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PROCL
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
nosinc an additional section to Arti-
Gle 1 of the Constitution Oh Mary
land, to be known as Section la, ana
relating to absent voting, ard which
said bill is in the words and figures
following:
CHAPTER 20.
An Act to propose an amendment IL
Article l, title, Effective FRANCHISE. II
the Constitution of the State of Mary
land, by adding new section thereto,
to be known as Section la, the same
relating to absent voting; anu u pro-
vide Tor the submission of said amend :
ment to the qualified voters OF TINS
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, tnree-iiftns
of all the members of each OF the tive
Houses concurring, That the following
proposed as an Amendment 10 Article
/. title. Elective Franchise" of the
Constitution of the State of Maryland,
to be inserted after Sectionl' and TO pc
known as Section la; the same, Il
adopted by the legally qualified voters
of the State as herein provided 70 be
come a part of Article L of the Con-
stitution of Maryland.
Section Ia. The General Assembly
of Maryland shall have power TO Pre-
vide by suitable enactment for voting
bA
Maryland who are absent and engaged
in the Military or Naval Service Of ms
United States at the time OF any cleo
ton 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 Votacs
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
n N
be at the next General Election for
Members of Congress held iHthis STATE
submitted to the legal and qualihed
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 SAID
proposed amendment to the Constitu,-
ton 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 now provided by law,
and Immediately after said election
due returns shall be 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 had in
accordance with this Article Fourteen.
Approved March %, 1918.
Now. therefore, I, 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 t,.e
Constitution of Maryland. 10 hereby
order and direct that this Proclaula-
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 1913, 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 a 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 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
eighteen.
EMERSON.C. HARRINGTON.
(The 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.