The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1918-08-16
PROCLAMATION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT [ TO
THE CON~TI u ZION OF THE
STATE. PRrVlDING FOR
ABSENT VOTING

The CON~TI UFIDN OF THE
STATE. PRpVlDING- FOR
ABSENT VOTING
WHEREAS, Al the January Session oi
the Gelseral Assembly of Maryland,
held in he wear 1918, bill was pass
ed to-wit: Chapter 30 OF said Acts
prnnnsing an additional Section To
artlcle l of the Constitution of Mary :
land. to be known as Section l A ana
relating to absent voting, and which
said bill is in the words and figures
following:
CHAPTER 90
AN ACT to propose an amendment
to Article-1. title, "El, ctive Franchise
of the Constitution of the Stale of
MARYLAND, by adding new section
thereto. to be known as Section la, the
same relating To absent voting; and Il"
n,ovide fur the submission OF said
anendment TO the qualified voters OF
this State for adoption or rejection
:, c.ion j. Be it enacted by the Gen
eraI Assembly of Mary land, three-htths
of all the members of each OF the two
houses concurrin G, That the following
new Section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Article l
lille effective Franchise of the Con-
stitutiou of the State of Maryland, to
be inserted after Section l, and to be
known as Section la; the same, If adopt
ed by the legally qualified voters of the
State as herein provided, to become
part of Article l of the Constitution OF
Maryland. IL
Section IA. The General Assembly
Of Maryland shall have power to pro-
vide by suitable enactment for voting
by qualified voters of the State OF Mary
land who are absent and engaged in the
Military or Naval Service Of the United
States at the time of any election from
the ward or election district in which
thew are entitled to vote, and for the
manner in which and the time and place
at which such absent voters may vote,
and for the canvass ard return OF their
votes.
Section 2 And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
foregoing Section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution, shall
be at the next General Election for
Members of Congress held III this State
submitted to the legal and qualified
voters of the State for adoption or re-
lection, in pursuance of the directions
contained in Article XIV Of the Censti-
tuition of this State, and at the SAID
General Election the vote on the SAID
proposed amendment to the Constltu-
ton shall be by b ut, and upon each
ball 1T there snail be printed the words
'Far The CONSTITUTIONS Amendment
and Against the Constitutional
Amendment, as now provided by law.
and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote FIR aud against SAID pr
posed amendment as directed by sald
Fourteenth Article It the Constitution,
anG further proceedings had in accord
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved March p, 1918.
Now, therefore, | Emerson G. Har-
rington, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the direct ion con
tanned in Section of Article IA of the
Constitution of Maryland, do, hereby
order and direct that this Proclamation,
containing IA full, true and correct copy
of the text of said Chapter 20 Of the
Acts Of the General ASSEMBLY of
Maryland, Session of 1918, be published
"a at least two newspapers in each Of
the counties of the State where so many
may be published, and where not more
than one may be published, then in that
published in the City OF Baltimore, Que
of which shall be in tue German l'n-
guage, once IA week for at least three
months next preceding The General
Election TO be held in the 5 ate OF
Maryland on Tuesday, November D.,
1918, at which election tue said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be
submitted in form and manner prescrlb-
ed 10y the General Assembly to the
legal and qualified voters OF the State
for their adoption or reject IN.
Given under nv hand and the Great
Seal of the State of Maryland. Done
at the City Of Annapolis this twentieth
day of July, nineteen hundred and eigh-
teen.
(The Great Seal
oi MaryIand)
EMERSON 9. HA RRlNGTON
! By the Governor:
THOMAS W. MONS,
Secretary of State.