The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-30


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sssssssssai Ass.sAS~ss Css.ss.
The eorrsspcsdeut Of the Char
lotie Obsrv~r, writing Ia that pspes |
FROM Fayetteville. undcr date g
March &th. says
Ths Observer correctly euse~s yae-
lie s~numen; in ;hroviag oo' . scrs
of warning against taxing for grant
I'd the carrying 81 the ballot b Of
the suffrage Constitutional amend
ment. IL uill require bard vork frou
the rank and hle ard leaders of fss
party. There 10 certainly ne elos4
on the title Of the Cage Fear nsm
ocrAcy to orthodoxy, dat THE -Tissi
IS surprised ~ the puneer Of lao
ing Democrats whom he meets OF
posed 10 the amendm-nt The elasr.
about the grand son Of his grand
father" 10 especially d-cri-d 80
mon .trons Ab.urdity.
The su1o &c amendment referred
Ia shove, whioh sss adopted by a.
last Legislature. 10 rs follows
THE SUFFRAGE AxESpxEST.
Section 1. That Arucie VI 81 the
Constitution OF North Carolina h..
and th. sane ~ ber-hy ahrora'-d.
and in lieu thereof shall be tubsi4iui-
ed the following Article Of Said Con
sfitution:
ARTICLE vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility TO Once
Qualifications Of an Elector.
lSectiou IL Every male person born
in the Unit. d s. ates, and every male
persoa who has been na;uraliI-t, -
years of age and possessing the 9LAi-
Ifcations set ont in this Article fnail
be entitled to vote At any election by
the people in The State, except NJ
herein otherwise provided.
lSec. 2. He shall have resided IN
the Stale Of North Carolina for two
years, in the county SIX months and
in the precinct. ward OF other cleo
ton district, In which he offers "a
vote four months p.Xt preceding ii.
election: Provided, That removal
from one precinct, ward or other
election district to another in the
same county, shall not operate to de.
prive any person Of the right to vote
in . precinct, ward or other election
district from which he has removed
until four m opths after such removal.
No person who has been convict, a,
Or who has Confessed bis gull
inopen court upon indictment, OF
any crime. the punishment oil
which now is, or may thereafter be,
imprisonment in the State prison
shall be permitted &c vote unles,
the said person shall be first re
stored to citizenship in TIE manner
prescribed by law.
tSec. 3. Every person Offering Z,
vote shall be- a, the time a legal,
r. gis:ered 7oter AS Eereiu pres .ibet
and IN the manner hereinafter pro
vided by law, and tine General As
sembly Of North Caroline shall enac
general registration laws to carry in
to effect the provisions Of this Ar
J ticle.
tSec.l 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be abb,
to read and write any section of III,
Constitution in the English language
and, before he shall be entitled Z,
vote, he shall have paid, on o.
! before the f,st day Of March o
the year in which he propose
to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
scribed by law, for tire previous year
Poll taxes shall he lien only on as
sessed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection Of III,
same except against assessed prop
erty.
y (Sec. ST. Nc male person, who wa
on Jan nary l, 1867. or at any tim,
prior thereto, entitled to vote unde
the laws Of any State in the Unite,
States wherein he then resided, an,
no lineal descendant Of any such per
son; shall be denied the right to reg
lister and vote at any election in thu
State by reason of his failure to 20
sess the educational qualification
prescribed Ia section Of this Article
Provided. He shall have r. gistere,
in accordance with the terms of thi
section prior to Dec. l, 1905.
The General Assembly shall pro
vide for . permanent record OF al
persons who register under this see
ton on or before November l, 1905
and all such persons shall be entitls.
to register and vote at all election.
by the people in this State, unles
disqualified under section 2 of thi
Article: Provided such perso IS shal
have paid their poll tax as require,
by Law.
fSec. 81 All elections by the peopI,
shall be by ballot, and ali election,
by the General Assembly shall b,
viva voee.
I lSec. Z. Every voter in North Car
DINA, except Is 10 this Art. disc uali
ned, shall be eligible to Office, bu
before entering upon the duties o
the once he eholl take and suhGcv;ks