Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-08-18

An Act TO propose an Amendment to
/ Article l Of the Constitution Of this State
known as Section S. 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 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland fthree-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 l OF the Constitu-
/ tion of this State hich said section. if
adopted by the qualified voters Of this
state, shail stand as an additional section
to said Article I, TO be known as Section
5. to follow Section T. Of said Article
Section 8 All State and municipal cleo
tions shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Bal
lot System, and II shall be the duty Of
the General Assembly to provide by
law for form Of ballot, uniform
throughout the State, for use at ali State
on said ballot after the name OF each
candidate thereon who may have been
duly nominated as the candidate OF any
political party or organization, there
s,iail be printed the legal name of said
party or organization; equal representa-
itcn Of the minority party among the
judges and clerks Of election. registers or
other officers performing similar func-
tiors shall not be abolished by the Cen
eral Assembly unless by vote of four
fifths of all the members Of each house,
The right 10 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
ifications as to age and res dance men
TONED in Section Of this Article
Second; Every other male cit zen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions of this Article possessing the quail
hcatiOns as to age and residence men
toned in Section l Of this Article. who at
the time OF his application for registfa-
tion is the bona hde 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 toIn-
ties Of this State, has been Sueh owner
and so assessed for two years next pre-
ceding his application for registration.
shall have paid and shall produce re-
ceipts for the taxes on said property
said two years. AID shall at the time OF
his application make aihdavit oe'ore ne
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
II anv 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 Gene sfl
Assembly shall possess the same powers
as If this section had never been adoptei,
and the laws OF THIS state lHEiAdlh- thf
local laws anriicable 10 certain counties
thereof relating TO the form OF ballot 70
be used at elections. in force on the rrst
day of July in the year nineteen hundred
and ten shall revive or continue in force
until altered by the General ASS emhly
MISUNDERSTANDING any Acts to the con
trarv which may have been passed while
the terms of this section shall have b., n
in force or while the General Assembly
shall have believed or assumed the pro-
Visions Of this section to be valid
Section 2 And be it further enacted. BY
the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution shall pe
at the next General Election held In this
state submitted to the legal and quall-
fed voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection IN pursuance OF the uIee-
tions contained in Article u OF the con
stitution Of this State. and at said Gem
erai election the vote on the said pro-
posed Amendment to the Constitution
shan be by ballot and upon each bal
lot 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
(;overnor OF the vote for and against
said nroposed Amendment. as directed
by said Fourteenth Article of the Const.-
Approved Apr Il, 1910.
AUSTIN l.. CROTHEkS.
sefes' sea- 4. P. GoRMAN. JR..
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker Of the House of Delegates.