The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-15
LEGAL.

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PRO.
POSED TO THE CITIZENS oFTHls COMMON.
WEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR RE.
TiE ri 20 CoumoNWEALrl Ii>IM' or rFNNsSLVANiA.
~ BILSllED BN ORDER or THE SECRETAY
or THE COMMONWEALTH, IL PuRSl. .ANCh
OF ARTICLE XVIII or THE CONSTITUTION.
4 JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment 10 the Constitution Of
the Commonwealth.
Section !, b. it resolved by the senate and
House Of Representatives of the Commonwealth
IN General Assembly met. That the following Is
proposed as amendments to the Constitution
ot the Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania, in ac'
cordance with the provisions Of the eighteenth
Article thereof:
Amendment one to Article Eight, Section One
Aid At the end Of the frst paragraph Of said
section, after the words snail be entitled 10
vote at all clecilonH' the words subject
however to such laws requiring and regulating
the registration OF electors as the General AZ
sembly may enact 50 tnit the SAID section
shall read aS follows.
section l. Qualifications of Electors Every
male citizen twcnty-onc years nj age possessing
the following qualifications, shall be entitled to
vote at all elections, subject however 10 such
laws requiring and regulating the registration
o. electors Is tho General Assembly may enact;
|. lhe shall have been citizen OF the United
States At least one month
>, lie shall have resided in tho state one year
cor, having previously been qualified eleCtor
or native born citizen Of the state. he shall
have removed thcrefrom and returned, then six
month,l Immediately preceding tho election.
g. lie snail have resided in the election dis.
trict where ne shall offer to vote al least two
months Immediately preceding the clCtion
4. II twenty-five years of age and upwards,
he shall have paid within two years A state or
county tax, which shall have been assessed
at least two months and paid at least ona
month before the election.
Amendment Two to Article Eight, Section
Seven.
Strike out from said section the words but
no elcctor shall he deprived Of the privilege Of
NDt
tered" and add to said section the following
words, "hut laws regulating and requiring the
registration ot electors may be enacted 10 apply
10 cities only, provided that such laws be uni
form for cities Of the same class" that tha
said section shall read follows:
section = Uniformity Of Election Laws All
laws regulating the holding Of elections by the
citizens or for the registration oi electors shall
be uniform throughout the state, but laws
regulating and recurring the registration OF
provided that such laws be uniform for cities
OF the same class
A true copy Of the Joint RESOLUTION
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PRO,
POSED TO THE CITIZENS or THIS COM.
MONWE NITH FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR RE-
LECTION Ry THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF
THE COMMONWEALTH or PENNSlLNANIt,
OF THE COMMONWEALTH N PURSUANCE OF
4 JOINT RESOLU TloN
pTosposing an amendment 70 the Constitution
~ the Commonwealth.
Section l. BE IL enacted hy the Senate and
House ~ Representatives of the Commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and
il il hereby enacted by the authority Of The
same, That the following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution Of the Common,
wealth ot Pennsylvania, IN accordance with the
provisions Of the Eighteenth article thereof.
Amendment,
Strike ont section four article eight. sns 60
sert in place thereof, as follows,
Section T. All eleet9ps ShY sciti-sns sha,l
he by ballot or by slehN other method as NAV
he prescribed nv law rotided, That seerecy
in voting he preserved, ~
A true copy Of the Joint Eesoiution. aa..f
Secretary Of the Commonwealth