The Progress., 1898-04-02

the registration officer or his deputy,
written application therefor, in the Eng
ish language, or in his mother tongue
which application shall con tain the essen
| tial facts necessary to show that he is en-
titled to register and vote, and shall be
entirely written, dated and signed by
him in the presence Of the registration
officer or his deputy, without assistance
or suggestion from any person or memo
randum whatever" except the form OF,
application hereinafter provided for; pro-
vided' however, that if the applicant be
unable to write his application in the
English language, he shall have the right,
| if he 50 demands, to write the same in his
mother tongne from the dictation of an
interpreter: ard if the applicant is unable
to write his application by reason of
physical disability, the same shall be
| written at his dictation by the registra-
ton offer or his deputy, upon his oath OF
| such disability.
The application for registration, above
provided for, shall be copy of the fol-
lowing form, with the proper names,
dates and numbers substituted for the
| blanks appearing therein, to-wit:
am "a citizen of the State OF Louisiana.
My name is. L was born in the State
Cor country of parish Cor caunty)
Of. on the 80. day OF .. in the
year. III am now Years =. months
| and ....d days OF age. I have resided in
this State since. ... IN this parish since
..... and in precinct No ...... of ward
| No. ....., of this paris, since ... andI
| am not disfranchised by any provision of
Constitution Of this State.
Section 4. If he be not able to read and
| write. as provided by Section of this ar
ticle, then he shall be entitled to register
and vote if he shal' at the time he offers
| to register be the bona fide owner OF prop
erty assessed to him in this State at a val
| uation of not less than $500 on the assess
| ment roll OF the current year, in which he
offers to register, or On the roll OF the pre-
| ceeding year, if the roll OF the current
year shall not have been completed and
filed, and on which, if such property be
personal only, all taxes due shall have
been paid. The applicant for registra-
ton under this section shall make oath
before the registration officer or his dep;
uty that he is citizen of the United
States and of this State, over the age of
twenty years: that he possesses the
qualifications prescribed in section 1 of
this article, and that he is the owner of
property assessed in this State to him at a
valuation of not less than $500, and if
such property be personal only, that all
taxes due thereon have been paid.
Section 8. No male person who was on
January 1867, or at any date prior there
to, entitled to vote under the Constitution
or statutes of any State of the United
States, wherein he then resided, and no
son or grandson of any such person not
less than twenty-one years Of age at the
day of the adoption Of this Constitution,
and no person of foreign birth, who
shall have been naturalized prior to he LIST
day Of January, 1898, shall be denied the
right TO register and vote in this State by
reason of his failure to possess the educa-
tioeaI qualification prescribed by this
Constitution: provided he shall have re-
sided in this State for five years next pre-
cedng the date at which he shall apply
for registration, and shall have register
hai with ha of