The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-02-16
THE SUPRA AMENDMENT

Constitution of North Carolina be, and
the same Is hereby repealed, and in lieu
thereof shall bs substituted the folio W.
| Ing 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 male
person who has been naturallzed, twenty
one years Of age and possessing the
qualifications set out in this Article,
shall be entitled to vote at any election
by the people in the State, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Section 9. He shall have resid ed in
the State of North Carolina for two
years, in the county six months, and
In the precinct, ward or other election
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 deprive any person OF
the right to vote in the precinct, ward
or other election district, from which
be has removed until four months af-
ter such removal. NJ person who has
been convicted, or who has confessed
his guilt in open court upon lndict-
ment, OF any crime, the punishment
of which is, or may hereafter be, inn
prisonmcnt IN the State Prison, shall
be permitted to vote unless the said
person shall be first restored to citizen
ship in the manner prescribed by law.
Section 3. Every person offering to
vote shall be at the time legally reg
istered voter as herein prescribed and
In the manner hereinafter provided by
lew, and the General Assembly of
North Carolina shall enact general
registration laws to carry into effect
the provisions of this Article.
Section 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able to
read and write any section OF the Con-
stitution in the English language and
in addition thereto, shall have paid on
OR before the first day of March OF the
year i'll which he proposes TO vote, his
poll tax, as prescribed by law, for the
previous year, and he shall exhibit his
receipt therefor when he offers to
vote. Poll taxes shall be lien only
on assessed property, and no process
shall issue to enforce the collection of
the same except against assessed prop
erty.
Section 8. No male person, who was
on January l, 1896, 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 education
al qualifications prescribed in section 4
OF this Article: Provided, He shall
have registered in accordance with the
terms of this Article prior to Decem.
Der l, 1908, and no person shall be in
titled to register under this section
after that date.
The General Assembly shall, at its
first session after the adoption of this
provide the manner in
which the classes of persons provided
for in this section shall register.
Section 6. All elections by the peo-
pie shall be by ballot, and all elections
by the General Assembly shall be viva
voce.
Section z. Every voter in North
Carolina, except as in this Article dis
qualified, shall be eligible to office. but
before entering upon the duties of the
'tflce he shall take and subscribe the
ollowlng oath: 81, do
'olemnly swear Or affirm, that I will
support and maintain the constitution
md laws of the United States and the
constitution and laws of North Carroll
Ia, not inconsistent Herewith, and
hat | will faithfully discharge the
iuties OF my Office as -- So
1elp me God"
Section s. The following classes OF
persons shall be>disauallfed for office
first, all persons who deny the being
II Almighty God. Second, all persons
Who shall have been convicted or con-
essed their guilt on Indictment pend l.
ng, and whether sentenced or not. or
'nder Judgment suspended, of anv
reason or felony. or any other crime
or which the punishment NAV be inn
'rlsonment In the penitentiary, since1
'ecoming citizens of the United States.
# corruption and malpractice In office.
lnless such person shall be restored to
he rights of citizenship in a manner
Prescribed bv law.