The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-10-27
4 CHAPTER 253.

An Act to propose an Amendment to
Article OF the Constitution OF this State
BY adding thereto new Section, 60 pc
and to provide for the submission OF said
Amendment to the qualified voters Of this
State for adoption or rejection?
Section L. Be ii enacted 10y the Gener-
al Assembly Of Maryland tthree- ffths OF
all members or each or the two houses
concurring), that the following section be
anna &c Article of re
ton of this State. which said section, If
adopted By the qualified voters of this
ton to said Article I. to be known as
Section 9. 70 follow Section 2. OF said
section 8. All State and municipal cleo
lions shall be conducted by the system
commonly known as the Australian Ballot
System, and # shall be the duty Of the
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
or organization, there shall Be printed the
equal representation Of the minority party
among the judges and clerks Of election
registers or other officers performing sim
ilar function shall not be abolished BY the
four-nfths Of all the members o. each
house
The right to Be registered as quail
fed voter and the right to vote ut any
State or municipal election In this State
shall be limited TO the following persons:
First: Every male white citizen not
lions Of this Article. possessing the quail
ed in Section j Or this Article.
disqualified BY the Second or Third Sec
tons of this Article possessing the quail
ncatieng as to age and residence mention
tie time Of his application for registra-
ton liz the bona Ade owner or real Or
personal property, OK both. In an amount
q not less than fye hundred sS cellars. ia IL
City of 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
two years. and shall Ut the time OF his
fceFs Of registration that he IL the bona
fde owner of the property 80 assessed to
him and that be has been such owner
for two years next preceding his applica-
ton.
II any person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
Elections IN this State. then this section
shall be null and void and the General
Assembly shall possess the same powers
and the laws OF this State. including the
local laws applicable to certain counties
thereof. relating to the form Of ballot to
be used mt 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 Wild
Section 2. And be II further enacted.
by the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed as an AmeMd
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
in 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 r. CROTHERS.
Great SeaD Governor.
President Of the Senate.
ADAM PEOPLES,
Speaker OF the House OF Delegates.