Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-08-03

An Act % propose an Amen6meHe %
Article % the Constellation Of thAs State
by adding thereto q new Section. % b
known as Section @. TO follow Section Z
ard to provide for the submission Of said
Anendmsnt 70 the auslinsd voters Of this
State for adoptioa o. rejection.
Section 1. Be IL enacted By che Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland three afths
Of all members Of each Of the two houses
eoncurr4ngD. that the following section be
ana the same 10 hereby proposed 40 an
amendment TO Article Of thu ConstitutioR
Of this State. which said section. II adopted
BY the qualified voters Of this State shall
stand a. an additional section to said Ar
ticls !, 20 be knowR az Section g. 70 follow
Section z. Of said Article.
Section O. All State snd municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted BY the system
commonly known rs the Australian Ballos
System. and II shall DO the duty Of the
General Assembly TO provide By law fog
form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State. for use at ell State elections In
this State. and provide that on said bal
lot sitter the name Of each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nomin ated
as the candidate Of any political party o.
orga nination, there shall bs pFinted the
legal name Of said party or Organisation /;
equal representation Of the minority party
among the Judges and clerks Of election
registers or other officers performing sim
nar functions shall not be abolished by the
General Assembly unless by a vote OF four
nfths OF all the membess OF each house.
The right to be registered 90 q 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 citissn not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons OF this Article. possessing the quail
ncatIOns az to age and residence mentioned
In Section 1 Of this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified By the Second or Third Sec
lions OF this Article possessing the quail
ncatiOns as to age and residence mentioned
In Section OF this Article who at the time
of his application for registration 10 the
bona nde owner Of real or personal prop
erty, or both. In an amount Of not less
than i've hundred dollars, 10 assessed there
for on the tar books Of the City Of Bal
timore or OF one Of the Counties OF this
State, has been such owner and DO assessed
for two years next preceding his applica-
tiGn for registration, shall have paid and
shall produce receipts for thu taxes or said
property for said two years. and shall at
the time Of his application make afidavit
before the officers Of registration that he In
the bona nde owner Of the property DO as
sesssd 10 him and that he has been such
owner for two years next preceding his
application.
II any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered as voters ut 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 10 certain counties
thereof. relating to the form Of ballot to be
used at elections. in force on the nrst 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 bean In force or
while the General Assembly shall have
believed or assumed the provisions Of this
section to be valid.
Section 2 And be II further enacted.
by the authority aforesaid. that the afors-
saiu recuOn nereoy prOposeo hs an Ameno-
msnt 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 IL 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" 40 now pro-
vidsd By law. and Immediately after said
election due return shall bs made to the
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment, as directed by said
Fourteenth Article Of the C0nstitu tion.
Approved Apr. IL, 1910.
AUSTIN l. CROIHERs,
GGreat SealD Governor.
A. p. GORMAN. Jr.
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEEPLEs.
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.