The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-08-31

s'Ler" Is especially deeried as .
lnonstrors absurdity.
The suffrsge ams ndment referred
leo b,vc, Which Was adopted 10y tie
lat Legislature, is as follows:
THE SUFFRAGE ANESDNESr.
Src,i u /. That Article vi Of the
of North Carolina be-,
and the same Is hereby repealed. and
in Ii, u thereof shall be substituted |
the following Article of Said Coufti-
tutiop:
ARTICLE vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility TO Office
Qualifications OF an Elee,or.
Section 1. Every male person born
in the United States, and every male
person who has been naturAlized, q
years of age and possessing the qtai-
ifications set out in this Article shall
be entitled to vote at any election by
the people in the State, except M
herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 2. He shall have resided in
the State of North Carolina for two
years, in the county six months and
in the precinct, ward or other cleo
ton district, in which he offers 10
vote four months next preceding the
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 a precinct, ward or other election
district from which he has removed
until after such removal. No person
who has been convicted, or who ha,
confessed his guilt in open cour'
upon indictment, of any crime, the
punishment of which is, or may
thereafter be, Imprisonment in TN.
, State prison, shall be permitted it
, vote unless the said person shall l..
first restored to citizenship in II,
manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. Every person Offering I,
, vote shall be at the time a legal,
registered voter as herein prescribe,
and in the manner hereinafter pro
e vided by law, and the General AS
sembly of North Carolina shall euac
general registration laws 10 carry in
to effect the provisions Of this Ar
2 ticle.
Sec. 4. Every person prssentip,
d himself for registration snail be abb
to read and write any section of tb
. Constitution in the English language
a and, before he shall be entitled .
: vote, have paid, on or before the frs
s day of March of the year in which b
: proposes to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
> scribed by law, for the previous yea,
: Poll taxeS shall be = lien only ON a
g sessed property, and no process shal
. Issue to enforce the collection of tn
i same except against assessed prop
erty.
}. Sec. 5. Nc male person, Who wa
on January l, 1867, or at any tim
prior thereto, entitled to vote undo
the laws Of any State in the Unite
States wherein he then resided. an
no lneal descendant Of any such pei
son; shall be denied the right TO reg
3. lister and vote at any election in thi
> State by reason of his failure to 90
!, sess the educational qualifica, ior
y prescribed IN section OF this Ar.ic,,
D.. Provided. He shall have r. gist.re
e In accordance with the terms of tai
e section prior to Dec. L. 1908.
IS The General Assembly shall or,
It vide for a permanent record of q
d persons who register under this Sc.
ton on or before November 1, 100
: and all such persons shall be entitls
= TO register and vote at all ELECTION
by the people in this State, uule,
disqualified under section 9 of I'll
Article: Provided such perso AZ sha
have paid their poll tax as reouire
), by Law.
9 Sec. d. All elections by the peoul
shall be by ballot, and all election
r oy the General Assembly sbal b
!. viva voce.
r Sec. 2. Every voter in NortL C.,
|. DINA, except as in this Art. disauaf
z ned' shall be eligible to Office. bu
i before entering upon the duties
- the Office he shall take and subser;b
y the following oath: II, 4
y solemnly swear or affirm, that M
d support and maintain the con.,;.r
= . ton and laws Of the U. s. and tn
!. constitution and laws of North Carr
o lima, not inconsistent therevith an
. that l will faithfully discharge tn
autles OF my Office as 8
= help me God" Q
Sec. .. The following cIasse. q
: persons shall be diequaiifisd e. =.
II nee: FIRST. all Dsrsons who denv ~
. oe'ng Ct Almighty God. Second -
y persons Who shall have been cow
: tea or confessed their guilt on r die,
! ment pending, and whether sentaI
I GEO OF not; or und-r Judgment sn,
Penred, Of any treason or felo.. ~. !.
b ny .ner crime Tor which the nun