The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-10-06
CHAPTER 253

Article 1 of the Constitution of this State
by adding thereto a new Section. to be
known as Section s. to follow Section 7
and to provide for the submission Of said
Amendment to the qualified voters Of this
State for adoption or rejection.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland (three-f -ffths
Of all members of each Of the two houses
concurring), that the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article 1 Of the Constitution
of this State which said section. If adopted
by the qualified voters of this State, shall
stand as an additional section to said Ar
tcle 1, to be known as Section 8, to follow
Section T. Of said Article.
Section g. All State and municipal cleo
tions shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the 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, for use at all State elections in
this State, and provide that said bal
lot after the name of each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nominated
as the candidate of any political party or
organization, there shall be printed the
legal name of said party or organization;
equal representation of the minority party
among the judges and clerks Of election
registers or other officers performing Sim
liar functions shall not be abolished by the
General Assembly unless by vote Of four
6fths Of all the members of each house.
The right to be registered as a quail
ned voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election in this State
shall be limited to the following persons:
First: Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions of this Article. possessing the quail
ncations as to age and residence mentioned
in Section 1 Of this Article
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions of this Article possessing the qualf-
fcations as to age and residence mentioned
in Section l of this Article, who at the time
of his applir ton for registration is the
bona fde owner of real or personal prop
erty, or both, in an amount of not less
than FIVE hundred dollars, is assessed there
for on the tax books Of the City of Bal
timore or of one Of the Counties Of this
State, has been such owner and SO assessed
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton for registration, shall have paid and
property for said two years, and shall at
the time Of his application make affidavit
before the officers of registration that he Is
the bona fide owner of the property so as
sessed to him and that he has been such
owner for two years next preceding his
application.
If any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
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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 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 notwith-
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 it further enacted,
by the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section nereDy proposed as an Ahehu
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 1.-THE directions contained In
Article IA of the Constitution Of this State.
and at said General Election the vote on
the said proposed Amendment to the Con-
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words, For
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
vided by law, and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment, as directed by said
Fourteenrh Article of the Constitution.
Approved Apr. II, 1910.
AUSTIN L. CROIHERS,
(Great SeaD Governor.
A. p. GORMAN, Jr,
President of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Sneaker of the House Of Delegates.