The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-07-28
CHAPTER 253.

An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article l Of the Constitution OF this state
by adding thereto a new Section, ~ Pc
known I'D Section 8, to follow Section I
and to provide for the submission ~ said
Amendment 70 the qualified voters q TINS
State for adoption or reJection.E
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland three hfths OF
all members Of each Of the two houses
concurring), that the following section he
ana the same II hereby proposed H. an
amendment to Article / OF the Constltu-
ton Of this State. which said section, II
adopted by the qualified voters OF TINS TINS
State, shall stand as an additional sec
ton to said Article /. to be known as
Section 8, to follow Section 4, Of said
Section 8. All State and municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
System, and it shall be the duty OF the
a form of ballot, uniform throughout the
State, for use at all State elections IN
this State, and provide that On said PAL
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-fifths of all the members Of each
house.
The right to be registered as a quail
fed voter and the right to vote lt any
State III municipal election i'll this State
shall be limited to the following persons
First: Every male white citizen not
lions of this Article. possessing the quail
fications as to age and residence mention
cd in Section ! 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 mention
the time Of his application for registra-
tion is the bona fde owner Of real or
personal property, Or both. In an amount
Of not less than five hundred dollars, Is
assessed therefor on the tax books OF the
City Of Baltimore or Of one Of the
Counties of this State, has been such
owner and SO assessed for two years next
shall have paid and shall produce receipts
for the taxes on said property for said
two years, and shall at the time OF his
ncers of registration that he is the bona
fide owner of the property so assessed to
him and that he has been such owner
for two years next preceding his applica-
tiOn.
liz any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered as voters at State
shall be null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
a. II this section had never been adopted.
dHu tie ldNb VI LulS SLhLer 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 z. 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
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"
NJ 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 d.
rected by said Fourteenth Article of the
Constitution.
Approved Apr. IL 1910
AUSTIN T.. CROTHERS.
tGreat SeaD Governor.
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.