The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-10
THE PROPOSED coNsTlru.
TIoNAL AMENDMENT.

pect t1 keep standing until the election
In August of this year. It ia no 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 az
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 AND ELIGIBILITY OF OFFICE
QUALIFICATIONS OBJ AN ELECFOR.
Section II Every male person born
i the United States and every male
person who has been n~aturaliz9d, 81
years Of age and possessing the qualih
cations set out in this article, shall be
entitled to vote at any election by the
people in the State, except as herein
otherwise provided.
(Section 2 He shall have resided in
the State OF North Carolina for 9 years,
in the county six months, and in the
precinct, ward OF 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 now 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 q legally regis
tered voter as herein prescribed and in
the ANN hereafter provided by law,
aad the General Assembly of North
Carolina shall enact general registra
ton laws 70 carry into effect the pro
visions Of this article.
Saction A Every person presenting
himself for registration shall be able
G read and write any section OF the
Constitution in the English language,
and before he shall be entitled to vote
ne 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 t % enforce the collection OF the
same except against assessed property.
Sectiou 5 } No male person, who was
on January 1, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the
la va of any State 10 the United States
wherein he then resided, and no llneaI
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, He snail have
registered in accordance with the terms
of this Section prior to December 1,
1908. The General Assembly shall
provide for a permanent record Of al
persons who register under this sec
ton on or before November 1, 1908, and
all such persons. shall be entitled &c
register and vote in all elections by the
people in this State unless disqualified
under section 2 of this article: Pro,
vided such persons shall have PAID
their poll tax as required by law"
Section 6 } AL elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and all elections by
the General Assembly shall be vivt
voce.
Section7 Every voter ia North Caro-
lima, except as in this Article disquali
fed, shall be eligible to Office, but be
fore entering upon the duties of thC
Office he shall take and subscribe thC
following oath; II, ----, do sol
EMMY swear Cor afirm) that I will sup
port and maintain the Constitution anC
laws of the United States and the Con
stitu lion and laws of North Carolina
not inconsistent Herewith, and that
will faithfully discharge the duties O
my Office as -----. So help m;
God"
Section 81. The following classas o.
persons shall be disqualified for Office
First all persons VINO deny che heine