The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-10-27
CHAPTER 2nS.

CHAPTER 253.
An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article 1 Of the Constitution of this State
by adding thereto a new Section, to be
known as Section 8. 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 it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly Of Maryland (three-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 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
ticle l. to be known as Section S, to follow
Section T. Of said Article.
Section g. All State and municipal elec-
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 laws for
form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State, for use at all State elections In
this State, and provide that on said ball
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 a vote of four
dfths 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
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
fcations as to age and residence mentioned
In Section l Of this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions Of this Article possessing the quail
fcations as to age and residence mentioned
in Section 1 of this Article who at the time
Of his application 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 ceYgtles Of this
State, has been such 2Ynef snd q assessed
52g two yeaIs nsSt preceding his applict'
ton for Registration, shall hsye paid and
shall produce fecepts for the taxes q said
Property for said two years, and shall a
rhe time of his application make affidavit
before the officers of registration that he is
the bona tide 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-
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 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 afors-
said section hereby proposed az an Amend
ment to the Constitution. shall be at the
next General Election held in TIL. State.
submitted to the legal sAS qualified voters
,<nefeof for tsssS ddoptlon Or EsjsOtion, IN
.N.1saN ~ Ma dlractioua contained In
nd sf st - said ID General Gel Election ihs vote on
the said protosed Apsaamspt to the Con-
stitution shall be By ballot, Ind 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 40 directed by said
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution.
Approved Apr. II. 1910. 20
AUSTIN l. CROffiERS,
(Grsat Seai) Goyefhof.
A. P. GoRMAN, Jr..
&a,., President Of the Senate.
nrAM PEEPLEs.
sssskss ss tie House Of Delegates.
Se, -4 arsv
cz1srna sos.
A. let to amead sfetioh 2 Of ,Kstisis O.
title Legislative Depsrtment,"' Qf the
Constifdtion Of thiS State and to pfpyide
for the spbndssion OF said Anendmenf to
the qualified voters OF this State for
adoption or rejection. s-a.,.,
Section /. be II enacted by ihe General,
Assembly of MarylApd, three -dfths Of ali,
the members or each Of the two Hoasss
concurring. that the ALLOWING section ~
and the same " hereby proposed as az
Amendment to Section 2 Of Article 8, titf1,
Legislative Departments" ef the Constitu-
tion Of this State, and n asopted By the
legal and qualified voters thessof, as here
in provided, said section shah superseds
and stand in the place. and Instead Of
Section 2 of Article Of TIE Constitution
Of Maryland.
2. The City Of Baitimofsv shall b. aivid-
Cd into four Legislative Districts 30 scar
~ may be Of equal population and Of csn.
hguous territory. and each ofs SAID Leris-
lativs Districts Of Baltimers CITY. as they
may from time to time be l6fd out, IN
accordance with ths provisions hsfsUE amA