Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-26
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CHAPTER rs
An Act to propose an Amendments 20
Article Of the CoEstttuten Of this State
By adding thereto q new Section. 70 Be
known as Section G 10 follow Section 7
and to provide for the Submission Of said
Amendment to the euai;Aed voters Of this
State for adoption % re3ectien.
sectiea L Be It enacted By che Gen
sral Assembly Of Maryland tthreA-nfShs
OF all members OF each Of the TIVE houses
eOneurr4ng). that the following section be
and the same IL hereby proposed ss an
amendment to Article ! Of tina Constitution
of this State, which said section. II adopted
By the qualified voters Of this State, shall
stand as an additional section 10 said Az
tiele /. to be known Section g. to follow
Section 7. OF said ArticIal
Section g. All stAta and municipal cleo
tons shall be eonducosd By the system
commonly known a. tho Australian Ballot
System, and It shall be the duty OF the
General Assembly 70 provide By law for
. form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State. for use At ell State elections In
this State, and provide that on said ba1-
lot after the name Of each candidates
thereon who may have been daily nominated
a. the candidate Of any political party or
organization. there shall be printed thu
legal name Of said party or organiEations
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 q vote Of four
fftha of all the members Of each house.
The right to be registered 90 4 quail
hsd voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election in this State
shall DO limited to the following persons
Firsti Every male whits citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons Of this Article, possessing the quail
hcations a. 10 age and residence mentioned
in Section 1 Of this Artiela
Second; Every other male citizen net
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons OF this Article possessing the quail
fcations as to ago and residence mentioned
in Section OF this Article. who at the time
Of his application for registration Is the
bona nde owner OF real or personal prop
erty, or both, In an amount Of not less
than i've hundred dollars, II 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
shall produce receipts for the taxes on said
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 fde owner of the property % as
sessed 20 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 at State
Elections IN this State. then this section
shall be null and void ana the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
as IL this section had never been adopted.
and the laws Of this State. including the
local laws applicable to eertAin counties
thereof. relating to the form Of ballot 70 be
used at elections. in force en- the nrst day
Of July In the year nineteen hundred and
ten. shall revive or continue IN force until
altered By the General Assembly notwtth-
standing any Acts 10 the eontrary 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 vaad.
Section 2. And be It further enacted,
By the authority aforesaid. that the afors-
said section hereby proposed a. an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be e. 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-
sttution shall be By ballot, and upon each
ballot shall be printed, tho words. "For
Constitutional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
Vided by law. and Immediately after sa1d
election due return shah Be made to the
Governor OF the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment an directed By said
Fourteenth Article Of the Constitution.
Approved APR. II, 1910.
AUSTIN l. CRo1HERA
(GFeat SeaD Governor.
A p. 0oRAEAaS. JT.
Presfdsua 81 the Senate
ADAM PEEPLES,
Speaker Of thu House Of Delegates