The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26
ELEcrlvE FRANCHISE.
Article ss Finally Adopted In tn
Committee Of the Whole.


Committee OF the Whole.
SIC. |. All elections BY the people
shall be by ballot.
Sc. >. Every male .inhabitant of.
thus state, except idiots, insane persons
and Indians not taxed, who Is acitizen
Of the United States. twenty-One years
old and upwards. who has resided in
the state two years, and one year in the
election district in (which he offers to
vote, and who is duly registered as pro
yided in section 3 Of this article. aud
who has never beenconyicted of bribery,
burglary, theft, arson. Obtaining money
or goods nnler false pretenses, perjury.
forgery, embezzlcment, or bigamy, and
who has paid. on or before the
first day of February Of the year in
which he shall offer to vote, all taxes
which may have been legally required
Of him, and which he has had an op-
portunity Of paying according to law
for the preceding year, and who is not
delinquent for any taxes of the year
next proceeding. and who shall pro-
duce to the officers holding the election
satisfactory evidence that he has; paid
said taxes, is declared to be qualified
eleetor: provided. any minister Of the
gospel in charge Of an organized church
shall be entitled to vote after six months
residence in the election district if 9TH
erwise qualified ; provided, that nothing
in this section shall be construed az de-
priving Of franchise a registered voter
in any city or. town Containing two or
more election districts, or in the incor-
porated city or town who shall remove
from one portion of said city or town to
another. "a
SIC. 8. The legislature shall provide
by law for the rcgistratiOnof all persons
entitled to vote at any election. and all
persons offering 10 register shall take
the following oath or. affirmation: Il,
-, do solemnly swear, Tor affirm
that | am tweiity-one years old. and
that | will have resided in this state
two years and election district of
county one year next preceding
the ensuing election" (or If a minister
Of the gospel, two years residence in
the state and six months in said elect
ion district); ''and am now in good faith
a resident in the same, and that | am
not disqualified from voting by reason
Of having been convicted Of any crime
named in the caaastitution of this state
as a disqualification TO be an clector !:
that / viii truly answer all questions
propomded 10 me concerning my ante
cedcnts so far az. tlfey relate TO my
right 10 vote. and also 10 my residence
before citizenship in this district: that
| will faithfully support the constitu-
tim of the United States and the state
Of Mississippi; and viii bear true faith
and allegiance to the same. sohelp me
God" ANY willful and corrupt false
statement in said AFFIDAVIT ia any ma
terial questions propounded a. herein
authorized shall he perjury. !.''a I
SIC. 4. A uniform poll tax of two
dollars il hereby imposed ON every male
inhabitant of this sfste between the
ages of twenty-one and sixty wears, ex-
cept persons who are deaf and dumb or
blind, or who are MANNED by loss of
hand or foot, tobe used in aid Of the
common schools and for no other pur-
poses: said tax 10 be a lien only upon
taxable property; provided, however
that the board of supervisors of any
county may, for the, purpose Of aiding
the common schools IN that county. in
crease the poll tax IN said county, but
in no case shall the entire poll tax ex-
ceed in any one year three dollars ON
each head. The payment Of the whole
polI-tax imposed is declared TO be- a
qualification .to. vote; provided. further.
that no crninal proceedings shall be
allowed TO enforce the collection Of the
poll tax.
SIC. .. On and after the first day of
January. A. d.. 1896, the following
qualifications are added to the fore
going: Every qualified elector shall
be able to read any section of the con-
s'itution of this state; or he shall be
able to understand the same when read
10 him, or give reasonable interpre-
tation thereof. A new registration
shall be made before the next ensuing
election after these qualifications are es-
tablished. :.
SIC. &. Electors in municipal elect
ions shall possess all the qualifications
herein prescribed and such additional
qualification as may be prescribed by
law. a..
SIC. z. Electors in municipal cleo
tions shall possess all the qualifications
herein prescribed and such additional
qualification as may be prescribed by
law. -
SIC. &. Prior TO the first day &c JAN
uary, A. d.. 1896, the elections by the
people in this state shall be regulated
by an ordinance Of this convention
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