The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-10-30
THE FRANCHISE.
The New Sections and the Ordi-
nance Regulating the Terms
of State and other Of
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ficials.
Below the LEADER gives the new
Sections on the elective franchise
adopted by the Convention in addi-
ton to those previously published, to-
gether with the ordinance regulating
the terms of State and other officials
Article.
SECTION I. Suitable remedies, by
appeal or otherwise, shall be provid-
ed by law to correct illegal or improp-
er registration and to secure the cleo
tive franchise to those who may Ire il
legally or improperly denied the same.
SECTION 2. No one shall be allow
ed to vote for members of the legisla-
ture or other officers of this State who
have rot been duly registered under
the constitution and laws of this State
by an officer of this State legally au-
| thorized to register the voters thereof;
and registration under the constitu-
ton and laws of this State by the
proper officers of this State is hereby
declared to be an essential and neces-
sary qualification to vote at any and
all elections held i'll this State.
SECTION 3. All Qualified electors
and no others shall be eligible to Of
fee, except as otherwise provided in
the constitution.
SECTION 4. Electors shall not be
registered within four months next
before any election at which they may
offer to vote, but appeals may be
heard and revision take place at any
time prior to the election, and no per-
son who in respect to age and resi-
dence would become entitled to vote
within the next four months shall be
excluded from registration on account
of his want of said qualifications at
the time of registration.
SECTION 5. The terms of office OF
all elective officers under this cOnsti-
tuition shall be four years except as
otherwise provided herein. A gener-
al election for all elective officers
shall be held on the Tuesday next af-
ter the first Monday of November,
1895, and every four years thereafter,
provided the legislature may change
the day and date of general elections
to any day and date in October, No
vember or December.
ORDINANCE.
SECTION /. The terms of the fol-
lowing State officers, to-wit: COVER
nor, acknowledgements, attorney
general, treasurer, auditor, secretary
of state, superintendent of education,
and clerk of the supreme court, are
hereby extended until the first Mon
day in January, 1896, provided that
any vacancy which may occur by reas-
on of death or resignation of any of
said officers, whose term of office are
thus extended, and who may not de-
sire to avail themselves of such extern
sion, shall be filled at the general
election in 1891 for the part of the
| term to expire ON the first Monday in
January, 1896.
Sec. 2. The persons whose terms of
Office are hereby extended shall be in
eligible to Immediately succeed them
selves unless one shall have resigned
and been reelected and be otherwise
qualified, and all bonded officers
whose terms are hereby extended
shall execute new official bonds on or
before the date of expiration of their
present terms of Office, and in case of
any failure to execute such bond the
Office shall thereby become vacant.
Sec. 3. \ general election shall be
held under this constitution on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, 1891, for three railroad
commissioners, and for members of
the legislature, district attorneys, and
county and district officers, whose
terms shall expire on the first Monday
in January, 1896.
Sec. 4. There shall be registra-
ton of all qualified electors in 1891
under this constitution in such man.
ner and by such officers as is now pro-
vided by the law for the registration
of electors.
The vote by Which the terms of the
State officers were extended was as
follows,
Yeas-Abbay, Arnold, Bassett, Bell,
Binford, Boone, Burkitt, Coffey, Err
vim, Fearing Finley, George, Glass,
Harris, Henderson of Harrison, Hook
er, Hudson, Jones, Kennedy, Lee of
Yazoo, Martin of Adams, Martin of
Alcorn; McClurg, McGehee of Wilkin
son, McLaurin Of Sharkey, Montgom-
cry, Morgan, Murtf, Paxton, Powell,
Raglan of Claiborne, Reynolds, Rich
ards Watson, Winchester, Wither-
spoon, Wyatt and President Calhoon
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Nays-Alcorn, Arlington, Bird,
Boyd, Bunch, Campbell, Cutrer, Dill
lard, Dyer, Edwards, Featherstone,
Ferguson, Ford, Gore, Hamblett, Han
nah, Henry, KERN, Kittrell, Marett,
McLain of Amite, McLaurin of Rank
in, Morris, Palmer, Rhodes, Rotenber-
rv Smith of IaSnnr and NNnrd OS