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The eosrssposdsss Of the Char
Iosss Vb~rvvs. writing 70 that paper
froo Fsyssssvills. aadsr date Of
March 9Th. says:
The Observes eorrse'ly e~aess psb-
lie seatiosit il throwing oss Q Word
Of vsrsis9 against taking for grant,
ID the carrying ss the ballot bss OF
the su6rass eoasss;ut,cual snsed
0ent. IL w,li ~ Qairs hard vosk from
the raak and die asd leaders Of tue
party. There 10 certainly ne slos1
On the title Of the Caps Fear DsU
oersey to orthodoxy, dos the .riis,
70 surprised at the pasbsr of lsAo
ing Democrats whom hs meets or
posed to the s0sedosst The claus,
about the "srand soa Of his grand.
father" - especially deerisd ~ q
nonstrous sbsurdity.
The su6ngs anepdssut referred
to above. which vas adopted By TIE
last Leeislasure, 10 % follows:
The SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.
Section 1. That Arucie vi 81 the
Consultation Of North Carolina BE-,
and the sane 10 hereby abrogsted.
aud in lieu thereof shall Be rubstitu,.
cd the following Article Of Said Con
stitution:
ARrIcL. vi.
Suffrage and Eligibility to Once
Qualification Of IN Eleetor.
(Sectiou !. Every male person born
n the United States, and every nal.
persoo who has been paturahs e. 2,
years Of age and possessipG the qLA,.
'acstions set ont in this Article shsiI
% entitled to vote 1t any election b,
the people in the State, except .,
1erein Otherwise provided.
(See. q He shall have resided in
the State Of North Carolina for ~,
years, in the county six months and
n the precinct, ward Or other cleo
ton district, in which hs offers q
vote four months next preceding Ii.
election: Provided. That rsmova
from one precinct, ward or oth+,
election district to another in The
same county, shall not operate to de
privs any person Of the right to vote
IN precinct, ward or other election
district from which hs has rsnov. 4
until four months after such removal
No person who has been convicted
y Who has Confessed bis gull
'nopen court upon Indictment, o,
acy crime. the punishnent o.
which nov 10, or may thereafter be
imprisonment in the State prison
.hsll b permitted &c vote uules,
the said person shall BE Arst 70
stored to cinsenship in Ike manner
prescribed By Law.
tSec. 8 Every person c6erinR {,
vote shall 30 ss the time . legal,
registered voter - herein prescr,bes
and in the manner hereinafter pro
vided By Law. and the Gene raj A.
sembly Of North Carolina shall ensc
general registration laws to carry in
to eject the provisions Of this Ar
ticle.
tSec.] 4. Every person presently
himself tor registration shall be abb,
to read and write any section Of ,b.
Consultation in the Eogllsh Language
and, before hs shall b entitled d
vote. hs shall have paid, on o,
before the FIST day Of March ol
the year in which hs propose
70 vote, his poll tai, - pro
eeribsd By Law. for tie previous year
Poll taxei shall b lien only on -
sesstd property, and no process shall
Issue to snfores the collection Of n,
same except against assessed prop
srty.
|! tSes. 81 Nc male person, Who ~,
on January !, 1867. or 1t any tim.
prior thereto, entitled TO vote under
the laws Of ary State in the Unitst
States wherein he then resided, and
no linsal descendant Of any sucn per
son; shall b denied the right TO reg.
lister and vote At any election in thi.
State By reason Of his failure TO DO.
sess the educational qualification,
prescribed IN section 4 Of this Article
Provided. He shall have n Risterec
in accordance With the terms Of thi,
section prior to Dee. 1. 1905.
The 0ens raj Assembly shall pro
vide Tor permanent record Of ali
persons who register under this ss~.
ton on or before November 1, 1905
and all such persons shall b entities
TO register and vote ct Ill election,
oy the people in this State, unlsss
disqualified under section 2 OF thi,
Article: Provided such psrso a shal.
have paid their pou TAX - reQaired
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