The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-21

Rhode Island in lOBO. Simply eAhcted thhJ
| electors should be men Of competent es-
tates" and the property Qualification remain
ed thus indefinite until 1923. when II was de-
eIded tbnt a freeman must be freeholdcr OF
lnuds OF the value Of one hundred pounds. or
forty shlllings per annum. Seven years later
the requirement was raised 10 two hundred
pounds or ten pounds year. and In lfif lt
was stll further Increased to four hundred
pounds or thirty pounds wear. In lTbI there
was n democratic reaction. and II was pro-
ylded that the real estate Of an elector need lie
worth no more than forty pounds nor firing In a
larger rental than forty shillngs. Rhode Island
was the only American colony which permitted
n man to vote by virtue Of his birth. This
franchise was given in IT23 to the eldest son
OF n freeman and IL seems to have existed for
a number Of years. As regards the clnss OF
estate required We may mention that in Rhode
Island an estate in fec simple. fen tail. or an
estate in revcrsion which qualified no other
person. or an estate for ones own life wero
sul1cient. On the other hand. an admission
TO vote in right Of wife's dowry. or OF an
estate in reversion which qualified another
person. was null and void
We come TO New York. where property re-
strictions on the suffrage were retained until
near the close Of the first quarter OF this CEN
tury. In this province the first charter Of lib
critics declared that all freeholders should
have voice in the election ofreprcsentatives.
,.I a., trsabo,,ior Co.'S Joa,a1 "a no overv
one who was so understood according TO the
laws OF England. The second charter ex-
planned that a freeholder wss n person who
had freehold estate in land worth forty shil-
lincs year. A later act limItod tho franchise
to PERSONS holding land and tenements to the
value OF forty pounds In freehold. free from
ali ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In Sow york ma in Vir.
ointo On o.t,to FOR ona,s own uf. or for tho
iito ~ hIs w.t., ro,Id ounlifv nm elector. We
ho,o soor ,h,t 4, This ,,,oyirce fraobol5s must
10 To-. for, nII ACKNOWLEDGEMENT va, an axcon-
,,on sos,ro o., have hcon rocogniged In the casa
-, norsops WHO had mnrtyayed th,,ir Iands
MT uer, s,i,I In possassion and I'm receipt Of
no ircowa or nroBts "A to tbs length Of
nossnssion rsonIr.d in Nev YORK th, perjod
80 ,b-.o ,,or,bs he,o,o IN. issu. ~ n writ ~
a,.o,,nn rhns ,,r ya hava snoLan only of
on,,ntv t-,rnbIses Tbore was a spoci,i ,ost
tor ,hoss voiors who resised in towns and this
a,,,in ,,,,s, ro dis,ir,,rishod f-or, IN, fran.
.hisa' rnosossa,, hv ,,orsops voting Tor assarn-
.Irro.n In ,i,.Lt or ,boir ,r.o,op, In ru,icinst
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tho,r cor,,on sonI ami eucb f-anp,.r ns yr,
h,ra sid no.aasssj tbs urivilspe oC voting for
hor ~ h. Aaa Tha MopIynmNrv
cna,,er con,nirsI a similar nrovlsion Wa
ada that the ren,,I-emants for municipal freq.
A., ,nder,ha norg,n chartcr q, Aib,nv war.
str,unr to ,bos. .nnIi.J IN ,hs citv Of yavyorx
Ill
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