The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-08-25
CHAPTER 253.


An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article / OF the Constitution OF this State
by adding thereto a new Section, to be
known as Section 8, to follow Section
Amendment to the qualified voters Of this
State for adoption Or rejection?
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gener-
all members of each of the two houses
concurring), that the following section BE-
and the same IL hereby proposed as an
ton of this State. which said section, if
adopted by the qualified voters Of this
State, shall stand as an additional sect
ton to said Article ]. to be known as
Article.
Section 8. All State and municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted by the system
System, and it shall be the duty of the
General Assembly to provide by law for
form or ballot, uniform throughout the
this State, and provide. that on said bal
lot after the name Of each candidate
cd az Rf re Of s6 aRI e prne99 af Ely
legal name of said party or organization
equal representation Of the minority party
among the judges and clerks OF election
liar function shall not be abolished By the
General Assembly unless by a vote Of
four ffths OF all the members Of each
house
The right to be registered as a quail
fed voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election In this State
Pe Terv to dhe %b et2en
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons Of this Article. possessing the quail
teations a. to ages and ND residence mention
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions Of this Article possessing the quail
Fnn+ fn npNd ~nCfd I'm
ed in Section 1 of this Article. who at
ton Is the bona hde, owner Of real OF
81 not less than i've hundred dollars, Is
assessed therefor on the tax books Of the
City Of Baltimore or of one Of the
owner and 50 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
fcers of registration that he is the bona
him and that he has been such owner
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton.
If any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered as voters at State
Elections in this State, then this section
shall be null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
NJ liz 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 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 or while the General Assembly shall
have believed or assumed the provisions
Of this section to be valid.
Section 2. And be IL further enacted.
by. the authority, aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed as an Amend
next General Election held i'm this State,
submitted to the legal and qualified vot-
ers thereof for their adoption or rejection,
in pursuance of the directions contained
i'm Article Il 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"
as 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 IL, 1910.
AUSTIN il. CROTHERS.
Great SeaD Governor.
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House OF Delegates