Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-11-03

An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article of the Constitution Of this State
by nddirs thereto a new Section, to be
known as Section s. to follow Section
said Amendment TO the qualified voters Of
this State for adoption or rejection.
Section l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland (three-hfths OF
all members Of each Of the two houses
concurrlng). that the following section be
and the same Is hereby proposed as an
amendment to Article of the Constitu-
ton Of this State. which said section. u
adopted by the qualified voters of this
State. shall stand as an additional section
to said Article !, to be known as Section
). 10 follow Section 7, OF said Article.
Section s. All State and municipal cleo
tons shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Bal
lot System. and It 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 ballot after the name OF each
candidate thereon who may have been
duly nominated as the candidate Of any
political party or organization. there
shall be printed the legal name OF said
party or organization; equal representa-
ton Of the minority party among the
Judges and clerks Of election. registers or
other officers performing similar func-
lions shall not be abolished by the Cen
eral Assembly unless by vote OF four
ffths OF all the members OF each house,
The right TO be registered as quail
State or ns snt 10 H0t ST. sats
shall be limited to the following persons:
First: Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
locations as 70 age and residence mem
toned IN Section ! of this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons Of this Article possessing the quail
lcations as to age and residence men
TONED In Section OF this Article, VINO at
the time Of his application for ysgistra-
ton Is the bona fide owner 81 real or
personal property. or both. in an amount
Of not less than fve hundred dollars. is
assessed therefor on the tax books OF the
City Of Baltimore or Of one of the coun-
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 for
said two years, and shall at the time OF
his application make affidavit before the
officers of registration that he is the
sessed 10 him and that he has been such
owner for two years next preceding his
application.
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered as voters at State
Elections in this State, then this section
SHAH be null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
as IL 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 frat
day Of July In the year nineteen hundred
and ten shall revive or continue In force
until altered by the General Assembly
notwithstanding any Acts to the con-
trary 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 pro-
visions Of this section to be valid.
Section g And be 1t further enacted. BY
the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed as an
Amendment to the Constitution shall be
al the next General Election held In this
state. submitted to the legal and quail
Hed voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection. in pursuance Of the direc-
lions contained In Article IA Of the Con
stitutlon OF this State. and at said Gen
eral Election the vote on the said pro
posed Amendment TO the Constitution
lot shall be printed the words Tor
Constitutional Amendment and Against
Constitutional Amendment" as now pros
vfded by law, and Immediately after said
election due return shall be made 10 the
Governor Of the vote for and aeainsl
said proposed Amendment, as directed
by said Fourteenth Article OF the Constr
Approved Apr. II. 1910.
AUSTIN L. CRoTHERs,
o'sa' sea- 4. P. ooRMAN. JRs
President OF the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES.
Speaker Of the House Of Delegates.