The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-04-27
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
ARTICLE VI.


the following Article Of Said Consr
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 naturalizeo :.
years of age and possessing the q'.ai,
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 Carolins 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
3 State prison, shall be permitted &c
vote unless the said person shall be
3 first restored to citizenship in tke
s manner prescribed by law.
: Sec. 3. Every person offering t.
S vote shall be at the time a legally
t registered voter as herein prescribed
S aud in the manner hereinafter pro
: vided by law, and the General AS
t sembly of North Carolina shall enac
S general registration laws to carry in
e to effect the provisions of this Ar
b ticle.
r Sec. 4. Every person presentin,
d himself for registration shall be abb
Q to read and write any section of tn
It Constitution in the English language
O and, before he shall be entitled +
r vote, have paid, on or before the frs
r 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 az
b sessed property, and no process sbal
l. issue to enforce the collection of tn
# same except against assessed prop
d erty.
g Sec. 5. Nc male person, who wa
C on January l, 1867, or at any tim
prior thereto, entitled to vote upde
the laws Of any State in the Unite
r States wherein he then resided, an
le no lineal descendant of any such pc,
son; shall be denied the right to rec
: lister and vote at any election in thi
State by reason of his failure to 20
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.
The General Assembly shall pr,
} vide for a permanent record of a
persons who register under this sc.
ton on or before November l, 100
and all such persons shall be entitls
! t, register and vote at all election
by the people in this State, uules
disqualified under section 2 Of tn
Article: Provided such persons sha
have paid their poll tax as require
by law.
Sec. 6. All elections by the peopl
shall be by ballot, and all election
by the General Assembly shall h
viva voce.
Sec. Z. Every voter in North Ca
DINA, except as in this Art. disqual
fed, shall be eligible TO Office, bu
before entering upon the duties Q
the Office he shall take and subscrib
the following oath: T........... d
solemnly swesror affirm, that Wi
support ard maintain the constiru
. ton and laws OF the U. s. and tn
= constitution and laws of North Care
p lima, not inconsistent Herewith, an
= = that l will faithfully discharge tb
i duties Of my Office as 80. s
= help me God"
Sec. 8. The following classes o
persons shall be disqualified for OF
fee: First, all persons who DENY III
being of Almighty God. Second, al
persons who shall have been convic
ted or confessed their guilt on indict
ment pending, and whether senten
ced or not; or under Judgment sus
pended, of any treason or felony. O
any iher crime for which the pun
ishment may be Imprisonment in tn
penitentiary, since becoming citizen
of the United States. of cOrrupt,oi
e and malpractice in Office unless sucl
n person shall be restored to the right
10 Of citizenship N manner prescrib
" ed by law.