Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-09-29

An Act to propose an Amendment TO
Article OF the Constitution Of thts Staie
by adding thereto q new Section q b
known as Section 5, 10 follow Section
and 10 provide for the submission OF
said Amendment to the qualified voters af
this State for adoption or rejection.
Section I. BE it enacted hy the General
Assembly of Maryland (thrce-hfths OF
all members OF each OF the two houses
concufring). that the following ction BE-
amendment to Article / OF the Cansiita-
tiun OF this State. which said section. II
adopted by the qualified voters Of this
State, shall stand as an additional section
to said Article l. to be known as Section
s. to follow Section Z. OF said Article.
Section 3. All State and municipal eiec-
tions shall be conducted by the syst m
lot System. and it shall be tie duty OF
the General ASSEMBLY to provids bv
law for a form Of ballot uniform
throughout the State, for use at all State
elections IN this State, and provide that
on said ballot after the maine 0f each
candidate thereon who may have bsen
duly nominated as the candidate OF any
political party or organization. there
shall be printed the legal name of said
party or organization; equal rapr senta-
tion OF the minority party among the
judges and clerks Of election. registers ~
other officers performing similar func-
tions shah not be abolished by the Gan-
eral Assembly unless by vote OF four
fifths OF all the members Of each house
The right 10 be registered as a quail
hed voter and the right to vote al any
State or municipal election IN tlis st4te
shall be limited to the following persons.
First. Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions OF this Article possessing the qu4l-
ffications as to age and residence mem
toned in Section 1 OF this Article.
Second Every other male cit zen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tions Of this Article possessing the qtali-
fications as to age and residence men
toned in Section Of this Article. who 4
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ton Is the bona nde owner Of raai or
personal property, or both, in an amount
OF not less than five hundred dollars is
assessed therefor on the tax books OF the
City Of Baltimore or of one Of the n-
ties OF this State, has been sueh owner
and so assessed tor two years next pre-
ceding his application for registration.
shall nave paid and shall produce re-
ceipts for the taxes on said property r
said two years. aad shall at the time qf
his application make aiildavlt pe o5e tne
bona fida owner OF the properly 50 as
sessed to him and that he has been s4ch
owner for two years next preceding his
X anv person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled TO be registered as voters az state
Elections in this State, then this sec'i77
shall be null and void and the Gene
Assembly shall possess the same poWei $
as II this section had never been aiopted
and the laws Of this state, including the
local laws applicable TO certain counties
thereof, relating to the form OF ballot 10
be used at elections, in force on the rs
day OF July in the year nineteen handred
and ten, shall revive or continue N force
until altered by the General Assembly
Notwithstanding any Acts to the con-
frarv which may have been passed while
Sbe Terms of this section shall have b. n
sn force or while the General Assembly
shall have believed or assumed the pro
visions Of this section TO be valid
Section q And be 1t further euacted- py
the authority aforesaid. that the afore-
said section hereby proposed as 40
amendment to the Constitution shall ne
Al fhe next General Election held in this
state submitted TO the legal ard quali-
fied voters thereof for their adoption or
rejection. in pursuance OF the dlrec-
lions contained in Article IA of the Con
stitution OF this State. and at said Cen
eral Election the vote on the said pro-
posed Amendment 70 the Constitution
shail be by ballot, and upon each bal
lot shall be printed the words FOR
Constitutional Amendment and Against
Constitutional Amendment. as now pro-
yided by law. and Immediately after sad
election due return shall he made 70 m I
Governor OF the vote for and against
said pfoposed Amendment. as directed
BY said Fourteenth Article Of the tonst-
tuition. . a,a
AUSTIN l.. CROTHERS
N's~ 4. p. GoRMAN, JR..
President OF the Senate.
ADAM fEEPL1S,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.