The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-15
THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT.

measure has been before the people
ofNOrth Carolina for a score of years,
we give in full herewith the proposed
constitutional amendment, which we
expect to outstanding until the cleo
ton in August of this year. It is not
necessary for us tosay that it should
ne carefully considered and that the
voter should not allow prejudice to
influence him in deciding whether or
not he will support it. The amend
ment reads as follows:
That Article VI. of the Constitu-
ton of North Carolina be, and the
same is hereby abrOgated and in lieu
thereof shall be substituted the fol-
lowing article of said Constitution ::
ARTICLE VI.
So FRAGE n ELIGIBILITY TO OFFICE
QUALIFICATIONS OF An ELECTOR.
lSectionD Every male person born
in the United States and every male
person who has been naturalized, 81
years of age and possessing the quail
fcations set out in this article, shall
he entitled to vote at any election by
tho people in the State, except as
herein otherwise provided.
Section y He shall have resided in
the State of North Carolina for two
wears, in the county six months, and
in the precinct. ward or other cleo
tion district in which he offers to
vote, four monthsn oxt preceding the
election: Provided, That removal
from one precinct, ward or other elec-
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
triot, from which he has removed
until four months after such re
moval. 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 restored to
citizenship in the manner prescribed
by law.
Section 3 Every person Offering
to vote shall be at the time a legally
registered voter as herein prescribed
and in the manner herein after pro-
vided by law, and the General AS
~embly of North Carolina shall enact
general registration laws to carry
into effect the provisions of this arti-
ric.
Section ~ Every person present
ing himself for registration shall be
able to read and write any sec
ton of the Constitution in the English
language, and before he shall be en-
titled to vote he shall have paid on
OF before the first day Of March of
the year in which he proposes to
vote his poll tax as prescribed by
law for the previous year. Poll taxes
shall be d lien only on assessed prop
rrty, and no process shall issue to en-
force the collection of the same ex-
rrpt against assessed property.
CSection y No male person who
was on January I, 1867, 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
such person, shall be denied the
right to register and vote at any cleo
ton in this State by eaSOn 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 /, 1908. The General As
~cmbly shall provide for Il perma-
npnt record of all persons who regis
ter under this section on or before
November L, 1908, and all such per-
sons shall be entitled to register and
vote in all elections by the people IN
this state unless disqualified under
section 2 of this article Provided
such persons shall have paid their
poll tax as required by law.
Section g. All elections by the
people shall be by ballot, and all cleo
tions by the General Assembly shall
p" viva VOCe
Section y Every voter in North
Carolina, except as in this Article
disqualified, shall be eligible to office,
but before entering upon the duties
of the office he shall take and sub
~rribe the following oath Il, ,
ID SolemnIy swear Cor affirm) that l
viii support and maintain the Con
~ritution of the United States and
the Constitution and Laws of North
Lnrnlinn not inconsistent Herewith.