Saint Mary's beacon., 1918-07-25

Proposing IN Amendment TO
the Constitution o. the State.
Provfdinu Tor Ahsent Va.

Providinp Tor Assent w
WHEREAS, at the January sci oi
the General Assembly OF Ma "a,
| held In the year 1918, q billY#as
pasSed TO wit: Chapter 20 OF said
Acts, proposing an additional sec
tion TO Article / of tho Constitution
la and relating to absent voting,
and figures following:
CHAPTER 20.
An Act TO propose an amendment TO
to Article /, title, Elective Fran
chise, y of the Constitution OF the State
OF Maryland, by adding q new section
thereto, TO be known as Section la,
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 l. Be II enacted by the
General Assembly Of Maryland, three
fifths OF all the members OF each of the
two Houses concurring, That the fol-
lowing new Section be and the same Is
hereby proposed as an Amendment TO
Article |, title, Elective Franchise =
OF the Constitution OF the State OF
Maryland, 10 be inserted after Section
/, and 70 be known as Section Ia; the
same, II adopted by the legally quail
fed voters OF the State as herein pro-
vided, TO become a part OF Article l OF
the Constitution Of Maryland.
Section Ia. The General Assembly
OF Maryland shall have power to pro-
vide by suitable enactment for voting
by qualified voters OF the State Of
Maryland who are absent and engaged
In the Military or Naval Service of
the United States at the .ime OF any
election from the ward or election dis
triet in which they are entitled 10 vote,
and for tho manner In which and the
time and place 81 which such absent
voters may vote, and for the canvass
and return OF their votes.
Section 2. And be II further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
foregoing Section hereby proposed as
an amendment 10 The Constitution,
shall be al the next General Election
for Members OF Congress held In this
State submitted 10 the legal and quail
fed voters Of the State for adoption
or rejection, In pursuance Of the dircc-
tions contained Ia Article XIV OF tho
Constitution OF this State, and at the
said General Election the vote on the
said proposed amendment 10 tho Con-
stitution shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall be printed the
words For the Constitutional Amend
ment'' and Against the Constitutional
Amendment as nov provided by
law, and immediately after said cleo
ton due returns shall be made to the
Governor oi tho vote for and against
said proposed amendment as directed
by said Fourteenth Article Of the Con.
stiiution. and further proceedings had
in accordance with said Article Four.
teen.
Approved March p, 1918.
Nov. therefore, l, Emerson G. Har-
rington, Governor OF the State OF
Maryland, In pursuance OF the dirnc.
tion contained Ia Secsioa | of Article |
IA Of tho Constitution of Maryland, do
hereby order and direct that this |
Proclamation, containing a fall, true
and correct copy OF the text OF said
Assembly Of Maryland, Session Of
1918, be published in at least two
newspapers In each of the counties oi
sAAN sNNAhN NtANtN - W pub-
lished, and where not more than one
may be- published, then In that news
paper, and In three newspapers pub
hshed 10 the City OF Baltimore, one OF
which shall he In the German language,
once week for 81 least three months
next preceding the General Election 10
Dc held In the State Of Maryland on
Tuesday, November 8, 1918, at which
election The said proposed ameadment
70 the Constitution shall be submitted
ln form and manner prescribed by the
General Assembly, - tha legal aud
qualified voters of The State for their
adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and
the Great Seal oi the State
1.-THE OF Maryland Done at the
Great City Of Annapolis this
Seal oi tScniieth day of July, nine
Marylandl teen hundred aud aighteen.
EMERSON q. HARRINGTON.
by the Governor.
THOMAS w. SIMMONS,
I-26-D. Secretary OF State.