The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-17


Amendment, as corrected June-1 10,
1900, reads as follows:
That Article VI. of the Constitu-
ton of NorthECarolina be, and the
same is hereby abrogated and in lieu
thereof shall be substituted the fol,
lowing article of said Constitution
Las an entire and indivisibIe plan of
suffrage:
ARTICLE vi.
sUFFRAGE AND ELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE.
CSectionD Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been n~aturalized, 81
years Of age and possessing the quail
fcations 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 p He shall have residedin
the State of North Carolina for two
years, in the county six months, and
in the precinct, ward or other cleo
ton district in which he offers to
vote, four months next preceding the
election: Provided, That removal
from one precinct, ward or other cleo
ton 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 dis
trict, from which he has removed
until four months after such re-
moval. Nc 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 restored to
citizenship in the manner prescribed
by law.
(Section 81 Every person offering
to vote shall be at the time a legally
registered voter as herein prescribed
and in the herein after pro-
vided by law, and the General AS
sembly of North Carolina shall enact
general registration laws to carry
into effect the provisions of this arti-
Gle.
(Section ~ Every person present
ing himself for registration shall be
able to read and write any Sec
ton of the Constitutions in the English
language, and before he shall be en-
titled to vote he shall have paid on
or before the first day of May of
the year in which he proposes to
vote his poll tax for the previous
year, as prescribed by Article 5,
Section 1 of the Constitution.
But 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 re
sided, and no lineal descendant of
any such person, shall be denied the
right to register and voteat any cleo
ton in this State by reason of his
failure to possess the educational
qualification herein prescribed
Provided, He shall have reg
istered in accordance with the
terms of this Section prior to
December 1, 1908. The General AS
sembly shall provide for the reistra-
ton of all persons entitled to vote
without the educational qualifica-
tions herein prescribed, and shall, on
or before November 1st, 1908, pro-
vide for the making of a permanent
record of such registration, and all
persons so registered shall forever
thereafter have the right to vote in
all elections by the people in this
State, unless disqualified under Sec
ton 2 of this article Provided, such
person shall have paid his poll tax
as above required.
(Section s. That this Amendment
to the Constitution is presented and
adopted as one indivisible plan for
the regulatAoneOf the suffrage, with