Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-05
CHAPTER 500
Approved April 8. 1919.

AN ACT to amend Section Of Article l,
title Effective Franchise" Of the Consti,u-
ton Of this State, so as to permit the General
Assembly 10 excuse the vote seller from any
penalty for selling bis 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 or rejection.
srcrfos l. Re it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. Ghreehfths Of ali
! the members a. each Of the two houses con
cnrrihg). That the following section be and
The same is hereby proposed hs an amendment
10 Section ) Of Article j. title Elective Fran
ehisc." Of the Constitution Of this State and
II adopted By the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided. said section shall
supersede and stand in the place and stead Of
Section 5 Of said Article / Of the Constitution
Of Maryland
SIC. g. If any person shall give. or offer to
give. directly or indirectly, any bride, present
or reward. or any promise, or any security, for
tie payment or delivery Of money, Or any
other thing 10 induce any voter to refrain
from casting his vote. or to prevent him in
any way from voting, or to procure vote
for any candidate or person proposed, or
voted for as an eiector Of President and Vice
President Of the United States. or 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 su-
ihority Of the Mayor and City Council Of Bal
umorc. the person giving. or Offering 70 give
and the person receiving the same, and any
person who gives or causes TO be given, an
illegal cote. knowing II 10 be such, at any
election 70 be hereafter held in this State,
shall. on conviction in Court Of Law, in add
ton to the penalties now or hereafter to be
imposed BY law, he forever disqualified 70 hold
any Office Of profit or trust. or to vote at any
election thereafter.
Bat the General Assembly may in its dis.
erection remove the above penalty and al other
penalties upon the vote seller 50 as to place
the penalties for the purchase Of votes on the
vote buycr alone.
SIC ?. And be It further enacted BY the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed As an amendment %
members Of The General Assembly Of this
State 10 be held on the Tuesday next after
the FIRST Monday in the month Of November
nineteen hundred and thirteen lSi5), be sub
usiltcd 10 the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption or rejection, IN pursuance Of
tic directions contained in Article il Of the
Constitution 81 this State. and Al the said
election the said proposed amendment shall be
printed upoa the official ballot and the vote on
said proposed amendment 10 the Constitution
shall be BY ballot and upon each ballot shall
te 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
same as the vster shall select And upon said
ballot the new words proposed to be added to
said Section Of said Article /, namely, the
words: "But the General Assembly may IN
rs discretion remove the above penalty ard ali
other penalties upon the vote seller 50 as te
place the penalties for the purchase Of votes
upon the vote buyer alone" shah be printed on
the official ballot In italics 50 as 70 plainly
indicate 70 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 Il Of The said Constitution.
approved April IL. 1912