The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-14

last. Wednesday night completed toe
Constitutional amendment TO be voted
eon at thethe next general election. A
s6ars Of this amendment we printedlas t
week. Wenow give il in full: :
That article vi Of the Constitution
OF North Carolina be, and the same is
hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof
shall be substituted the following ar
Hele Of said Constitution:
ARTICLE vi.
Section 1 Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been n~sturaliEed, 81
years OF age and possessing the quRll
locations set out in this article, shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the
people i'm the State, except as herein
Otherwise provided.
Section HeshRll have residedinth the
State Of North Carolina for two years,
in the county six months, and in the
precinct, ward or other district IN
which he offers to vote, four months
next preceding the election: Provided,
That removal from one precinct, ward
zoP other election district, to another in
the same county, shall not operate TO
/. deprive any person OF the right to vote
n the precinct ward or other election
district from which he has removed
until four months after such removal,
"a Nofperson who has been convicted or
: who has confessed his guilt in open
courtupon. indictment, Of any crime,
the punishment of which now, is, or
: may hereafter be, imprisonment in the
fBtats prison, shall be permitted 20 vote
nnless=the said person shall be first re-
6bOred,ite citiE snship in the manner
.presoribed;b by law.
Section Every person Offering to
RossGhan be st the time 9 legally regis
= *eredHoter as herein prescribed anain
$ the manner hereafter provided By law,
and the General Assembly OF Moth
g. Carolina shall enact general regl Ca
: zion laws TO carry into effect the pro
visions Of this article.
Section 4 Any person presenting
himself for F~egistration or voting shall
zbe able to read and write any part Of
&he Constitution in the English Ian
Suage, and shall have paid by the first
, day Of n arch the poll tax for the pre-
> Fious calendar year, as prescribed by
law, and shall exhibit the receipt there
3 for when he off RS to vote. Poll taxes
, shall be q lien only on assessed prop
AFty, and no process shalI issue to en-
force the collection Of the anne except
against assessed property.
t. Section 5 No male person, who was
: on January 1, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entITIed 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 vo'e
ct any election in this State by reason
of his failure to possess the educational
qualification prescribed in section 4 of
this Article: Provided, He shall have
registered in accordance with the tt rms
OF this Article prior TO December /,
1905. and no person shall be entitled to
register under this section after that
date.
The General Assembly shall, at it's
hrst session after the adoption Of this
amendment, provide the nj in
which tue classes of persons provided
for in this section shall register.
Section 6 ALI elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and all elections by
the General Assembly shall be viva
Eoce, z-hE
Seesion7. Every voter in North Caro-
line, except as in this Article dEquaIi
hed, shall be eligible to eff e, but be
fore entering upon the duties of the
Office. he shall take and subscribe the
following oath: 81, --, do sol
EMMY swear or sfirm, that 1 will sup
port and maintain the Constitution and
laws of the United States and the Con
stituti1n and laws of North Carolina,
not Inconsistent herewith, and that I
will faithfully discharge the duties of
my Office as ---. So help me
God"
Section 8 The following classes of
persons shall be d Qualified for Cfice:
First, all persons VINO deny the being
of Almighty God. Second, all persons
who shall have been convicted, or con
fessed their guilt on indictment pend
ing, aud whether sentenced or not, or
under judgment suspended, of any
treason or felony, or any other crime
for which the punishment may be Inn.