The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-01-07

Section ). Every person. presefttin,
himself for registration shah be able t,
read and write intelligentlY and h,
shall demonstrate his ability to do so
when he applies for registration. by max
ing under oath, administered to him b,
the officer having charge of such regis
! tration. or by his deputy, both of whom
are hereby authorized to administer sucl
oath, written application therefor upol
a blank to be furnished by such officer
The said application shall contain thu
essential facts necessary TO show tina
he is entitled to register and vote, ant
shall be entirely written, dated and sign
ed by him, in the presence of the regis
tration officer or his deputy, without
assistance or suggestion from any per
son or memorandum whatever, except
the form of the application hereinafter
set forth.
The application for registration, above
provided for, shall be an exact copy OF
the following form, with the proper
names, dates and numbers substituted
for the blanks appearing herein, to wit
81 am q resident of the State OF
North Carolina and a citizen of the
United States. My name is.
/ was born in the State of. ..........
county of. on the. :. day
of. ...... in the year of. .........
am now. .....y years and. months
and ... days of age. / have resided
in this State since. ......, in the coun
ty since. ......., and in the pre-
cinct Tor ward or other election district
since. ..... and [ am not disfran
chised by any of the provisions of the
Constitution of this State.
Section 6. If the said applicant, for
registrations be not able to read and
write, as provided by section 3 of this
article, then he shall be entitled to reg
lister and vote, if he shall, at the time he
offers to register. be the actual and
bona fide owner oof property, assessed
to him in the State, at a valuation of not
less than three hundred dollars on the
tax lists of the current year in which
he offers to register, or on the tax list
of the preceding year if the roll of the
current year shall not have been com
pleted and filed. and on which, if the
said property so assessed be personal
only, all taxes due thereon shall have
been paid. The applicant for reg;stra-
ton under this section shall make oath
before the registration officer or his
deputy, that he is a citizen of the United
States, resident of this State, over
the age of twenty-one years. that he
possesses the qualifications prescribed
in section 8 of this article, and that
he can neither read nor write and that
he is the owner of property assessed
to him in this State at valuation of not
fhar J,l1a
such property be personal only, that all
taxes thereon have been paid.
Section Z. No male person, who was,
on January LIST, 1867, or at any date
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the
Constitution or Statutes of any State of
the United States wherein he then re-
tded; or who, prior to that time was a
regularly enlisted soldier in the army of
the United States, aud no son or grand
son of any such person not less than
twenty-one years old at the date of the
adoption of this Constitution; and no
male person who was naturalized prior
to the first day of January, 1900, shall
be denied the right to register and vote
in this State by reason of his failure to
possess the educational or property
qualifications prescribed by this Consti-
tuition, provided he shall have resided in
this State for five years next preceding
the date at which he shall apply for reg
istration and shall have registered in ac-
cordance with the terms of this article
prior to September LIST. 1900, and no
person shall be entitled to register under
this section after said date.
Every person claiming the benefit OF
fbic ,hoI
the proper registration officer, or his
deputy for registration, and he shall
make oath before such registration off
Ger or his deputy, in the following form,
to wit.
Il am a citizen of the United States
and a resident of the State Of North
Carolina. over the age Of twenty-one
years; | have resided in this State for
five years next preceding this date.
was on the ........ day of. -. en-
titled to vote under the Constitution, or
Statutes of the State of. ....
wherein | then resided, Tor / was reg
ularly enlisted soldier prior to 1867, in
the army of the United States or q
am the son, or grandson, of. ........
WHO was on the. day of.
entitled to vote under the Constitution
or Statutes of the State of. ..
wherein he then resided or fwho was,
prior to 1867, a regularly enlisted sol
der lin the army of the United States,
and ! desire to avail myself of the
privileges conferred by section Z. of ar
ticle g. of the Constitution of this State.
A separate registration under this sec
ton shall be kept by the registration Off
Ger, who shall at the close Of the regis
tration in the year 1900, make II swoin
copy in duplicate Of the lis- of persons
registered under this section, showing
IN detail, whether the applicant regis
Tered as voter of 1897, or prior thereto,
or as son of such voter, or as a grand
son of such voter, or was a soldier in
the army of the United States prior TO
1867, or was the son of such soldie". or
was the grandson of such soldier; and
the registration officer shall deposit one
of said duplicates in the office Of the
Secretary Of State to be by him recorded
and preserved as Il part of the perma-
nent records of his office. and the other
of said duplicate he shall file with the
clerk of the Superior court of his coun-
ty, to be by him recorded IN Il book
he shall provide for that purpose and
in his office to remain a permanent rec
ord.
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