The Progress., 1898-04-02


before such registration officer or his dep
uty, in the form following, viz: l am
citizen OF the United States and Of this
State, owe the age of twenty-one years.
1 have resided in this State for five years
next preceding this date. 1 was on the
..., day Of. entitled to vote under
| the Constitution or statutes of the State
Of , Wherein then resided Cor am
the son, or grandson) of ...... who was
on the . day of w entitled to vote
under the Constitution or statutes of the
State OF ...., wherein he then resided,
and desire to avail myself of the privi-
leSes conferred by section of article Of
the Constitution of this State.
A separate registration OF votere apply
ing under this section shall be made by
the registration officer of each parish,
and for this purpose the registration Off
Ger of every parish shall keep his Office
open daily, Sundays and legal holidays
excepted, from May / 1898 until August
81 1898, both included during the hours
prescribed by Act No. 80 of the General
Assembly Of 1896, In every parish except
thu parish OF Orleans he snail keep his
office at the court house at least during
the months of May, June and August,
and, during the month of July, he shall
keep it for at least one day at on near
each polling place, giving thirty days
notice thereof by publication.
The registration of voters under this
section shall close on the 31st day of An
gust 1898, and Immediately thereafter the
registration officer of each parish shall
make sworn statement, in duplicate, OF
the list OF persons registered under this
section, showing in detail whether the
applicant registered as voter of 1857 or
prior thereto, or as the son of such voter,
or as the grandson of such voter, and de-
post one of said duplicates in the office OF
Secretary of State, to be by him recorded
and preserved as part OF the permanent
records of his Office, and the other of said
duplicates shall be by him filed in the
office of the clerk Of the District Conrt OF
the parish and in the parish of Orleans.
in the office OF the recorder of mortgages,
there to remain a permanent record.
All persons whose names appear on said
registration list shall be admitted TO reg
lister for all elections in this State with
out possessing the educational or prop
erty qualifications prescribed by this
Constitution, unless otherwise disquali-
fed and all persons who do not by per-
sonal application claim exemption from
the provisions OF sections 8 and 4 of this
article before Sept. 1. 1898, shall forever
be denied the right to do SO.
The Legislature shall, at its first $685.
ion after the adoption of this Constitu-
ton, provide the manner in which per-
sons whose names appear upon said reg
stration lists shall hereafter register
W hich mode may be different from that
required by persons registering under
the cthhr sections OF this article, and
shall also provide remedy whereby sub
sequently to the close of said registration
on Aug. 81. 1898, the pames of any per-
sons who may have obtained registration
under this section by false statements of
facts or other fraud, moy by appropriate
proceedings be stricken from said roll.
Sec. 6. No persoi less than sixty years
Of age shall he permitted to vote at any
election in this State who shall not, in