The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-19
THE PROPOSED CONSTITU-
TIONAL AMENDMENT.

measure mas Deen before b people OF
North Carolina for q score of years, we
give in full here with the proposed Con
stitutionRl amendment, which we ex
pect to keep standing until the election
In August Of next year. It is not nee
essary for US to say that it should be
carefully considered and that the voter
should not allow prejudice to influence
him in deciding whether or not he will
support it. The amendment reads as
follows:
That article vi Of the Constitution
of North Carolina be, and the same is
hereby abrogated and in lieu thereof
shall be substituted the following ar
ticle of said Constitution:
ARTICLE vi.
SUFFRAGE M ELIGIBILITY OF OFFICE
QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ELEoToR.
Section } Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been n~aturalized, 81
years Of age and possessing the quaIifi.
cations set out in this article, shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the
people in the State, except as herein
other wise provided.
(Section 3 He shall have resided in
the State OF North Carolina for Q 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 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 nov 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 81 Every person offering to
vote shall be at the time illegally regis
tered voter as herein prescribed and in
the manner hereafter provided by law,
and the General Assembly Of North
Carolina shall enact general registra,
ton laws to carry into effect the pro
-SrSo~r - &hSa awkiOlo
Section A Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able
to read and write any section of the
!, Constitution in the English language,
and before he shall be entitled to vote
he shall have paid on or before the
first day of March of the year in which
he proposes to vote his poll tax as pre-
scribed by law for the previous year
Poll taxes shall be q lien only On as
seesed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection OF the
same except against assessed property
CSectiou 8 No male person, who wal
{ on January 1, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the
laws of any State in the United State
wherein he then resided, and no Inca
= descendant of any such person, shall
be denied the right to register and vot'
3 at q election in this State by reasol
of his failure to possess the educatlona
qualification prescribed in section 4 o
I this Article: Provided. He shall hav
9 registered in accordance with the term
r Of this Section prior to December
8 1908. The General Assembly shal
,pIovide for a permanent record OF a.
persons who register under this SCI
ton ON or before November 1, 1908, an
auoa persons shall be entitled {
: ali -~tA in all elections by tn
= register anoNe ~'oas diFqualihe
o people in this State uA. Pr
8 under section 2 of this artic4~.
r vided such persons shall have PAL
g their poll tax as required by law"
(Sectlon s } AL elections by the peopI
shall be by ballot, and all elections b,
the General Assembly shall be viz
e voce.
Section Z. Every voter 10 North Care
lima, except as in this Article disquRlI
fed, shall be eligible to office, but be
fore entering upon the duties Of tn
Office he shall take and subscribe tn
following oath; IT, ----, do sol
g EMMY swear Cor AFFIRM that l will SUP
. port and maintain the Constitution ant
g laws of the United States and the Con
> stitu lion and la ws Of North Carolina
not Inconsistent Herewith, and that
. will faithfully discharge the duties o
my office as -----. SO help m
God"