The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-07-31

the members of each of the two houses con
curring), That the following section be and
the same is hereby proposed as an amend
ment to section of Article /, title Elective
Franchise of the Constitution of this state,
and if adopted by the legal and qualified
voters thereof as herein provided, said sec
ton shall supersede and stand in the place
and stead of Section of said Article l of
the Constitution of Maryland
SEC. 3, If any person shall give. or offer to
give. directly or Indirectly, any bride. pres
emit or reward, or any promise, or any secur-
ity. for the payment or delivery of money,
or any other thing, to induce any voter to
refrain from casting his vote. or to prevent
him in any way from voting, or to procure
a vote for any candidate or person proposed.
or voted for as an electOr of President and
Vice President of the United State, or Repre-
sentative in Congress or for any Office of
profit or of trust. created by the Constitution
or Laws of this State or by the ordinances, or
or authority of the Mayor and City Council
Of Baltimore. the person giving. or Offering
to give and the person receiving the same.
and any person who gives or causes to be
given, an Illegal vote, knowing it to be such,
at any election to be held in this State, shall,
on conviction In a Court of Law, in addition
to the penalties now or hereafter to he I'M
posed by law, he forever disqualified to hold
any office of pront or trust, or to vote at any
election thereafter.
But the General Assembly may in its lis
erection 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. ,. And he it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall at the next election
for members of the General Assembly of this
State to be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month of November,
nineteen hundred and thirteen Qgl3), be sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contained i'll
Article Il of the Constitution of this State;
and at the said election the said proposed
amendment shall be printed upon the official
ballot and the vote on said proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be by ballot,
shall he printed the words. For the Consti-
tiOnal Amendment" and Against the Con
estitutiOnal Amendment as now provided
by law with an appropriate box to vote for
and against the same as the voter shall
select. And upon said ballot the new words
proposed to be added to said Section of said
Article !, namely the words: But the Gen
eral Assembly may in its discretion remove
the above penalty and all other penalties
upon the vote seller 50 as to place the penal
ties for the purchase of votes upon the vote
buyer alone, shall be printed on the official
ballot in italics so as to plainly indicate to
the voter the said proposed change in the
Constitution, ana Immediately after said
election due returns shall be made to the
Governor of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment as directed by the
said Article ( of the said Constitution.
Approved April II, 1872.