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ton laws to carry into effect the pro.
visions Of this article.

S~SS 4ASSB HLI1 -
visions Of this article.
Section 4. Any person presenting
himself for registration or voting shall
be able to read and write any part ~
the Constitution in the English Ian
guRge, and shall have paid by the first
day Of March the poll tax for the Dra,
vious calendar year, as prescribed bn
law, and shall exhibit the receipt tbero
for when he offers to vote. Poll taxps
shall be q lien only on assessed pron.
erty, and nc process shall issue to en-.
force the collecti IN of the same excent
against assessed property.
Section 5. No male person, vino was
on January l., 1852, or at n time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the
laws of any State in the Uaited States
wherein he then resided, and no lineaI
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
this Article: Provided, H9 shall have
registered in accordance with the terms
Of this Article prior to December 1
1908, and nc person shall be entitled tn
register under this section after that
date.
The General Assembly shall, at is
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 s. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and all elections BY
the General Assembly shall be viva
vOce.
Section Z. Every voter in North Caro-.
lima, except as in this Article dlsquali.
fed. shall be eligible to office, but be.
fore entering upon the duties of the
Office he shall take and subscribe the
following oath; Il, ----, do sol.
emnly swear or affirm, that I will sup.
port and maintain the Constitution and
laws Of the y nited States and the Con.
stitu ion and laws of North Carolina.
not inconsistent Herewith, and thatI
will faithfully discharge the duties Of
my office as ----. So help me
G1d."
Section 8 The folio wing classes Of
persons shall be disqualified for Cffee:
First, all persons who deny the beng
of Almighty God. Second, all persons
who shall have been convicted, or con.
fessed their guilt on indictment pend.
ing, and whether sentenced or not, or
under judgment suspended, of any
treason or felony, or any other crime
for which the punishment may be i'm.
prisonment in the penitentiary, since
becoming a citizen of the United States,
of corruption and malpractice in Office,
unless such person shall have been re-
stored to citizenship in a menne pre-.
scribed by law.
Section 9. That all of the provisions
of the Constitution relating to suffrage,
registration and elections, as contained
in this act, amending the Oonstitu-
tion, shall go into effect on the first day
of July, 1902, if a majority OF the quail.
fed voters OF the S5ate so declare at
the next. general election.
Section 10. T1is amendment shall be
at the next general election
to the qualified voters of the State, in
the same manner and under the same
and regulations as is pr ovided in
the law regulating general elections
in this State, and in force May 15t,
1899 and at said election those persons
desiring to vote for such amendment
shall cast a written or printed ballot
with the words For Suffrage Amend.
ment" thereon: and those with a con.
trary opinion shall cast a written or
printed ballot with the words Against
Suffrage Amendment" thereon.
Section II. The said election shall be
held and the votes returned, compared,
counted and canvassed, and the result
announced, under the same rules and
as are in force for return.
ing, comparing, counting aud canvass
ing the votes for members OF the Gen.
eral Assembly, May 1st, 1899, and if
majority of the votes cast are in favor
OF the said amendment, it shall be the
duty Of the Governor of the State to
said amendment under the seal
of the State to the Secretary of State,
who shall enroll the said amendment
so certified among the permanent re-
cords of his Office.
Section IL This act shall be in force
from and after its ratification.