The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-27
PROCLAMATION
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE CONSTl CUTION OF THE
State PRQNIAING EQR

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO
THE CONSTl CUTION OF THE
STATE, PROVIDING FOR
ABSENT VOTING
WHEREAS, at the January Session of
the General Assembly of Maryland,
held in the year 1918, bill was pass
ed, to-wit: Chapter 20 of said Acts,
proposing an additional Section to
Article of the Constitution of Mary
land, to be known as Section Ia aud
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 1, 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 J.. Be it enacted by the Cen
eraI Assembly of Maryland, three-tifths
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 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 Ia; 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
of Maryland shall have power to pro-
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 their
votes.
Section 9 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 for
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 said
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by BALLOT, and upon each
BALLOT there snail be printed the words
For the Constitutions Amendment"
and against the Constitutional
Amendment" 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 amendment as directed by said
Fourteenth Article of the Constitution,
and further proceedings had in accord
ance with said Article Fourteen.
Approved March 90, 1918.
Now, therefore, l. Emerson G. Har-
rington, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the direction con-
tanned in Section l of Article ia of the
Constitution CT Maryland, do hereby
containing 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
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 Ian
guage, once a week for at least three
months next preceding the General
Election to be held in the State of
Maryland on Tuesday, November 5.
1918, at which election the said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be
submitted in form and manner prescrlb-
ed by the General Assembly to the
legal and qualified voters of the State
for their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State of Maryland. Done
at tire City of Annapolis this twentieth
day of July, nineteen hundred and eigh
teen.
(The Great Seal
OF MaTyland)
EMERSON G. HARRINGTON
By the Governor:
THOMAS w. SIM MONS,
Secretary of State.