The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

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registrar to ask che aB0ii,an for reg
istration:
whether he has listed for taxation
his poll for the Current year in which
he proposes TO register and for n year
next preceding, # liable TO pay a poll
tax"
And further the same section pro
vides:
That il anv apple u for registra
ton who is permitted c register shall
confess upon his examinsl"n under
oath au the time ne la ad limited TO reg
~isrration that he has not lis ed his poll
for taxation for che current year, If
the time of his said application If offer
the time 6xsd by Law for listing taxes
in that year or if he shall admit that
he did not list his poll for JEXstion for
the year next preceding, &c shall be the
duty of the registrar TO certify said
fact or facts to the CLERK OF the Supe
rior Court OF his county and the said
clerk shall hand 4ucn certificate 60 the
solicitor for the DISTRICT at the next
term of Superior Court, and the sollcl-
tor shall without delay draw aud send
to the grand jury a oil of Indictment
against such elector so registering for
failure to IIst h's DOLL TX"
INDICTMENT OF VOTERS
The laW says co n voter IF you
70 g without listing your poll tax you
shall be indicted
IG is idle to C Intr nd that this does
not make the listing of en- poll for tex
alton a prerequisite TO voting. Where
is the man who wilt stan an indict-
ment il order to enjoy she luxury of
voting9
Tnis recurrence LOT the Iaw is in con
hicG with Art. vi. Sec 1, Of our Con
stitution. and is therefore void
In Var Bokkelen ". Csnaday, 7S N.
@ R. p, 222 the cOurt declares: " he
General Assembly cannot IN any way
change the qualities ions of voters in
State. county, to~nship, city or town
elections"
Aud in R R v. Commissioner 70 N.
o r., 492
The Constitution defines who are the
qualified voters Of a county Art. vi,
Sec 1. aud the legislature cannOt
cnsngt the gu Il, tic cations
In the law which We are conaiderinR
the Legislature has a tempted to force
upon he people the very qualifications
on ~hicn they have invited the people
co pronounce judgment IN the form of
q Constitutional Amendment. They
ATTEMPT to put into operation tesCs of
the right Of suffrage b for sucn tests
nave been adopt d b, the DeoO,e
TINS is ~condemning Il man fret and
irving him after wards
3 After the intending voter has
proved his quali1c .tIon- with the most
stringent PARTICULARLY ny the oath o
TWO other voters aud IN 4dII ,on there
TO has himself taken ne p escrlbed
orGh, We find In secCI IN me folio wing:
Provided, that after such oaCn shall
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Judge may nevertheless refuse 20 per-
mi such p-rsun o. untrss they
can be satisfied CnaG IA IL II legal voter"
In other words, after Cne applicant
has furnished all the prof r, CURED by
the law he NAV nevertheless s be re-
jecGed and disfranchIsed Oy the Rrbi
,sry decision of the registrar and
judge.
In the case of Van B keI Cana
day, 70 N. @. B, p. 229, Judge Rod
man says:
the right to vote Ia property, and
no man can be deprived of 1t but by
the law of the land and the arbitrary
viii Of the registrar 10 not The la W OF
che land In the we'll settled meaning of
the Bill Of Rights"
THE MASTER STROKE
4 Wenu come 60 the me s .er stroke.
S-ction % provides
''Thpt a space of not more than fifty
feet in every direction from the polls
or the room in which the election is
neld may be kept open and clear of all
persons except the election officers
herein provided, which spsce may be
rallied or roped of with q narrow pas
sage leading to and from the polls.
after the elector hae entered the
passage no one except the registrar or
judges of election or chalIengers here.
matter provided for shall be permitted
to speak to him or make any signs to
him, nor shall he be permitted to speak
or make any signs to anyone except
the registrar or judge of election"