The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-11-27

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That ministers in charge of an orga-
nizcd church and teachers of public
schools shall be entitled 10 vote after
six months residence in the State, if
otherwise qualified.
(b) Registration, which shall pre-
vide for the enrolment CT every cleo
tor once in 10 years, and also an en-
rollment during each and every year
of every elector not previously regis
tered under the provisions of this ar
ticle.
(c.) Up to January lst, 1898, all
male persons Of voting age applying
for registration, who can read any
section in this constitution submitted
to them by the registration officer, or
understand and explain it when reed
to them by the registration officer,
shall be entitled to register and be-
come electors. A separate record
of all persons registered before JAN
uary 1st, 1898, sworn to by the reg
istration officer, shall be fled, one
copy with the clerk Ct court and one
in the office Of the secretary OF State,
on or before February 1st, 1898, and
such persons shall remain during life
qualified electors, unless disqualified
by the other provisions Of this arti-
Gle. The certificate of the clerk Of
court or secretary of State shall be
sufficient evidence to establish the
tight of said citizens to any future
registration and the franchise under
the Limitation herein imposed.
ld) Any person who shall apply
for registration after January ], 1893,
If otherwise qualified shall be regis
tered: Provided, That he can both
read and write any section of this
constitution, or can show that he
owns and has paid all taxes collecti-
ble during tie previous year on prop,
erty in this State sessed at $500
or more.
(e.) Managers of election shall
require 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 collectible for the
previous year. The production OF
certificate, or of the receipt OF the
officer authorized to collect such
taxes, shall he conclusive proof OF the
payment thereof.
(f.) The General Assembly shall
provided for issuing to each duly
registered elector certificate OF reg
istration, and shall provide for the
renewal of such certificate when lost,
mutilated or destroyed, if the appli-
cant is still qualified elector under
the provisions Of this constitution, or
if he has been registered as provided
in subsection (c.)
Sec. S. 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 su-
preme court, to determine his 1islt
to vote under the limitations imposed
in this article, and on such appeal
the bearing shall be de noyo; and the
General Assembly shall provide by
law for such appeal and for the cor
rection of illegal and fraudulent reg
istration, vttiDg and all other crimes
against the election laws.
Sec. 6. The following persons arc
disqu ,lifed from being registered or
voting:
First-Pcrsons convicted of bur-
glary, arson, obtaining goods or
money under false pr,tense, perjury,
forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery,
bigamy, wife beating, house break
ing, receiving stolen goods, breach of
trust with fraudulent intent, fornica-
ton, sodomy, incest, assault with in
tent 70 ravish, miscegenation and
Larceny or crimes against the election
laws: Provided, That the pardon of
the governor shall remove such dis
qualification.
Second-Persons who are idiots,
insane, paupers supported at the
public expense, and persons confined