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PROCLAMATION
Promising an Amendment to the COnstitu-
ton OF the State, Providing for
Absent Voting

Whereas, mt the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, heic
in the year 1918, IA Dill was phssca'
to-wit, Chapter 20 of said acts pro
Messing an additional section to Arti-
Gle 1 of the Constitution 81 Mary
land, to be known as Section Ia. ana
relating to absent voting, ana winch
said bill is in the words anu hSuFeS
following;
CHAPTER 20.
An Act to propose an amendment
Article l. title, Elective Franchise, OF
the Constitution of the State Of Mary
land by adding q! new section tner &c
relating to absent voting: and to pro-
vide Tor the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters OF TINS
State for adoption or rejection:
| Section /. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, three-nttns
| of all the members OF each OF the tive
Houses concurring, That the following
| new Section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an Amendment 10 Article
/, title, Elective Franchise, OF the
to be inserted after Section1. and To be
| known as Section La; the same, Il
| adopted by the legally qualified voters
! of the State as herein provided, to be
| come a part of Article L of the Con
! stitution of Maryland.
Section la The General Assembly
of Maryland shall have power to Pre-
vide by suitable enactment for voting
| by qualified voters of the state ~
| Maryland who are absent and engaged
I in the Military or Naval Service OF me
! United States at the time of any cleo
! ton from the ward or election district
! in which they are entitled to vote, ana
! for the manner in which and the time
| and place at which such absent votacs
| may vote, and the canvass and return
Section 2. And be it further enacted
| by the authority aforesaid, That sald
! foregoing Section hereby proposed as
an amendment to the Constitution, shall
be at the next General Election Tor
| Members of Congress held in 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 Con-
| stitution of this State. and at the said
| General Election the vote on the SAID
| proposed amendment to the Const1tu-
| ton shall be by ballot, and upon each
| words For the Constitutional Amend
ment' and Against the Constitutional
Amendment" as now provided by law
and Immediately after said ELECTION
| due returns shall be made to the GOV
| ernor of the vote for and against sad
| proposed amendment as directed py
tuition, and further proceedings had in
! accordance with this Article Fourteen.
| Approved March p. 1918.
rin mG~i governor governor Of the State Of Mary
| land, in pursuance of the direction con-
! tanned in Section 1 of Article IA of the
! Constitution OF harSldnu, 10 uercpS
! order and direct that this Proclama-
| ton, containing a full, true and COR
! rect copy OF the text of said Chapter
| 20 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of Maryland, Session of 1913, be pub
lished in 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 newspaper, and in three
newspapers published in the City OF
! Baltimore, one of which shall be in
! the German language, once week fer
| at least three months next preceding
| the General Election to be held in the
State of Maryland on Tuesday, Noveln-
| Der S, 1918, at which election the said
| proposed amendment to the COnstttu-
| ton shall be submitted in form and
manner prescribed by the General As
sembly, to the legal and qualified vot-
ers of the State for their adoption or
! rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great
| Seal of the State of Maryland. Done at
! the City of Annapolis this twentieth
day of July, nineteen hundred and
's"'eH EMERSON c. HARRINGTON.
| (The Great Seal
| of Maryland)
By the Governor:
| THOMAS w. SIMMONS,
| Secretary of State.
| 7-22-1Sw. o.a.w. r. 7-24-13w. o.a.w-