The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-08-04
CHAPTER 253.

An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article l Of the Constitution OF TINS otate
by adding thereto new Section, 10 De
and 10 provide for the submission OF said
Amendment to the qualified voters OF TINS
State for adoption or reJectionf
Section i. Be fl enacted by the Gener-
al Assembly Of Maryland three-ffths q
all members OF each Of tine two houses
concurringJ that the following section De
amendment 10 Article 1 OK the Constitu-
ton on this State which said section At
adopted by thu qualified voters of fnls
ton IN said Article II 10 NJ known VI
Section y. To follow Section M or saia
Article
tons shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
system, and ii shall be the duty or the
General Assembly 70 provide by law 1 Ioa
State for use at all State elections ID
this State and provide that on said pal
lot after the name Of each candidate
ed as the candidate of any political party
or organization, there shall be printed the
legal name of said party or organization ;
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
four-fifths of ali the members of each
house. .
The right to be registered as a quail
fed voter and the right to vote at any
shall be limited to the following persons :
First: Every male white citizen not
DISQUALIFIED By the second Gr I .pa ,S Sef
fcations ~ 10 age and residence mention
"a in Section 4 or this Article.
Second: Every other male citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tons of this Article possessing tn quail
tcatlons as To &c and residence mention
ed ala Section 4 Or this. Article who mt
ton is thu bona nae owner of real or
personal property, or both, Ar an amount
Ok not less than five hundred dollars, is
assessed therefor on the tax books or the
city Or Baltimore Or o. one or TIE
Counties OF this State, has been such
owner and % assessed for two years next
preceding his application for REGISTRATION s
for the taxes on said property for said
two years, and shall at the time Of his
fcers OF registration that he is the bona
fide owner of the property so assessed to
him and that he has been such owner
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton.
If any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered as voters at State
shall be null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
as IL this section had never been adopted.
anu the laws Oh Ln1S state, IncluQlnS Lne
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 i'm
force or while the General Assembly shall
have believed or assumed tine provisions
OF this section to be valid
Section p And be it further enacted.
by tine authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed as an Amend
ment to the Constitution shall be MT the
next General Election held i'm 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 Ia 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
ly after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed Amendment, as di-
rected by said Fourteenth Article Of the
Constitution.
Approved Apr. IL, 1910
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS.
Great SeaD Governor.
President of the Senate
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House Of Delegates