Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-11-13
TO BE CONTINU ED.
WHITE SUPREMACY.
How the Convention has Solved the Suf-
frage Problem.

How the Convention has Solved the Suf-
frage Problem.
Following is the complete article on
suffrage as it has been adopted by the
constitutional convention:
Section l. All elections by the peo-
pie shall be by ballot and elections
shall never be held or the ballots count
ed in secret.
Sec. .. Every qualified elector shall
be eligible to any Office to be voted for,
unless disqualified by aye, as prescrib-
ed in this constitution. But no person
shall hold two offices of honor or profit
at the same time, except an officer in
the militia and notary public.
Sec. 8. Every male citizen Of this
State and of the United States, 81 years
of age and upwards, not laboring un-
der the disabilities named in this con-
slitution, and possessing the qualtica-
tons required by it, shall be an elector.
Sec. +. The qualifications for suf-
frage shall be as follows:
(a.) Residence in the State for two
years, and in the county one year, in
the polling precinct in which the elector
offers to vote, four months, and the
payment, six months before any cleo
tion, of any poll tax then due and pay
able: Provided, however, That minis
listers in charge of an organized church
md teachers of public schools shall be
entitled to vote after six months resi-
lence in the State, if otherwise quail
fed.
(b.) Registration, which shall provide
for he enrolment Of every elector once
in 10 years, and also an enrolment
during each ant every year of every
elector not previously registered under
the provisions Of this article.
(c) Up to January l, 1898, all male
persons Of voting age applying for reg
istration who can read any section in
this constitution submitted to them by
the registration officer, or understand
and explain it when read TO them by the
registration officer, shall be entitled to
register and become electors. A sepa-
rate record Of all persons registered
before January !, 1898, sworn TO by the
registration officer, shall be filed, one
copy with the clerk of court and one
in the office of the secretary of state,
on or before February /, 1898, and
such persons shall remain during life
qualified electors, unless disqualified
by the other provisions of this article.
The certificate of the clerk of court
or secretary of state shall be sufficient
evidence to establish the right of said
citizens to any future registration and
the franchise under the limitations
herein imposed.
(d) Any person who shall apply for
registration after January l, 1898, if
otherwise qualified. shall be registered :
Provided that he can both read and
write any section of this constitution,
or can show that he owns and has
paid all taxes collectable during the
previous year on property in this State
assessed at $500 or more.
(e.) Managers of elections shall re-
uuire of every elector offering to vote at
any election, before allowing him to
vote, proof Of the payment of all taxes,
including poll tax, assessed against him
and collectable for the previous year.
The production of certificate, or of
the receipt of the officer authorized to
collect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
(f) The general assembly shall pro-
vide for issuing to each duly registered
elector a certificate of registration, and
shall provide for the renewal of such
certificate when lost, mutilated or de-
stroyed, if the applicant is still quail
flied elector under the provisions of this
constitution, or if he has been register
ed as provided in subsection (c.)
Sec. 5. Any person denied registra-
ton shall have the right to appeal to
the court Of common pleas, or any
judge thereof, and thence to the