenth Article Of the
Constitution.
Approved Apr. II, 1910
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS
(Great SeaD Governor.
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House Of Delegates.