Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24

"a PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF
THIS cQMMoNWEALTH FOB THEIk AP-
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AMCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE con-
A JOINT RESOLUTION
| Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
| of the Commonwealth.
OF BE 1t by % the me- senate Gnn ana
| wealth in General Assembly met. That the
| following is proposed as amendments to the
| sylvania, in accordance with the provisions
| OF the eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment One to Article Eight, Section
Add at the end of the first paragraph of
! said section. after the words shall be en-
| titled to vote at all elections" the words
| regulating the registration of electors as the
| General Assembly may enact" so that the
| said section shall read AS follows:
Section Qualifications of Electors. Every
male citizen twenty-one years of age, pos
| sesstng the following qualifications. shall be
| entitled to vote at all elections, subject how
| ever to such laws requiring and regulating
| the registration of electors as the General
Assembly may enact:
United staaes at naEs least es one month. OF
2. He shall have resided in the State one
eiector or native born citizen OF the State. he
| shall have removed therefrom and returned.
| then six months) Immediately preceding the
3. He shall have resided in the election dis
| trict where he shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding tho election.
| t. III twenty-five years of ago and upwards.
he shall have paid within two years State
or county tax,which shall have been assessed
at least two months and paid at least one
| month before the election.
Amendment Two to Article Eight. Section
| Seven.
Strike out from said section the words but
no elector shall be deprived of the privilege
OF voting by reason of his name not being
| registered" and add to said section the fol-
lowing words, '.but laws regulating and re-
| quiring the registration of electors may be
| enacted to apply to cities only, provided that
| such laws be uniform for cities of the same
| follows:
| Section Z. Uniformity of Election Laws
All laws regulating the holding of elections
by the citizens or for the registration of
| electors shall be uniform throughout the
| State, but laws regulating and requiring the
PeGiistrati9n iI at Of electors nay be enacted to
be uniform for cities Of the same class.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
w, w GRIEST
Secretary of the Commonwealth
A AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
n PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF
PH5s G9MMoHWEALTH M FOB OF THEIR The AZ
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
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IlSHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
| OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU-
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE con-
| STITUTION.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Section /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the author
ity of the same. That the following is pro-
posed as an amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
accordance with the provisions of the
Eighteenth article thereof.
Amendment.
Strike out section four of article eight, and
insert in place thereof. as follows:
Section 4. All 9 ectlons by the citizens shall
be by ballot Or by such other method, as may
be prescribed by law: Provided, That
secrecy in voting be preserved.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIEST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.