Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-19
CHAPTER 25s.

A. A., 20 rror,ose an Amendment to
Article l of the Constitution OF TINS otate
Known as section s. to follow Section Z
and TO provide for the submission or
said Amendment 10 the quaiihesd voters ok oA
this State for adoption or REJECTION.
Section /. BE il enacted by the Geherai
Assembly of Maryland (three-tfths OF
all members of each OF the Two houses
concurring) that the following section De
and the same Is hereby proposed as an
amendment 10 Article l OF the Constito-
tion OF this State. which said section, II
adopted by the qualified voters OF th ms
State, shall stand as an additional sectlon
TO said Article ]. TO be known as Secuon
g. to follow Section Z, OF said Article.
Section S. All State and municipal cleo
tions shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Austral3n bals
lot system, and 1t shall be the duty of
the General Assembly to proVlue py
law for form of ballot, UNIFORM
throughout the State, for use at all state
elections in this State, and provide that
on said ballot after the name OF each
candidate thereon VINO may nave &c p s1n
political party o. organization there
shall be printed the legal name OF said
party or organization; equal representa-
lion of the minority party among the
Judges and clerks of election, registers OF
other officers performing similar rune
lions shall not be abolished by the GEN
eral Assembly unless by vote or TOUR
fifths of all the members of each house:
The right to be registered as a qualii
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
lions of this Article. possessing the quail
ifications as to age and residence men
toned in Section l of this Article
Second: Every other male citizen not
DISQUALIFIED by the Second or Third Sec
tons of this Article possessing the quail
fcations as to age and residence mem
toned in Section l of this Article. who at
the time of his application for reglstra-
ton is the bona Ede owner of real or
L both. J.
4 of not less than nVe hundred doiafs, is
| assessed therefor on the tax books OF the
| City of Baltimore or of one OF the todh-
/ Ties of this state has been such 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 IJI
/ said two years, and Sd all at the TIME oi
4 his application make ahidaNt be ore N,
4 officers of registration that ne is the
bona fide owner of the properly so as
/ sessed to him and that he has been sue
owner for two years next preceding M
"9 II anv person other than those hereir
1 mentioned shall be or become leg iliE en
1 titled 10 be regtst cred as voters al stat
~ ,'Icr-ssf1vr vfty. 'rv-rrtl'.s
4 Assembly shall possess the same powers
| and the laws OF this State. includ.H g III
/ local laws applicable to certain countih:
/ thereof, relating. 10 the form of bsllOt 2
be used at electionc. in force on the rs
| day of July IA the year nineteen hundred
1 and ten. shan revive or continue la force
Il
/ Notwithstanding any Acts to the con
4 trary which may have been passed while
4 the terms of this section shall have beer
/ in force or while the General Assembly
shall have believed or assumed the pro
/ visions of this section to be valid.
1 Section 2. And be it further enacted. 10y
/ the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
1 said section hereby proposed as an
| Amendment TO the Constitution shall be
4 at the next General Election held in this
L State. submitted to the legal and quail
4 fed voters thereof for their adoption or
/ rejection. in pursuance OF the direc-
/ lions contained in Article II of the Con
/ stitutlon of this State. and at said Cen
l eral Election che vote on the said pro-
| posed Amendment to the Constitution
| Shall 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
Governor of the vote for and against
said proposed Amendment, as directed
by said Fourteenth Article of the Consti-
tuition.
Approved Apr. II. 1910
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS.
A. r. GORMAN, JR.,
President OF the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.