The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-10-18
PROCLAMATION

| PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT T(
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE, PROVIDING FOR
ABSENT VOTING
WHEREAS, at the January Session o
the General Assembly of Maryland
held in The wear 1918, bill was pass
ed, tn-wit: Chapter 20 of said Acts
proposing an additional Section t
Article l of the Constitution of Mary
land. to be known as Section | A ant
relating to absent voting, and which
said bill is in the words and figure:
following:
CHAPTER 20
AN ACT to propose an amendmen
to Article /, title, effective Franchise,
of the Constitution of the State o
Maryland, by adding a new section
thereto, to be known as Section Ia, tht
same relating to absent voting; and tt
provide for the submission OF sale
amendment to the qualified voters o
this State for adoption or rejection.
Section ]. Be it enacted by the Gen
eraI Assembly of Maryland, three-hfths
of all the members of each of the two
houses concurrin g, 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 State of Maryland, tC
be inserted after Section l, and to be
known as Section la 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.
lana 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 2. 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 saio
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
ton shall be by ballott, and upon each
BALLOT there snail be printed the words
For the Constitutional Amendment"
and "a gainst 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 %, 1918.
Now, therefore, l. Emerson G. Har
rington, Governor of the State of Mary
and, in pursuance of the direction con- !
aimed in Section l of Article IA of the
Constitution Of Maryland, do hereby
order and direct that this Proclamation,
containing full, true and correct copy
If the text of said Chapter 20 of the !,
Acts of the General Assembly OF
Session of 1918, be published
d at least two newspapers in each Of |
nay be published, and where not more
han one may be published, then in that !
Newspaper, and in three newspapers
published in the City of Baltimore, one
# which shall be in the German lam
,uage, once a week for at least three
months next preceding the General
election to be held in the S ate o.
Maryland on TUESDAY, November 5
91S, at which election the said proposed
mendment to the Constitution shall b.
in form and manner prescrlb-
d by the General Assembly, to the
egal and qualified voters of the State
or their adoption or rejection.
Given under my hand and the Great
zeal OF the State of Maryland. Done
t the City of Annapolis this twentieth
ay of July, nineteen hundred and eigh-
cen.
(The Great Seal
of Maryland)
EMERSON G. HARRINGTON
y the Governor:
THOMAS W. MONS,
Secretary of State.