The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-29

and the same is hereby repealed, and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 1. Every male person born
in the United States, and every male
person who has been naturalize6, q
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. 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 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 a 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 &c
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 a legally
registered voter as herein prescribed
and in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided by law, and the General AS
sembly of North Carolina shall enact
general registration laws to carry in
to effect the provisions of this Ar
ticle.
Sec. 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able
to read and write any section of the
Constitution in the English language
and, before he shall be entitled te
vote, have paid, on or before the frs
day of March.of the year in which HI
proposes to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
scribed by law, for the previous year
Poll taxes shall be lien only on as
sessed property, and no process shall
|, issue to enforce the collection of tn
same except against assessed prop.
erty.
Sec. 5. No 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, AM
no lineal descendant of any such per
, son; shall be denied the right to reg
|, lister and vote at any election in thi
State by reason of his failure to pc
sess the educational qualification
prescribed in section 4 of this Article
Provided. He shall have registere
in accordance with the terms of thi
section prior to Dec. l, 1908.
g The General Assembly shall prt
e vide for a. permanent record of a
!. persons who register under this SEQ
8 ton on or before November l, 19O'
e and all such persons shall be entitle
= to register and vote at all election
y by the people in this State, unles
( disqualified under section 2 of tn
II Article: Provided such persons sha
20 have paid their poll tax as require
Is by law.
u Sec. 6. All elections by the poop
r shall be by ballot, and all election
is by the General Assembly shall
10 viva voce.
TO Sec. 7. Every voter in North Ca
\. DINA, except as in this Art. disqua
oil fed, shall be eligible to Office, b
H. y. before entering upon the duties
he the Office he shall take and subscri
y, the following oath: 81,
ID solemnly swear or affirm, that I "
y. support and maintain the constit
A. ton and laws of the U. s. and t
",s constitution and laws of North Ca,
Of lima, not inconsistent Herewith, q
'ot that will faithfully discharge t
oil. duties of my Office as 80. $50.
ey help me God"
set Sec. 8. The following classes
lr- persons shall be disqualified for
AR fee: First, all persons who deny
'cA being of Almighty God. Second,
. persons who shall have been cow
ted or confessed their guilt on indi
yer ment pending, and whether sente
he ced or not; or under judgment 8
pended of any treason or felony,
i'm any ther crime for which the p1
till ;shment may be imprisonment in
VS. penitentiary, since becoming citiz'
- Of the United States. of corrupt
and malpractice in Office unless 9,
person shall be restored to the rig
mi. of citizenship n manner prescl
DDS ed by law.
,di- Sec, 9. The act shall be in TO
rom and after it, ratification.