The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-07
since Oregon. In the Southern States

since Oregon. In the Southern States
suffrage was exercised as follows:
DELAwARE.-The right of suffrage
is exercised by all free white n,ale
citizens, residents fer one year Of the
State, and one month in the county,
who have paid q county tax within
two years.
MARY1AND.-The right of suffrage
may be exercised by every white male
citizen twenty one years old, who has
resided a year in the State, and six
months in the county where he would
vote.
VIRGINIA. right to vote is
shared by aQ white male citizens resi-
dent in the State two years; and in q
voting distSict one year before election.
Votes are not given by written ballots,
but by the voice i'll acclamation, unless
IN case of dumb persons.
NORTH CAROLINA elective
franchise is shared by all free white
males twenty-one years old, who pay
taxes. The privilege of voting for
Senators is restricted to owners of free
hold property, comprising fifty acres.
SOUTH CAROLINA. elective
franchise may be exercised by free
white male citizens, residents of the
State two years. Every voter must
own fifty acrcsOf land, or town lot.
or pay taxes in his election district.
GEoRGA.-The privilege is enjoyed
by white male citizens twenty-one
years old, who have resided six
months in the county where they vote,
and paid taxes according to law.
hENTUcKY.-Every free white male
citizen, twenty-one years old, resident
OF the State two years, of his county
one year, and election precinct sixty
days, is entitled to vote.
TENNESSEE. E.-The right to vote is
held by every free white male, twenty
one years old, who is citizen and
resident of his county six months.
Male adults of color, who are allowed
to be witnesses, also possess the right
of suffrage.
LoUIsrANA.-The qualified votefs of
the State consist of free white citi-
zens, twenty-onc years old, resident of
the State year, and of their parish
six months. A voter who removes
from one parish to another, is allowed
to vote in the former till he becomes
q1laitiedin the latter.
MISSISSIPPI. Suffrage is extended
to all free white citizens twenty-one
years old, resident of the State one
year, and of the county four months.
An elector who temporarily removes
to another district may vote in such
district.
ALABAMA.-The right to vote is held
by all white citizens twenty-one years
old, resident in the State year, and
In voting district three months.
MISSOURI. elective franchise
is open to all free white citizens TWEEN
ty-one years old, resident in the State
year, and in the county or district
three months.
ARKANsAs. right to vote is ex-
ercised by free white citizens twenty
one years old, residents of the State
six months, and of the county in which
they reside at the time of election.
FLoETDA.-The elective franchise
may be exercised by all white citizens
twenty-one years old, resident in the
State two years, and of county six
months, who are enrolled in the
militia.
TExAs.-The right to vote is al
lowed to free white males twenty-one
years old, who were citizens of Texas
at the time its State Constitution was
adopted, and who have resided in the
State a year, and i'll their voting dis
trlct six months previous to election.
Il an election happens in aAother
County, within his own District, he
may vote for District officers. An
elector may vote for State officers
wherever he may find himself at cleo
ton time.
How TO COMPUTE THE INCOME TAX.
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