Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-09-19

"a PROPOSED TO THE CITIzENs OF
this COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PUB
dISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE ECONSTITUTION
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the Comm monwealth.
Section /. Be 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 of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accord
Gle thereof:
Amendment One to Article Eight, Section One
Add at the end of the first paragraph of said
section, after the words "shall be entitled TO
vote at all elections" the words "subiect how
ever 10 such laws requiring and regulating the
registration of electors as the General Assembly
may enact" so that the said section shall read as
follows -
Section 1. Qualifications of Electors. Every
male citizens twenty-one years of age possessing
the following qualifications, shall be entitled to
vote at all elections, subject however to such
laws requiring and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may enact:
States at least one month
2. He shall have resided in the State one year
Tor having previously been q qualified elector or
native born citizen of the State he shall have re-
moved therefrom and returned, then six
months,l Immediately preceding the election.
8. He shall have resided in the election dis
tr1ct where he shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding the election.
4. If twenty-five years of age and upwards,
he shall have paid with two wears State or
least two months and paid at least one month
before the election.
Strike out from said section the words "but no
eector shall be deprived of the privilege of vot-
ing by reason of his name not being registered"
and add to said section the following words but
laws regulating and requiring the registration of
electors may be enacted to apply to cities only
provided that such laws be uniform for cities of
the same Glass; so that the said section shall
read as follows:
Section Z. Uniformity of Election laws.-Al
laws regulating the holding of elections by the
citizens or for the registration of electors shall
be uniform throughout the State but laws regu-
lating and requiring the registration of electors
that such laws be uniform for cities of the same
class.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIEST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
"a PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
OR REJECTION BY THE GENERAL AS
sEMgLY OF THE coMMoNWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, PUBLISHED BY ORDER
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE
XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth
Section /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of ofRepresentatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and
IT is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the following is proposed 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 in
sert in place thereof as follows
Section 4. All elections 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.
true copy of the Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIEST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.