The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-13
AR vi.

ticle of said Constitution:
ARTICLE vi.
sUFERAGE N ELIGIBILITY OF OFFICE
QUALIFICATIONS OF AN ELECTOR.
Section II Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been naturalized, 81
years Of age and possessing the qualia
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 3 He shall have resided in
the State of North Carolina for 2 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 convicted 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 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 registrs-
ton laws to carry into effect the pro
visions of this article.
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
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
sessed property, and no process shall
issue to enforce the collection OF the
same except against assessed property.
Section 5 } No male person, who was
on January 1, 1852, 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 person, shall
be denied the right to register an6vote
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 shall 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 all
persons VINO register under this Sec
ton on or before November 1, 1908, and
all SUCH persons shsll be entitled to
register and vote in all elections by the
people in this State unless disqualified
under secton 2 of this article: Pro
vided such pergons shall have paid
their poll tax as required by law"
Section } Al elections by the people
shall Oe Oy ballot, and all elections by
sha General Assembly shall be viva
vOce.
Section z. Every voter in North Caro-
lima, except as in this Article disquali-
fed. shall be eligible to Office, but be
lore entering upon the duties OF the
office he email take and subscribe the
following Dash; Il, ---, do SOL
EMMY wear Or efirm) that l will sup.
port and maint lin the Constitution and
laws OF the United States and the Con-
sEisu ion and la ws of North Carolina,
not Inconsistent herewith, and that
will faithfully discharge the duties OF
any office es -----. So help m9
(5ec5IOn 8. The following classes Of
God"
psrsons shall be disq Ialided for Office:
tIrs5 all persons VINO deny the being
Of Almighty God. Second, all per
sons VINO snali have been convicted, or
confessed their gui { or Indictment
pending ard whether sGnfeGced or not,
3r under judgment s~uepended, or any
treason or felony. or aa7 ether crime
for which the puUi3hment may be i'm
pTisonment 10 the penitPDt airy, siUce
becoming c.tizsr g Of the y it I'D S5stes,
or Of corruption and malpractice in
Cfica. un'ess such person shall be e
stored 60 the ris ht of citizenship in a
manner TFpscribod by law.