The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-03-23

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 naturalizsd, Il
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 mJnths 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 indict ment, of any crime, the
punishment of which is, or may
thereafter be, Imprisonment in the
State prison, shall be permitted to
vote unless the said person shall be
first restored to citizenship in the
manner prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. Every person offering to
vote shah 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 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, in addition thereto, shall have
paid on or before the first day of
March of the year in which he pro-
poses to vote, his poll tax, as pre-
scribed by law, for the previous year,
and he shall exhibit his receipt there
for when he offers to vote. Poll taxes
shall be lien only on assessed prop
erty, and no process shall issue to
enforce the collection of the same
except against assessed property.
Sec. 5. No male person, who was
on January l, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under
the laws of any State in the United
States wherein he then resided, and
no lineal deeendent 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 pc.
sess the educational qualification
prescribed in section of this Article
Provided. He shall have registered
in accordance with this Article prio
to December 1, 1908, and no person
shall be entitled to register undo
this section after that date.
| The General Assembly shall, at it
first session after the adoption O
this amendment, provide the name
in which the classes of persons pro
vided for in this section shall regis
ter.
Sec. 6. All elections by the peopI
shall be by ballot, and all election
by the General Assembly shall b
viva voce.
Sec. z. Every voter in North Ca,
DINA, except as in this Article quail
fed, shall be eligible to Office, bu
before entering upon the duties q
the Office he shall take and subscrib
the following oath: II, d
solemnly swear or affirm, that vi
support and maintain the constit1
ton of the United States aud til
constitution and laws of North Car,
{ lima, not inconsistent Herewith, an
that I will faithfully discharge til
: duties of my Office as .........
help me God"
Sec. 8. The following classes I
persons shall be disqualified for o.
fee: First, all persons who deny II
Z being Of Almighty God. Second, q
persons who shall have been convi
ted or confessed their guilt or indie
ment pending, and whether sentez
ced or not; or under judgment su
pended, Of any treason or felony, I
any other crime for which the On,
:. jshment may be imprisonment in Il
penitentiary, since becoming either
Of the United States. of eorruptlo
: and malpractice in Office unless sue
3 person shall be restored to the RICH
i Of citizenship in . manner prescril
ed by Law.
8 Q, 9. The act shall be in for,
from and after its ratification.
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