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PROCLAMATION
Proposing an Amendment to the Constitu'
ton OF the State, Providing for
Absent Voting

whereas, Mt the January Session of the
General Assembly of Maryland, held
in the year 1918, a bill was passed
tO-wit, Chapter 20 of said acts, pro-
posing an additional section to Arti-
Gle 1 of the Constitution OF Mary
land, to be known as Section IA, end
said bill Is i'm the words and figures
fOliOwingi
CHAPTER 20.
An Act to propose an amendment II
Article l, title, Elective FRANCHISE. uI
the Constitution of the State Of Mary
land by adding a new section thereto,
to be known as Section LA. the same
relating to absent voting: and to pro-
vide Tor the submission of said amend
ment to the qualified voters OF Uni"
Section l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland. tnree-iiftns
of all the members of each of the two
Houses concurring, That the following
new Section be and the same Is hereby
proposed as an Amendment 10 Article
/, title, Elective Franchise" of the
Constitution Of the State OF MaIylanha H.
known as Section la; the same, II
adopted by the legally qualified voters
of the State as herein provided, to pc
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
Maryland who are absent and engaged
in the Military or Naval Service OF the
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 voters
may vote, and the canvass ana return
of their votes.
Section 2. And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
foregoing Section hereby proposed as
IN q
be at the next General Election for
Members of Congress held in this State
submitted to the legal and qualif1ed
voters of the State for adoption or re-
contained in Article XIV of the Con-
stitution of this State. and at the said
General Election the vote, on the said
tion shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend
Amendment" as now provided by law.
and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be made to the Coy,
ernor of the vote for and against said
proposed entertainment as directed by
said Fourteenth Article OF the Consti-
tuition, and further proceedings had in
accordance with this ARTICLE Fourteen.
Approved March %, 1918.
Now. therefore, l. Emerson c; Har-
rington. Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the direction con-
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
published in the City of
Baltimore one of which shall be in
the German language, once a week for
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 Constitu-
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
EMERSON c. HARRINGTON.
(The Great Seal
of Maryland)
By the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIMMONS,
Secretary of State.
7-22-13w. o.aw. r. 7-24-13w. oa.w.