Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-22
The Visible Admizture Bill.

The following is the Admixture Bill
as it is finally passed the Ohio Legisla-
ure
| eraL Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, Tha'
il shall be the duty of the judges of cleo
lion to challenge any person offering TO
vote at any election held under any
law of this State, having u distinct and
visible admiXture Of African blood, and
-hafl tender to him the following oath
or affirmation: tsYou sOlennlY sweai
! Tor affirml that you will to the best OF
your knowledge and belief, fuu and
rue answers make, To such questions S
ts may be put to you touching your
qualifications as an electOr," and there
upon the said judges or one Of them, put
min the following questions:
1. What is your name
2. Where were you bOrn2
8. Were your parents married and
did they live together as man and wife2
f. Had your parents, or either OF
them, visible and distinct admiXture
Of African blood
5. In the community in which you
i've, are you class fed as a while or
cuIored person, and do you associate
with white or colOrett persOns2
g.. Are there schools for cOlored chill
dren in operation IN the township, vii
lage or ward in which you live, and if
you have children, do they attend com
mon schools organized for white chill
dren under the law of the State
SEC 2. After the examination of the
.,ersOn chaIls NJ ed, as prOviued in the
preceding section, the judges of the cleo.
ion shall, unless the vote of said per-
son is r. iecJeu, require him to produce
lefOre them two credible Witnesses, t.
whom shall be rendered by said Judges
Inc following affirmation:
"YOu or each of you do sOlemnly
swear (Or affirm) that you will fully
and truly answer all such questions az
may be put to you, touching the quail
tica ions of (the name of the persUu
chAIlenged) as an electOr.
Thereupon the judges or one of them
shall put to each person respectively the
following questions:
l. Are you acquainted with (tbe
nan of the person challenged > If 50
for how long q time have you known
hiu2
2. Do You know when, where, and
in what State he WIS born?
3. Were you acquainted with his
parents, or either OF IhemT If yes, did
such parents, or either of them, have d
distinct aud visible admiXture Of Afri-
can blood, and were they married, or
did theV i've together as man and wife?
SEC. 3. A record in Wrlting Of the
questions and answers required to be
given and made, in the preceding sec
ions of this act, shall be kept aud filed
with the pol books, for public inspec
JlOu and That the conducting OF such
examinations and the making of the
record thereof, shall not be permitted
tu delay regular business of such ez-
minHtiOn and record aforesaid as is re-
quirsd by this act TO be made, and to
avoid such delay, it shall be the duty
of such judges of election TO employ an
additional clerk or clerks to make such
u record, who shall be paid as the other
clerks al such elections, and said clerks
shall be duly sworn to faithfully and
correctly make such record; and the
said judges of election, or any party
challenging, may put such other ques-
tiuns as may seem TO them necessary
and proper, and tue judges of election, !
or parry challenging, may call and |
have examined ,sany other Witnesses in !
the premises that may seem to them |
proper.
SEC. 4. No evidence shall be received |
as to the admIxture of white blood, !
which is based on the opinion of the /
person challenged or of the witness /
teslityIUg i'm hIs behalf, founded mere |
lY upon appearance, unless the facts /
are fully stated as to the parentage of
the person challenged aud no evidence
of reputation an 10 pHTpntage shall be
received, unless the parties about whom
such reputation exists are proved to
have been married.
SEC. o. II tho party challenged or