The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11
THE PROPOSED CONSTITU-
TIONAL AMENDMENT.

IN August Of next year. 1t 10 not nee
eesary for us to say that it should be
carefully considered and that the voter
should not allow pre- jldice to il fl fence
him in deciding whether or not he will
support it. The amendment reads as
follows:
That article VI of the Constitution
of North @ .rolina be, and the same is
hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof
shall be substituted the following ar
ticle Of said Constitution:
ARTICLE vi.
Section 1 Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been n~aturalized, 81
years of age and possessing the qualii
cations 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 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 district in
which he offers to vote, four months
next preceding the eltc lion: Provided,
That removal from one precinct, ward
or other election d strict, 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 after such removal.
No person who has been convict I'd or
who has confessed his guilt in open
court upon Indictment, 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 re
stored to citizenship in the manner
prescribed by law.
Section 3. Every person off 3ring to
vote shall be at the time a legally regis
tered voter as herein prescribed and in
the manner hereafter provided by law,
and the General Assembly of North
Carolina shall enact general registrs-
ton laws to carry into effect the pro
visions of this article.
Section 4. Any person presenting
himself for registration or voting shall
be able to read and write any part of
the Constitution in the E lglish Ian
guage, and shall have paid by the first
day of March the poll tax for the pre-
vious calendar year, as prescribed by
law, and shall exhibit the receipt there
for when he offers to vote. Poll taxes
shall be a lien only on assessed prop
erty, and no process shall issue TO en-
force the collecti IN OF the same except
against assessed property.
Sectiou 5 No male person, who was
on January 1, 1857, 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 educational
qualification prescribed in section 4 of
his Article: Provided, h snail have
registered in accordance with the terms
OF this Article prior to December l,
1908, and no person shall be entitled to
register under this section after that
date.
The General Assembly shall, at it's
fret session after the adoption of this
amendment, provide the manner in
which the classes of persons provided
for in this section shall register.
Section 6 Al elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and all elections by
the General Assembly shall be viva
voce.
Section Every voter in North Caro-
lima, except as in this Article disquali
fed, shall be eligible to off 3e, but be
fore entering upon the duties of the
office he shall take and subscribe the
following oath; II, ----, do SOL
EMMY swear Or affirm, that I will sup
port and maintain the Constitution and
laws of the U nited States and the Con-
stItu ion and la VS. of North Carolina.
not inconsistent ther ewlth, and that 1
will faithfully discharge the duties of
my Office as ----. So help me
G d."
Section 8 The folio wing classes of
persons shall be disqualified for Cmce:
First, all persons W n deny the being
of Almighty GOD. S'cond, all persons
who shall nave Oeen convicted, or con
tessed their guilt on indictment pend |
ing, and whether sentenced or not, or
under Judgment su pended, of any
treason or fe ony, or any other crime .