The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-10-25
PROCLAMATION
AN AMENDMENT TO
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE

| PROPOSING AN AM EMINENT III
| THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE, PROVIDING FOR
ABSENT VOTING
| WHEREAS. at the January Session OF
the General Assemhy of Maryland,
held in the year 1918, bill was pass
ed, tO-wi': Chapter 20 of said Acts.
proposing an additional Section To
Article / 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 20
AN ACT to propose an amendment
to Article l, title, effective 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.
Section ]. Be it enacted by the Gen
eraT Assembl . Of Maryland, three tifths
of all the members of each OF the tw"
houses coucurring, That the following
new Section be and the same is hereby
proposed as an amendment to Article
title Effective Franchise" Of the Con
stitution Of the Staie Of Maryland. To
be inserted alter section l, and To be
known as Section l A; the same, if adopt
ed by the legally purified voters of the
State as herein provided, to become
part of Article | of the Constitution Of
MARYLAND.
eecaion IA. The General Assembly
of Maryland snal! have power 10 pro-
vide bY suitable enactment for voting
by u.il it'd voters Of the State OF Mary
lana Una ar abs, nL and engaged lii the
Military or Nava Service Of the United
Sta Is al the me OF any election from
the wa.d or election district 10 which
they are tntlIled 70 vote, and tor The
manner in which I'd he time and place
at Wnich such ab,rni voters may vote,
and for the CANVASS AID return ol lneir
votes.
Section 2 And be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
foregoing SeetIOn hcre'y proposed as
an amen dmenL To the Constitution, shall
| be at the reXt General Election for
Members Of Congress held IN this State
| submitted to the legal and quallhed
voters Of the state for adoption or re-
| lection, in pursuance of The directions
contained in ActIcle XIV of the Constr
| tuition of this State, and at the SAID
General Election the vote on the SAID
proposed amendment to the Constltu-
| ton shall be by balloLt, and upon each
| BALLOT there snail be printed the words
| "Fur the Constitutional. Amendment
| and Against the Constitutional
| Amen dmenl," is now provided by law.
| and mmediatcl. alter said election due
| returns snhll be ma=!e 10 the Governor
| of the Vote tor and against SAID pro-
| posed amendment as directed By SAID
| Fourteenth Article of the Constitution,
and further proceedings had in accord-
ance with said Ar'icle Fourteen.
| Approved Marcn %, 1918.
Now, therefore, | Emerson G Har-
rington, Governor of the State Of Mary
land, i'll pursuance OF the direction con-
tanned in Section l of Article IA of the
Constitution If Maryland, do hereby
order and direct that this Proclamation,
containing Il 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
ia at least two newspapers IN each NJ
the counties of the state where SO many
may be published, and where not more
than one may be published, then in thai
|
published in the City of Baltimore, one
of which shall be in the German Ian
guago, once u week for at least three
months next preceding the Genera
Election to be held in the State o
Maryland on Tuesday, November D
1918, at which election tue said pr op sec
amen dmcnt To the Constitution shall b.
J submitted in form AMI manner prescrib
ed by the General Assembly to thu
legal and qualified voters Of the Stat
for their adoption or rejection.
Given under M hand and the Grea
Seal of the State OF Maryland. Don
at the City of Annapolis this twentieth
day Of July, nineteen hundred and eigh
teen.
/ (The Great Seal
OF Marylandl
EMERSON G. HARRlNGTOt
By the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIM NONS
, Secretary of State.