The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-10-06
CHAPTER 253.

An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article / OF the Constitution OF this state
known as Section S. to follow Section Z
and to provide for the submission or said
Amendment to the qualified voters of this
Section T. Be it enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly of Maryland three-hf OF
all members Of each Of the two houses
concurring), that the following section be
amendment to Article I Of the Constitu-
ton OF this State. which said section, If
adopted by the qualified voters Of TINS this
ton to said Article l. to be known as
Section 8, to follow Section z, of said
Section g. All state and municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
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 all State elections IN
this State and provide. that on said bal
lot after the name Of each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nominal
ed aS the candidate OF any political party
or organization there shall Pc printed tne
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 nfths OF all the members Of each
house.
fed voter and the right to vote at any
State or municipal election In this State
shall be limited to the following persons:
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
lions Of this Article. possessing the quail
1cations as to age and residence mention
In Section OF ot this Article as Citizen
lions Of this Article possessing the quail
Cd IN Section | of this Article. who at
the time OF his application for .registra-
ton r. the bona Ade owner Of real or
q o. not le sORt6 than ave Hundred dollars, il
assessed therefor on the tax books Of the
City ef Baltimore or Of one Of the
Counties OF this State, has been such
preceding his application for registration.
shall have paid and shall produce receipts
for the taxes on said property for said
application make affidavit before the Of
fcerR of registration that he Lin the bona
fide owner of the property SO assessed to
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton.
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 and the General
az II this section had never been adopted.
and the laws of this State, including 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 2. And be it 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"
as now provided BY law. and immediate
Ivy 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
AUSTIN T.. CROTHERs.
N a. p. GORMAN, Jr.,
President or the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates