The Progress., 1898-04-09
personal only, all taxes due shall have

- pau Inc applicant Tor regiStra
:, ton under this section shall make oat
Il before the registration officer or his dep
uty that he is citizen Of the JJnita,
s states and OF this State, over the age O
. twenty-one years: that he Possesses III,
qualifications prescribed in section .,
this article, and that he is the owner q,
property assessed in this State to him at 3
valuation OF not less than $500, and il
such property be personal only, that all
taxes due thereon have been paid
Section 5. No male person who was IN
January 1867, or at any date prior there
TO- emitted 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 IMAM twenty-one years OF age at the
| day OF the adoption of this Constitution
| ana no person OF foreign birth, who
shall have been naturalized prior to he1s+
DAY OF January, 1898, shall be denied the
right TO register and vote in this State bv
reason OF his failure to possess the educa-
tioeal qualification prescribed bv this
constitution: provided he shall have re-
SIDED In this State for five years next pre-
cedlng the date at which he shall anplv
TOR registration, and shall have register,
ne IN accordance with the terms Of this
article prior to September l. 1898, and no
person shall be entitled to register under
inns section after said date.
Every person claiming the benefit of
this section shall make application to the
proper registration officer, or his deputy.
for registration, and he shall make oath
before such registration officer or his dep
uty, in the form following, viz: 1 am
citizen OF the United States and of this
State, owe r the age of twenty-one years
have resided in this State for five years
next preceding this date. I was on the
go, day Of. entitled to vote under
.he Constitution or statutes of the State
If. ...., Wherein then resided (orIam
he son, or grandson) OF .. who was
IN the daylof .... entitled to vote
lnder the Constitution or statutes of the
state Of .-...., wherein he then resided,
nd desire to avail myself of the privi-
eyes conferred by section of article OF
he Constitution OF this State.
A separate registration OF votere apply
ag under this section shall be made by
ne registration officer OF each parish,
nd for this purpose the registration Off
er OF every parish shall keep his Office
pen daily, Sundays and legal holidays
from May / 1898 until August
1888, both included, during the hours
rescribed by Act No. 80 of the General
ssembly of 1896, In every parish except
lie parish Of Orleans he snail keep his
ice at the court house at least during
e months of May, June and August,
I'd, during the month of July, he shall
sep it for at least one day at on near
Oh polling place, giving thirty days
'tice thereof by publication.
The registration of voters under this
ctlon shall close on the 31st day of An
st 1898, and Immediately thereafter the
sistration officer of each parish shall
IKE sworn statement, in duplicate, of
list of persons registered under this
;tlon, showing in detail whether the
phcant registered as voter of 1867 or
or thereto, or the son of such voter,
as the grandson of such voter, and de-
sit one of said duplicates in the office of
;retary of State, to be by him recorded
preserved as a part of the permanent
ords OF his office, and the other of said
OilCateS ha Nv !,