The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-05-22
AMENDMENT.

strike out srom section one. Of article eight, the
four qualifications fur vole-s. which Reads a. fol
-If twenty -tWo years ofnge or upwards. be
shzl have paid. within year. stale or cuun-
y TAX. llcl shall have been aasss=sse al least
two months. and Islid AZ least one malfh before
The election. lnat the section which reads as
follows
Every male citizen. tsrentv-one years Of age.
posssssiiig the f5iluNing qualifications. shall be
entitled TO vote AZ al eiecti1ns
Fi-Sl he shah have been citizen of the Uni
tel states az least one m1ufh.
Serolld- lie shall have resided Ia the state one
year ~ I. having previously been quaiites1
eiectoT or natvc-hsrn citizen - be Stale he shall
have removed tLzrtfrum and returned. Ihcn Z
months ilarnf-. ialely preceding the clect.nn-
Thin He shall have 1t=lct14 Ia the election
isrricf Hhere ne stall offer o. Yuse az least Two
mnufhs iulnesiairly preceiing sac eiecuon-
Fourth. II tWeuty-rEo YEAR u age o. upwards.
le shall have plid, within tWu year,. 3 state or
county lax. uhich shah have been ass,sSed Al
less tsvo rlonths and paid az leasi one uouth be
fore the eiection shah be anlisied - A. - read
a. follows
Erery male citizen twenty one yeSrs o. age, po~
sessiIse the following Qualifications shall D. efi
tiflai d. vote 81 the oiling plnce " ite election
district oi which heszsl al Tie time Be rzisiens
and noi elseaher
First he shall have been citizen o. the Uni
ted stafes az least thirty dars-
selond- he shah have nesided IL the State one
year lur ~ having previously been qlaiile-d
eieC-or or native born citizen cfthC Siate he slal
have removed therefrofn aud retuTued, then SlE
meuih.l Immediately Trcce-ing thc election
Thira- He shall have ressdlsi Ia the election
district WIere be shall Offer "a vote AZ least thirty
DAYS Immediately preceding the election The
lezislaiure az the session thercuf next a-ier The
adoption u this section. shall and from tine "
time thereafter may. enEei Laws % properly eE-
lorce sins prstision-
Fourth Erery male citizen of the age of twen-
lv-oue years. no snail have been a citizen for
fliuy days. and an iuhatiisnf Of fhis stale oue
wear next preceding elecfion cNrerF a. rn1-
ulc1pal eietrious, aud for the last thlry days
resident uf the election dlstrlcI Ia which he may
Offer his vote. shall b. enrifled 10 vote a. such
eleruon On the elecliou dIsiriei of which De shall
A. the iulc ld q resident ard Tot elseu licre i0t
clHcex that uuw or hercafi er lilay be elected by
tor n The actual military servir u the state or 81
The iuited STATES. IN the array Or navy thcre0L
shall le depr we'd % bis vote by reason o. bis ab-
sence from surh elcet district and the lekisl a.
furc shall have power - provide the MANNER in
which and the time and place AZ which such alb
sen. electons may Ypre. and inr the return and
canvas of gheir vote ir the elecilon dlstTiei in
which they respectively reside.
ffith Fur TIE ui1TprSs ofvof'rg no person shall
L.. deemed o. have Eaioasi ia5t a residence By
reason 81 his presence or ab-eDce while employ
ed ia the service Of the United states The STATE
nor WhiIe cnEascea "a the lariE1iion 81 the wa-
ter Of the szate Or of the high seis. nor while
student Of any c1lleee or seminary Of iearlilu~
nor while kepf - any almshollsc OK public ifisii
tuition ereepf the inmates q any noIn@ fox clsa-
TIED and iniietDf souiers ana SAILOR. no faT
The pu-pose oi voting. shall B. deemea y Inside
In Lie elaeiion district Nhcre sald hoIae i is,cd
tel Laws ~hail BE- mace fcr ascertaiulng. by
proper proofs. the csIi1ens Uh5 shall D. ensitled
io the ri--ht uf sufirage hereby established
A true copy q the ioinf resaluflyn-
CHARLE- ". STuNE
Secretary O. The Commonwealth