The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-23

ment. II vii require hard work fr N
The rank and hle and leaders Of 10.
party. There - certainly nj cloud |
on the title OF the Cape Fear p, O,
ocracy to orthodoxy, dut the write,
10 surprised At the number Of lead
ing Democrats whom he meets OF
posed to the amendment The claus,
about the grand son 81 bis grand
father" - especially dccried rs
moustrous absurdity.
The suffrage amendment referrcc
to above, which was adopted nv a.
last Legislature. is rs follows:
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Section 1. That Article vi Of a..
Constitution of North Carolina be,
and the same is hereby abrogAted
and in lieu thereof shall be substitut-
ed the following Article Of Said Con
stitutiop:
ARTICLE vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Once
Qualifications Of an Eiector.
[Section II Every male person born
in the Unit. d States, and every NAL.
person who has been paturalizel, q
years OF age and possessing the qlai.
iacations set ont in this Article email
DO entitled to vote At any election BY
the people in tho State, except o.
herein otherwise provided.
lSec. 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 e.
vote four months next preceding tn.
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 . precinct, ward or other election
district from which he has removed
until four months after such removal.
No person who has been convicted
Or who has confessed bis gull
Inopen court upon Indictment, OF
any crime, the punishment OF
which now 10, or may thereafter be,
imprisonment in the State prison
shall be permitted &c vote anles,
the said person shall be first re
stored to citizenship in TIE manner
prescribed by Law.
tSec. 81 Every person Offering t.
vote shall be ~ the time . legally
registered voter as kerein prescribed
and in the manner hereinafter pro
vided by Law. and the Gene raj As
sembly of North Carolina shall snsc
general registration laws to carry in
to effect the provisions of this Ar
ticle.
tSec.] 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be abb,
to read and write any section Of Ii,
Constitution in the English language
and, before he shall be entitled ..
vote. he shall have paid, on o.
before the first day Of March o.
the year in which he propose
to vote, his poll tax, - pre-
scribed by Law, for the previous year
Poll taxes shall be lien only ON -
sessed property, and no process shall
issue TO enforce the collection Of th,
same except against assessed prop
erty.
tSec. 81 Nc male person, Who ~
on January l, 1867. or at any tim,
prior thereto, entitled TO vote unde
the laws OF Any State in the Unite,
States wherein he then resided, an,
no ineal descendant of any such per
son; shall be denied the right to reg
ister and vote At any election in thu
State by reason Of his failure to DO
sess the educational qualification
prescribed IN section of this Article
Provided. He shall have r. gisters.
in accordance with the terms of thi
section prior to Dec. /. 1908.
i The General Assembly shall ORG
vide for . permanent record Of al
persons Who register under this Zee
ton on or before November 1, 1906
and all such persons shall be entitle,
to register and vote ct all election
by the people in this State, unles
disqualified under section 2 OF thi
Article: Provided such Derso q ahaI
have paid their poll TAI - require,
by Law.
| fSec. 81 All elections BY the peopi,
shall be BY ballot, and oil election
BY the General Assembly shall b,
viva voce.
i lSec. ~ Every voter in North Ca,
DINA, except ~ in this Art. disquali
6ed, shall Be- eligible to once, bu
before entering upon the duties o
the once he shall take and subscrib
the folio wing oath: II, ........,d d,
solemnly swear or sfhrm, that I v,l
support and maintain the constitu
ton and laws Of the y. 8. and tn
constitution and laws Of North Caro-
lima, not inconsistent herewith, IN,
that / will faithfully discharge tb
duties 81 nv ONCE q $500. s,
help ne God"
lSec. g. The following classss o
persons shall b disqualified for Of
dee: First, all persons Who shal
Il