The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1890-09-27
THE FRANCHISE REPORT.
FuIl Text OF That section or the Consti.
tuition as Adopted.


tuition AS Adopted.
The franchise report as adopted is as
follows:
| Section |. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot.
Section 2. Every male inhabitant Of
this State, except idiots, insane persons
and Indians not taxed, who is a citizen
of the United States, twenty-one years
old and upward, who has resided in the
State two years and one year in the
election district in which be offers te
vote, and who is duly registered as
provided in Section of this Article
and who has never been convicted OF
bribery, burglary, theft arson, obtain.
ing money or goods under false
pretenses, perjury, forgery. embezzle.
ment bigamy, or wife beating; and
who has paid on or before the first
day of February of the year in which
be shall offer to vote, all taxes which
may have been legally required of him
and which he has had an opportunity
of paying according to law for the
preceding year and who is not delin-
lquent for any taxes of the year next
preceding, and who shall produce to
the officers holding the election salts
factory evidence that he has paid said
taxes, Is declared to be a qualified
elector, provided any minister Of the
gospel in charge OF an organized
church shall be entitled to vote after
six months residence in election dis
trict, and he Is otherwise qualified.
Section 8. The Legislature shall
provide by law for the registration OF
all persons entitled to vote at any cleo
tion, and all persons offering to register
shall take the following oath or affirm
alton: Il do solemnly swear Tor
affirm that l am twenty-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 Tor If
a minister Of the gospel, two years.
residence III the State and six months
In said election districtl sand am now,
in good faith, resident in the same,
and that am not disqualified from
voting by reason of having been con-
yicted Of any crime named In the Con-
stitution of the State as disqualified
tion elector; that l will truly answer
all questions propounded to me coll
corning my antecedents, SO far as they
related to my right to vote, and also
to my residence before my citizenship
In this district; that | will faithfully
support the Constitution Of the United
States and the State of Mississippi, and
will bear true faith and allegiance to
the same, so help me God" Any will
full and corrupt false statement in said
affidavit to any material questions pro-
pounded as herein authorized, shall be
perjury.
Section 4. A uniform poll tax of 80
Is hereby imposed on every male in
habitant Of twenty-one to sixty years,
except persons who are deaf and dumb,
or blind, or manned by loss of hand
or foot, to be uhed in aid of the COM
mon schools, and for no other pur-
poses said tax to be lien only upon
taxable property; provided, however,
THAT the Board of Supervisors of any
county may, for the purpose Of aiding
tho common schools in that county, in-
crease the poll tax In said county, but
| in no case shall the entire poll tax
exceed in any one year 50 on each
head. The payment of the whole poll
tax imposed is declared to be q qualifi'
| cation to vote; provided further, that
no criminal proceedings shall be
allowed to enforce the collection of the
poll tax.
Section 8. On and after the 1st 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-
stitution of this State, or he shall be
able to understand the same when
read to HIM, or give q reasonable in-
terpretation thereof. A new registra'
| tion shall be made before the next en-
suing election after these qualifications
are published. 4,
Section s. Electors in municipal
elections shall possess all the qualifica-
tions herein prescribed, and such ad-
ditional qualification as may be pre-
scribed by law.
Section Z. Prior TO the first day Of
January, A. d. 1896, the elections by
the peopIe In this State shall be regu-
lated by an ordinance Of this Conven-
tion.
The article on apportionment was
specially considered and amended IN
several portions. The number Of Rep
resentatives was increased to 1873 in
stead of 12O as originally reported,
and they arc divided into sixteen Rep
rescntative Districts as followsl
First District-The counties of Choc-
taw. Covington, Greene, Hancock, Is
saouena. Jones, Lawrence, Leflore,
Marion Neshobs, Pearl River, Perry,
Ouitman, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson,
smith, Sunflower, Tallshatchie, Tisho-
minpo. Tunica, Wayne and Webster,
shall have each one Rep esentative.
Second District-The counties OF
| Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Bolivar. Oal-
houn, Carroll, Chlckasaw, Clay, Goa
homa, DeSota, Kemper, Lafayette,
Madison, Newton, Pike, Pontotoc,
| Prentiss, Rankin, Tate, Union, WiIkin-
son and Yallsbusba, shall have each
two Representatives,
Third District--The counties OF 20
piah, Kinds, Marshall, Monroe, Pamela,
Warren and Washington shall have
each three Representatives.
Fourth District-The counties OF
Franklin and Lincoln, each one Repre-
sentative and Floater between them.
Fifth District-The counties of TIP
psh and Benton, one Representative
each, and Floater between them.
Sixth District-The counties of Clai-
born and Jefferson, ono Representative
each, aud Floater between them,
Seventh District-The counties Of
Clarke and Jasper, each one Represen-
tot,va and n Floater between them.