Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-31

An Act 70 propess al Amendment 80
Article Of the Constitution Of this State
By adding thersts a new Section to be
knewn SIS sscttoa g. to follow Eectoa 7
and to provide Tor the subniTSion sf said
Amendment to the eualiHed voters o. this
State for adoption o. rejection
Eectiea l. BE q enacted By tbs Gen
sral Assembly Of MARYLAND ttarss- nftha
OF al members Of each Of TIE TIVE houses
eeneurTsnEl. that tia following feetioa be
and the same Is hereby pFopooed - "a
amendment 20 Article Of the Constellation
Of this State, which said section. II adopted
By the qualified voters Of this State, shall
stand as an additional section 10 said Ar
tieie l, 10 be known as soctiou &c touow
Section 2, OF sald Article
Section s All State and municipal cleo
tiens shall be conducted b. the system
commonly known az the Australian Ballot
System, and It shall be the duty Of the
General Assembly TO provide By law for
. form Of ballot, uniform throughout the
State fer uSs 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 dominated
es the candidate Of any political party or
organization, there shall De printed TIE
legal name OF said party OF organization;
equal representation Of the minority party
among the judges and clerks ~ election
registers or other ofieerH performing sim
liar functions shah not be abolished BY the
General Assembly unless by vote II four
hfths ef all the members Of each housa
The right to be registerea a. q quail
asd voter and the right 70 vote AZ any
State OF municipal election In this state
shRil be limited to the following persons:
First Every male white citizen not
disqualified By the Second or Third Sec
tionS Of this Artiels. possessing The quail.
ncati0ns as to age and rssldsEce mentioned
IN Section / Of this Article
secondi Every other male citizen not
disqualified By the Second or Third SEQ
items Of this Article possessing The quail.
locations as to aga and Sesideace mentioned
IN Section / OF this Article, who CT the time
Of his application for registration Is the
bona ode owner OF real or personal prop
erty, or both, In al amount OF not less
than ave hundred dollars, Is assessed there
for on the tax books Of the City CT Bal
timors or Of enc Of the Counties Of this
State. has been such owner and so assessed
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton for registration, she'll 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 Ode owner OF the property 80 as
sesaed 20 him and that be has been such
owner for tive years next preceding his
application.
II any person other thaa 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
Assembly shall possess the same powers
Is II this section had never been adopted.
ana 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 frst day
Of July In the year nineteen hundred and
ten, shall revive or continue In force until
altered By the General Assembly Aotwith-
standing any Acts to the contrary which
may have been passed while the terms Of
this section shall have been in tores or
while the General Assembly shall have
believed or assumed tire proviAiona Of this
section 70 be valid.
Section 2. And be IL further enacted,
By the authority aforesaid. that the ator~-
said section hereby proposed a. en- Amend
ment to the Constitation shall be at the
next General Election held In this stats,
submitted to the legal and qualified voteEs
thereof for their sdoptten or rejection, In
pursuance Of the directions contained in
Article IL Of thu Constitution Of this State.
and at said General Election the vote on
TIE said proposed Amendment to the Con-
stItution shall be By balboa and upon each
ballot Rhal be printed the words. "For
Constitutional Amendment ana Against
Constitutional Amsndnsnk- ~ now pro.
Vided By law, and Immediately after sa1d
election due return shah Be made to tia
Governor Of the vote for and against said
proposed Amendment a. directed By szid
Fourteenth Article Of the Constellation.
Approved Apr. II, 1910.
AUSTIN L cRo1EERA
lGrsst seaD 0oYsrner.
p GORMAN Yr