The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-10-11
PROCLAMATION

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TIC
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE, PROVIDING FOR
ABSENT VOTING
| WHEREAS, at the January Session OF
the General Assembly of Maryland,
held in.thc year 1918, bill was pass
ed, to-wit: Chapter 20 of said Acts,
proposing an additional Section to
Article l of the Constitution of Mary.
land, to be known as Section la and
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 l, title, GLE ctive Franchise,
of the Constitution of the State OF
Maryland, by adding a new section
thereto, to be known as Section Ia, the
same relating to absent voting; and TO
provide for the submission OF said
amendment to the qualified voters OF
this State for adoption or rejection.
St ction ]. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, three ffths
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,
title, effective Franchise" of the Con-
stitution 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 1 of the Constitution Of
Maryland.
Section IA The General Assembly
e oho1 hau To
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
they 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 and return of theil
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 foI
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 Consti-
tuition of this State, and at the said
General Election the vote on the saiu
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by BALLOT, and upon each
BALLOT there snail be printed the words
For the constitutional Amendment"
and against the Constitutional
Amen dment," as now provided by law.
and Immediately after said election due
returns shall be made to the Governor
of the vote for and against said pro-
posed amen dment as directed by said
Fourteenth Article of the Constitution
and further proceedings had in accord
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved March %, 1918.
Now, therefore, l. Emerson G. Har-
Governor of the State of Mary.
land, in pursuance of the direction con
tanned in Section l of Article ID of the
Constitution CT Maryland, do hereby
order and direct that this Proclamation,
full, true and correct copy
of the text of said Chapter 20 of the !,
Acts of the General Assembly OF
Session of 1918, be published
Ia 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 lam
guage, once a week for at least three
months next preceding the General
Election to be held in the S ate OF
on Tues 'ay, November 5.
1918, at which election the said proposed j
to the Constitution shall be
submitted in form and manner prescrIb-
I'd 10y the General Assembly to the
legal and qualified voters of the State
tor their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal Of the State of Maryland. Done
1t the City of Annapolis this twentieth
lay of July, nineteen hundred and eigh-
cen.
(The Great Seal
OF Maryland)
EMERSON G. HARRINGTON
BY the Governor:
THOMAS W. SIMMONS,
Secretary of State