The citizen., 1913-08-15

CHAPTER 6O2.

An ACT to amend Section ) of Article l.
title effective Franchise" OF the Constita
ton of this State, so as to permit the General
Assembly to excuse the vote seller from any
penalty for selling his vote and place the
penalty for the purchase of votes upon the
vote buyer alone, and to provide for the sub
mission of said amendment to the qualified
voters of this State for adoption rejection
SEcrIoN l. Re it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, GhreehftAS C1 e1i
the members OF each Of the two houses cor
currings, That the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amendment
TO Section of Article l. title elective Fran
chise," OF the Constitution OF this State, and
if adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, said section shall
superseds and stand in the place and stead of
Section ; Of said Article / of the Constitution
OF Maryland
SEC 3 If any person shall give. or offer to
give, directly or indirectly, any bribe, present
or reward. any promise, or any security, tor
the payment or delivery Of money, or any
other thing. to induce any voter to refrain
from casting his vote, to prevent him in
any way from voting. to procure vote
for any candidate or person proposed, OF
voted for as an eiector of President and Vice
President of the United States, Represen.
tative in Congress or for any Office of profit
or trust, created by the Constitution or Laws
of this State or by the Ordinances, or All.
thority Of the Mayor and City Council of Bal
tmore, the person giving, offering to give
and the person receiving the same. and any
person who gives or causes to be given es
illegal vote knowing il to be coe&, a. Casy
election to be hereafter held in this 8tste,
shall, on conviction in Court Of Law. is Redi
ton to The penalties now or hereafter % be
imposed by law, be forever disqualified to hold
any Office of profit trust, or to vote at any
election thereafter.
But the General Assembly may in its dis
cretion remove the above penalty and all other
penalties upon the vote seller so as to place
the penalties for the purchase OF votes on the
vote buyer alone.
SEC 3 And he it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed amendment to
the Constitution shall at the next election fer
members of the General Assembly of this
State to be held on the Tuesday next after
the hrst Monday in the month of November,
nineteen hundred and thirteen Q9l5), be sub
nitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption rejection, in pursuance OF
the directions contained in Article IL OF the
Constitution of this Stsss; and ~ - eE}z
election the said proposed aassg&lacs3 csSse "a
printed upon the official bsIieS aES esSS vseo q
said proposed ars.ndment to the Constitution
shall be by ballot, and upon each ballot shall
he printed the words, For the Constitutional
Amendment" and against the Constitutional
Amendment" as now provided by law with an
appropriate box to vote for and against the
ballot the new words proposed to be added to
said Section of said Article /, namely, the
words: "But the General Assembly may in
its discretion remove the above penalty and all
other penalties upon the vote seller so as to
place the penalties for the purchase of votes
upon tue vote buyer alone, SNAIL pe prihteu w
the official ballot in italics so as to plainly
indicate to the voter the said proposed change
In the Constitution, and Immediately after said
due election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment as directed by the said
Article Ia of the said Constitution.
Approved April II, 1912.