Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-06-14

and in lieu thereof shall be substl- |
tuted the following Article OF said
Constitution:
ARTICLE VI.
SUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE
QUALIFICATION OF AN ELECToR.
Section l. Every male person born
in the United States, and every male
person who has been naturalized,
twenty one years Of age and possess
ing the qualifications set out IN this
Article, shall be entitled to vote at
any election by the people IN the
State, except as herein otherwise
provided.
Sec. 2. He shall have resided in
the State of North Carolina for two
years, in the country 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 convicted, or who has confessed
his guilt in open court upon indict-
ment, 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 restored to
! citizenship in the manner prescribed
| by law.
Sec. 3. Every person offering to
vote shall be at the time a legally
/ regiaf cred voter as ii hefeih ls,sssl 81
and in the manner hereafter pro
| yideL by law, ana the General AS
sembly Of North Carolina shall enact
general registration laws to carry
into effect the provisions Of this
Article.
Sec. 4. Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be
able to read and write any section of
the constitution in the English Ian
guage; and, before he shall be enti-
tied 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 prescrib-
ed by law, for the previous year.
Poll taxes shall be lien only on as
sessed property and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection Of the
same except against assessed prop
erty.
Sec. 5 No male person. who was
on January 1, 1867, 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 per-
son shall be denied the right to reg
lister and vote at any election in this
State by reason of his failure to pos
sesses the educational qualification
l prescribed in section four of this
, Article: Pr )vided he shall have reg
istered in accordance with The terms
of this section prior to December 1
1905 The General Assembly shall
, | provide for a permanent record Of
all persons who register under this
section. on or before November first
a one thousand nine hundred anC
I eight; and all such persons shall be
entitled to register and vote in al
elections by the people in this State
unless disqualified under section two
6 of this Article: Provided, such per
sons shall have paid their poll tax as
required by law.
g Sec. All elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and all elections
by the General assembly shall b,
: viva voce.
g Sec. 7. Every voter in North Car
n olina, except as in this Article dis
qualified, shall be eligible to Office
but before entering upon the duties
i of the Office he shall take and sub
Il scribe the following oath: ST, :.
do solemnly swear Cor afirm) that
will support and maintain the Con
q stitution and laws of the United
States and the Constitution and law
of North Carolina, net inconsisten
Herewith, and that I will faithful,
discharge the duties of my Office a
....... So help me, God -
i. Sec. s. The following classes O
r. persons shall be disqualified for OF
Il fee: First, all persons who shal
- deny the being of Almighty Goo
:. Second, all persons, who shall hav
- been convicted, or confessed thei
e guilt on Indictment pending, an
3, whether sentenced or not, Or unde
., judgment suspended, of any treaso
/. or felony, or of any other crime fo
I. which the punishment may be in
prisonment in the penitentiary, sine
becoming citizens of the Unite
er States. Or of corruption and ma
practice in Office; unless such perso
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