The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-07-27
Full Text of the COnStitu-
tiOnal Amendment to be
Voted on by the People in
August, 1900.

Section 1. That Article vi Of the
Constitution of North Carolina be. and
the same is hereby abrogated, and in
lieu thereof shall be substituted the
following Article of said constitution:
ARTICLE VI.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Office
Qualifications of an Elector.
Section l. Every male person born
in the United States, and every person
who has been been naturaliZed, TWEEN
ty-one years Of age, and possessing
the qualifications set out IN this Arti-
Gle, 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 election dis
trict in which he offers to vote, four
months next preceding the election:
Provided, That removal from one pre-
cinct, ward OF other election district
to another in the same county, shall
not operate to deprive any person of
the right to vote in the precinct, ward
or other election district from which
he has removed, until four months af-
ter 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 now is, or may hereafter be.
imprisonment in the State prison, Shall
be permitted to vote, unless the said
person shall be first restored to citi-
zenship in the manner prescribed by
law.
Sec. :. Every person offering to
vote shall be at the time a legally reg
istered voter as herein prescribed and
in the manner hereinafter provided by
law. and the General Assembly of
North Carolina shall enact general reg
istration laws to carry into effect the
provisions of this Article.
See. 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 to vote,
have paid, on or before the first day
OF March of the year in which he pro-
poses to vote, his poll tax as prescrib-
ed by Jaw, for the previous year. Poll
taxes shall be a lien only on assessed
property, and no process shall issue
to enforce the collection of the same
against assessed PROPERTY.
Sec. 5. No male person who was, on
January 1, 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
descendant of any such person, shall
be denied the right to register and
vote at any election in this State by
reason of his failure to possess the ed
ucational qualificati ons prescribed in
section 4 Of this Article: Provided,
He shall have registered in accordance
with the terms of this section prior
to December 1, 1905 The General
Assembly shall provide for a perma-
nent record of all persons who regis
ter under this section ON or before No
vember 1, 1908, and all such persons
shall be entitled to register and vote at
all elections by the people in this State
unless disqualified under section 2 of
this Article: Provided, Such persons
shall have paid their poll tax as re-
quired by law.
Sec. 6. AL elections by the people