Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-10-27
TUESDAY, the 7th day Of
November, 1911,

for the purpose of electing one person fol
Governor Of the State of Maryland: one per.
son for Comptroller of the Treasury of the
State Of Maryland; one person for AttOr.
ney General of the State Of Maryland. one
person for Judge of the Sixth Judicial Cir.
cult Of Maryland. four persons for Dele.
gates TO represent Montgomery county In
the Maryland House of Delegates. three
persons for Judges of the Orphans Court
for Montgomery county one person fol
County Commissioner for the Third Collec-
ton District of Montgomery county; one
person for County Commissioner for the
Fourth Collection District of Montgomery
county; one person for States Attorney Of
Montgomery county one person for Sheriff
of Montgomery county, one person fol
County Surveyor of Montgomery county; fol
the Constitutional Amendments against
Constitutional Amendments.
CHAPTER 253.
An Act to propose an Amendment tC
Article of the Constitution of this State
by adding thereto new Section, to be
known as Section 8, to follow Section z
and to provide for the submission of said
Amendment to the qualified voters of this
State for adoption or rejection.
SECTION l. BE II enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland Uhree-tifths of all
members of each of the two houses con-
cuTing), that the following section be and
the same Is hereby proposed as an amend
ment to Article 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 Article I
to be known as Section 3, to follow Sec.
ton 7, of said Article.
SECTION 8. All State and municipal cleo.
tons shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
General Assembly to provide by law for d
form Of ballot, uniform Throughout the
State, for use at all State elections In this
State, and provide that on said ballot after
the name Of each candidate thereon who
may have been duly nominated as the
candidate Of any political party or organi-
zation, there shall be printed the Legal
name of said party or organization; equa
representation of the minority party among
the judges and clerks of elections, req
listers or other officers performing simi.
lar functions shall not be abolished
by the General Assembly unless by a vote
of four-fifths Of all the members of each
house.
The right to be registered as a qualified
voter and the right to vote at any State OIL
municipal election in this State shall be
limited to the following persons:
FIRST Every male white citizen moi
disqualified by the second or Third Sec.
tons Of this Article, possessing the quail
flcations as touge and residence mentioned
in Section Of the Article
CFCONn. EygTV other main gfffgan mi
disqualified by Che Second OF Third Sec.
tons Of this Article possessing the quail.
fications as Ne aHo and residence men
toned In Section VI his Article who AZ
the time of his application ~. RESI- aton
is the bona iide owner of real Oh personal
property. or both. in an amount Of not les,
than five hundred dollars, is assessed there
for on the tax books Of the City of Balti.
more or Of one OF the Counties of this State
has been such owner and SO assessed for
two years next preceding his application
for registration. shall have paid and shall
produce receipts for the taxes on said prop
erty for said two years. and shall at the
time of his application make affidavit be
fore 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 ap-
plication.
II 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
as If 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 survive or continue in force until al
tered 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 il 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 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
the said proposed Amendment to the Con
stitution shall be by ballot. and upon each
ballot shall be printed the words, For Con-
stitutional Amendment" and Against Con-
stitutional Amendment" as now provided
by law. and Immediately after said cleo
ton due return shall be made to the Gov
ernor of the vote for and against said pro-
posed Amendment, as directed by said
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution.
Approved April II. 1910.
AUSTIN L.. CROTHERS,
Great Seal) Governor
A. r. G0RMAN. JR.,
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.