The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-06-25
TENNESSEE.


AL act 70 EeSuiato bno ELECTIVE ffanenise
in accordance with Article ", Section l,
of the Constitution of this State
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Tennessee, That
every male person of the age of twenty-One
years, being a citizen of the United States
and resident of this State for twelve
months and OF the county wherein he may
offer his vote for six months next preceding
the day of election, shall be entitled to vote
for members of the General Assembly and
other civil officers for the county or district
IN which he may reside. Provided, that each
voter shall give to the Judges of election,
where and when he offers his vote, satisfac-
tory evidence that he has paid the poll taxes
assessed against him for the year preceding
the election. And provided further, that the
foregoing provisions in regard to the prepay
ment of polLtaxes shall not apply to minors
arriving at the age Of twenty-One years dur
ing the year preceding the date Of the elecsa
ton; nor to male citizens who have passed
the age of fifty years preceding the date of
such election; nor to other persons exempt
by law from paying pOlltaxes, and no pre-.
payment of poll taxes shall be required of
any voter in any election during the year
1871, who is exempt by law from the pay
ment of poll taxes for the year 1870.
Sec. 2 BE it enacted, That "An act to
limit the Elective Franchise" chapter six
teen (lG) passed June 5. 1865; also can act
to alter and amend AN act to limit the Elec-
tive Franchise passed June 5, 1885, chap
ter thirty six (36, passed May 3, 1866 and
also "An act to alter and amend and act
passed May 3, 1866" chapter twenty-six
(26,) passed Feb. 25, 1867; all of which
acts, relate to the Elective Franchise, be
and the same are hereby repealed
Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That title six (6,)
chapter two (2,) articles three (3,) four "a
five (5), six (6,) seven ID and eight (S) of
the Code of Tennessee, relating to elections
by the people, be and the same are hereby
re-enacted and revived, except as altered or
repealed by this act.
Sec. 4. Be it enacted, That all voters IN
this State shall be required to vote in the
civil district or ward in which they may re-
side Provided, That Sherifs or other officers
holding elections, shall be permitted to vote
in any ward or district in which they may
hold an election, and Judges jurors, litigants
and witnesses attending court, may vote in
any ward or district in which the court is
held. And provided further, That if, from
any cause, there should be failure to hold
an election in any civil district or ward
then nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued as to prevent any voter from voting In
any other civil district or ward in his coun-
ty or town, in any election, and at the time
and place prescribed by law. And that any
person violating the provisions of this act
shall be so construed as to prevent any voter
from voting in any other civil district or
ward in his county or town, in any election
and at the time and place prescribed by law
And that any person violating the provisions
of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than ten, nor more than twenty five
dollars.
Sec. 5. Be it enacted, That all laws in
conflict with this act are hereby repealed
Sec. 6. Be it enacted, That the public
welfare requires that this act shall take eff
feet from and after its passage except the
two provisos, contained in the first section
of this act, which shall not have and take
effect until from and after the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and seventy-two
Passed June Is, 1870
W. ON. PERKINS,
Speaker of the House of Reps
d. B. THOMAS,
Speaker Of the Senate.
Approved June 16, 1870.
d. w G. SENTER,
Governor
certify that the above is a true copy of
the original, now on file in my Office.
T. II. BUTLER,
Secretary of State.