Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-09-13

AN ACT TO amend Section Of Article j.
title effective Franchise" Of the constitu-
ton Of this State so as to permit the General
Assembly 10 excuse the vote seller from any
penalty for selling his vote and place the
penalty Tor 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.
SrcrIoN J. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland, (threehfths Of all
the members o. each OF the two houses con
eurring) That the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amendment
to Section Of Article /, title Elective Fran
chise." Of the Constitution Of ths State, and
81 adopted by the legal and qualified voters
thereof as herein provided, said section shall
supersedc and stand in the place and stead Of
Section Of said Article Of the Constitution
Of Maryland.
sac g. If any person shall give, or offer to
give. directly or indirectly, any bribe. present
or reward, or any promise, or any security, for
tie payment or delivery Of money, or any
other thing, 20 induce any voter to refrain
from casting his vote, or to prevent him in
any way from voting, or TO procure vote
Tor any candidate or person proposed, or
voted Tor as an elector Of President and Vice
President Of the United States, or Represen-
tatiye in Congress or for any Office Of profit
or trust, created BY the Constitution or Laws
Of this State, or BY the Ordinances, or au-
thority Of the Mayor and City Council Of Bal.
timore, the person giving, or Offering to give
and the person receiving the same. and any
person who gives or causes 10 be given, an
illegal vote, knowing It to be such, at any
ELECTION to be hereafter held in this State,
shall, on conviction IN Court Of Law, in add.
ton to the penalties now or hereafter 10 be
imposed by law. be forever disqualified to hold
any Office Of profit or trust or TO vote at any
election thereafter.
But the General Assembly may in its dis
erection remove the above penalty and all other
penalties upon the vote seller 50 as to place
the penalties for the purchase Of votes on the
vote buyer alone.
src. @ And be it further enacted BY the
authority aforesaid, Tha, the said fcregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution shall at the next election for
members Of the General Assembly Of this
State 70 be held on tic Tuesday next after
the 6rst Monday IN the month Of November,
nineteen hundred and thirteen IsI5), be sub
nitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof
for their adoption OF rejection, in pursuance Of
tie directions contained in Article u Of the
Constitution Of this State; and at the said
election the said proposed amendment shall be
printed upon the oiIicial ballot and the vote or
said propg,ed Amendment 10 the Constitution
sla.l be So ballot. and upon each ballot shall
Dc printed the words, aFor the constitutional
Amendment" and Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as now provided By Law with an
appropriate box 10 vote for and against the
same as the voter shall select And upon said
ballot the new words proposed to Be added 10
said Section Of said Article 1, namely, the
words. "Bui The General Assembly may in
Is discretion remove the above penalty and al
other penalties saon tie vote seller 80 as to
place the pensltiss for the purchase Of votes
upon tie vote buyer alone shall b. printed on
the oaScisl ballet in italics % As 20 pislni,
Indicate to the voter the said proposed change
n the Constitution. and Immediately after said
due election due returns shall Be made to the
Governor Of the vote FOR ard against said
proposed aasndmeat as directed BY the said
Article - q the said Constitution
Approved april II. 1914