The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-22

posed to the amendment. The CLAUSE
about the grand son of his grand
father" Is especially decrie,l as a
monstrous absurdity.
The suffrage Amendments referred
to above, which was adopted by the
last Legislature, is as follows:
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
Section l. That Article VI of t:he
Constitution of North Carolina I've,
and the same is hereby repealed, and
in lieu thereof shall be substituted
the following Article of Said Consti
tuition:
ARTICLE vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Office
Qualifications of an Elector.
Section l. Every male person born
IN the United States, and every male
person who has been naturalized, 81
years Of age and possessing the quail
ifications set out in this Article shall
be entitled to vote at any election by
the people in the State, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Sec. .. 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 to
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 precinct, ward or other election
district from which he has removed
until after such removal. No person.
who has been convicted, or who has
confessed his guilt in open court
upon indictment, of any crime, the
punishment of which is, or may
thereafter be, Imprisonment in the
State prison, shall be permitted tc
vote unless the said person shall be
first restored to citizenship in TIE
manner prescribed by law.
| Sec. 3. Every person Offering to
; vote shall be at the time q legally
registered voter as herein prescribed
and in the manner hereinafter pro.
vided by law, and the General AS
sembly of North Carolina shall enac'
general registration laws, to carry in
to effect the provisions of this Ar
ticle.
Sec. 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be abl
to read and write any section Of tn
Constitution in the English language
and, before he shall be entitled t.
y vote, have paid, on or before the frs
day of March of the year in which b
proposes to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
J scribed by law, for the previous year
Poll taxes shall be lien only on as
3 sessed property, and no process shal
J issue to enforce the collection of tn
. same except against assessed prop
b erty.
Sec. 5. Nc male person, who wa
;. on January l, 1867, or at any tim
. prior thereto, entitled TO vote unde
q the laws OF any State in the Unite
. States wherein he then resided, an
- no linesl descendant of any such pei
son; shall be denied the right to ref
lister and vote at any cleo ton in tn
- State by reason of his failure to pc
- sess the educational qualification
prescribed in section 4 of this Article
= Provided. He shall have registere
o in accordance with the terms of tn
section prior to Dec. l, 1908.
~ The General Assembly shall pr
vide for permanent record Of a
O. persons who register under this Sc
o. ton on or before November l, 100
an aud all such persons shall be entitl'
ch to register and vote at all election
,g by the people in this State, mule
90 DISQUALIFIED under section of til
re Article: Provided such persons sl,s
at have paid their poll tax as require
" by law.
&C Sec. G. All elections by the peop
shall be by ballot, and all electio
n by the General Assembly shall
rs' viva voce.
!. Sec. 7. Every voter in North "a
,o+ olina, except as in this Art. disqua
fed, shall be eligible to office, b
-. before entering upon the duties
~, the Office he shall take and subscri
80. the following oath: II, .-........,
80 solemnly swear or affirm, that v
'" support and maintain the consti'
ton and laws Of the U. s. and t
"io constitution and laws of North Ca
TN lima, not inconsistent Herewith, a
'no that will faithfully discharge
y" duties of my office as ....---..
lelr help me God"
Sec. 8. The foil owing classes
persons shall be disqualified for
fee: First, all persons who deny
- being Of Almighty God. Second,
persons who shall have been conv