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PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment to the COnshtu-
ton OF the State, Providing for
Absent Voting

Whereas, Mt the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, heid
in the year 1918, bill was passed.
to-yit, Chapter 20 of said acts, pro-
posing an additional section II Arti-
Gle 1 of the Constitution oi Mars ,
land, to be known as Section Ia, ana
relating to absent voting, ahh ~nIcii
said bill is in the words and figures
follOwing;
CHAPTER 20.
An Act to propose an amendment }
Article l, title, Elective FrancnlSe, ~
the Constitution of the State OF Mary
TO be known as Section la. the same
relating to absent voting: anu 10 pro
vide Tor the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters OF TINS
Section l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, tnree-h1tns
of all the members of each OF the wv
Houses concurring, That the FOLLOWING
new Section be and the same is hercoy
proposed as an Amendment 10 Article
i, title, Elective Franchise. of the
Constitution of the STATE OF Ma d s ID h.
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 Oh the eoA-
stitution of Maryland.
Section la The General Assembly
of Maryland shall have power to Pre-
vide by suitable enactment for votlat
by qualified voters of the State ~
MARYLAND who are absent and engagcd
in the Military or Naval service Oh nv
United States at the time OF any elec.
ton from the ward or election district
in which they are entitled to vote, tno
for the manner in which and the time
and place at which such absent votes
may vote, and the canvass anu feIdi Il
Section 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That SAID
foregoing Section hereby proposed as
RI MS
be at the next General Election Tor
Members of Congress held in this STATE
submitted to the legal ana quaIlneo
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 sall
General Election the vote on the saio
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballot ana upon eaSh
ballot there shall be printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend,
ment" and Against the stitutional
Amendment" as now provided by law.
and Immediately after said election
due returns shall De made TO the GOV
ernor of the vote for and against said
proposed amendment as directed by
said Fourteenth Article of the Constl-
tuition, and further proceedings hao IN
accordance with this Article Fourteen.
Approved March %, 1918.
Now, therefore, 1, Emerson c: Har-
rington, Governor of the state OF Mary
land, in pursuance of the direction con-
tanned in Section 1 of Article IA of ti,e
Constitution of Maryland, 10 hereby
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 1918, 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 5, 1918, at which election the said
proposed amendment to the Constltu-
ton shall be submitted in form and
manner prescribed by the General AS
sembly, TO the loyal 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
eighteen.
EMERSON c. HARRINGTON.
CThe Great Seal
of Maryland)
By the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIMMONS,
Secretary of State.
7-22-13w. o.a.w. r. 7-24-13w. o.a.w.