Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-08-05
CHAPTER 2ss.

ArtfFle OF the CONSTITUTION OF NUls Niate
BY adding thereto new Section. 10 I've
known a. Section Q. to follow Section
and to provide for the submission Of said
Amendment to the qualified voters Of this
State for adoption or rejection.
Section 1. BE Il enacted By the Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland three nfths
Of all members OF each Of the two houses
concurringD. that the following section he
and the same Ii hereby proposed a. an
amendment to Article Of the Constitution
Of this State. which said section. II adopted
By the qualified voters Of this State. shall
stand a. an additional section 70 said Ar
ticle |. to be known a. Section 8. to follow
Section 7. Of said Article.
Section 8. All State and municipal cleo
tions shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
System. aud 1t shall he the duty OF the
General Assembly to provide by law for
q form Of ballot. uniform throughout the
State. for use a. oil State elections in
this State. and provide that on said hal
lot hftsr the name OF each candidate
thereon who may have been duly nominated
as the candidate Of any political party or
organization. there shall he printed the
legal name OF said party or organization;
equal representation Of the minority party
among the judges aud clerks OF election
registers or other officers performing sim.
liar functions shall not be abolished by the
General Assembly unless by a vote OF four
bfths Of all the members OF each house
The right to he registered a. quail.
fed voter and the right 10 vote at any
State or municipal election In this State
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First: Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
lions OF this Article. possessing the quail
ncations as 10 age and residence mentioned
In Section ! OF this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
iions Of this Article possessing the quail
hcations as to age and residence mentioned
IN Section I Of this Article. who ~ the time
Of his application for registration IL the
bona fide owner Of real or personal prop
erty, or both, In an amount OF not less
than Ave hundred dollars. IL assessed there
for on the tax books Of the City Of Bal-
tinIora or OF one Of the Counties OF this
State. has been such owner and so assessed
for two years next preceding his appiica-
tion for registration. shall have paid and
shall produce receipts for the taxes on said
property for said two yeiffs. and shall at
the time Of his application make affidavit
before the officers Of registration that he IL
the bona hde owner OF the property so as
sessed TO him and that he has been such
owner for two years next preceding his
application.
II any person other than those herein
mentioned shall he or become legally en-
titled to be- registered voters NJ State
Elections In this state. then this section
shall he null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
a. 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 uaIil
altered by the General Assembly notwith-
standing 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 he valid.
Section 2 And be II further enacted.
by the authority aforesaid. that the afore.
said section hereby proposed as an Amend.
ment to the Constitution shall he NJ the
next General Election held IN this state.
submitted to the legal aud qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection In
pursuance Of the directions contained In
Article II OF the Constitution Of this State.
aud nj said General Election the vote on
the said proposed Amendment TO the Con
siitntlon shall be by ballot. and upon each
ballot shall he printed the words. For
Constbu tional Amendment" and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as now pro-
yided by law. aud Immediately after said
election due return shall bs made to the
Go,crnor ~ the vote for aud against said
proposed Amendment. rs directed by said
Fourteenth Article OF the Constitution.
Approved Apr II. 1910.
AUSTIN l.. cRo1HERs,
(Grest Seal Governor.
A. T. GORMAN. Jr..
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker Of the House q Delegates.