Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-08-25

An Act to propose an Amendment 10
Article OF the Constitution Of this State
BY adding thereto a new Section to b
known as Section 5. to follow Section
and to provide for the submission OF
said Amendment to the qualified voters of
this state for adoption or rejection.
Assembly OF Maryland qhree-ifths OF
all members Of each OF the two houses
concurringl, that the following section be
and the same Is hereby proposed as al
amendment to Article Of the Constitu-
ton OF this State. hich said section. Il
adopted by the qualified voters OF this
State shall stand as an additional section
to said Article !. TO be known as Section
5. to follow Section T. of said Article
Section 5. All State and municipal cleo
tons shall be conducted by the system
lot System, and It shall be the duty OF
the General ASSEMBLY TO- provide by
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 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 representa-
tion Of the minority party among the
judges and clerks Of election. registers or
other officers performing similar fuuc-
tions shall not be abolished by the Gem
erai Assembly unless by vote OF four
ifths OF all the members of each house
The right to be registered as a quali-
aed voter and the right to vote at ans
State or municipal election in this State
shall be limited to the following persons:
First: Every male white citizen not
disqualified by the Second or Third Sec
tlons Of this Article. possessing the quai-
ilcauons as 70 age and rss dence men
toned in Section 1 Of this Article.
Second. Every other male cit zen not
disqualified by the Second or Il ird See
tions of this Article possessing the quail
fcations as to age and residence mem
toned in Section ] Of this Article who at
the time Of his application for registra-
ton is the bona Gde owner Of real or
personal property or both, in an amount
Of not less than Eve hundred doliarg. is
assessed therefor on the tax books of the
City Of Baltimore or Of one Of the Coan-
ties Of this State, has been such owner
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 T
said two years. ard shall at the tins Of
his application make affidavit before the
officers Of registration that he is the
bona fide owner OF the. property 50 as
sessed to him and that he has been such
owner for two years next preceding his
II anv person other than those herein
mentioned shall be or become legally en-
titled to be registered as voters at State
Elections in this state; then TN, THIS seeSili
Assembly shah possess the same powers
as II this section had never been aasl'iea,
and the lsss>of This state. 5;sicl tesiias tas
focal laws anpiicahie 20 =trrtoin counties
thereof relating to the form OF hlliot 70
hs used at elections, in Tor on the ! rss
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
Inc 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 2 And be It further enacted BY
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