Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-16

A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITTI.
- 1ION proposed to the ei,izens of mi.
tSs TX y 1he General ASSEMBLY 81
sss sss: s.'s!ss e
Of Article XVII on 1ss "a pur.
Joint resolution proposing an amendment
,ssorIoH !. BE q resolved 6v he Semafe ond
q renrnsy%Iyania I'm % IN General AsssmCiv mes
q ,Ss r. q smsoS
Wsaitn sna & OF rennsylysnia in accordance viii
thsrap une provisions OF the eighteenth arti, 10
., strlke out from section one of article eight.
snc m @ dnnr qualifications for voters which reads
III twentytwo years OF age or upwards. Ia
ehall have raid. within two years. ststa cr
ssss W. mich n s, al been Il
b,foIe the election" 10 that tie section
Wn,Gn reads a. follows:
shsil be entitled to vote a. ali elections:
Upited ta,es M s ana nave neen citizen Of the
ons yssr ca tor II having previously been
stste. ne II al have removed iherefrom ana
ron,rn n"rne1; a. tnsn 3 months) Immediately pre-.
Third. He shall have resided in the election
ulstrlct hcre he shall offer to yote al losst
sM0 tioo months Immediately preceding tie cleo.
Fourth. II twenty-five years OF ase or mn.
s,st wstos ne shall have paid. within two ye ,rs
assessed at least two months ana paid a. Ies.t
one month before the eieciion." shsli % Se
Every male citizen twe enty.one vears of soo
snsiasSS ne ~ ,o,io, Ing shsl
@ S " ahishp sss Se sss Place q The
,,Iirst. He shall have been a citizen of the
Unitod states a. least thirty days
second, He shal have resided in ths s,at,
snea ySac 70. H. having pre- viously been quail.
he shall have removed therefrom and ss'ass. Is.
tur1eo nr iS snen .ix months) Immediately prece6.
Third. re shall have resided in the elect,on
atItict where he shall offer TO vote at least
,h,rty Gay 9 Immediately preceding the eiec.
next after the ad nption of this sec Ion shSi,
mo sa.. itom lime to time thereafter may, enact
iaEs EonI,p u9 properly enforce this provision.
twenty one years. VIII shall have bee citi.
zen ior thirty days and an inbabiiant OF this
cept at municipal elect ions, and Tor the ,ss,
thirty DAYS Resident OF the election district
sSos eec,SD ,s ss ,hs be
aistrict tr OF which he shall at the time be q
fsssident fss, Sn and not elsewhere for ali ofcers
tnat now are or hereafter may be elected bv
the psop.e Provided. That in time OF war no
eioctor In the sctual military service Of the
navy thereof shall be deprived o, his vntS bv %
reason OF bis absence from such election az.
Irict ana the legislature shall rave power To
PrOvioo tno manner in which ana the tin a
ana place At wh ch such absent eIe ctOrs NAV
Yo!e. ana for the return and canvs IS OF their
respectively reside, A0S
Iifth. FOR the purpose of voting, no person
snaL pe deemed to have gained or lost q resi-.
aence by reason Of his presence or absence
Wniie employed in the service of the United
etAtes or the state. nor while engaged in the
navigation OF the waters of the State or Of the
hlgn seas nor while a student OF any college
0r seminary OF learning, nor while kcptat
the inmates of any home for disable 4 and IN.
oigent soldiers and sailors, ho. for the pur.
pose OF voting shall be deemed to reside in
Inc election di.trict where SAID home is
located. Lass ELI all be made for ascertaipiug.
py proper proofs. tha citizens who shall Se
nshe6." 'oS os'~o
A true copy OF the oint resolution.
CHARLES w. StONF
secretary of the Comm on wealth.