Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-09-05

A MEEDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY or THE COMMON
LfSHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE
Or ARTICLE XVIII or THE ECONSTITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing All amendment to the Constitution of
the Commonwealth.
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
ance with the provisions of the eighteenth arti-
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 st all elections" the words ssubiect how
ever to such laws requiring and regulating the
registration OF electors as the General Assembly
may enact, so that the said section shallread as
follows
section l. Qualifications Of Electors Every
male citizens tWeHty-onc years ofaFe, possessing
the following qualifications shall be entitled to
vote at all elections, subject however to such
laws requiring and regulating tse registration of
electors as the General Assembly may enact:
/. He shall have been e citizen oi the United
states at least one month
.. lie shall have resided in the State one yea.
Ter having previously been o qualified elcetor or
native born citizen Of the State, he shall have
moved therctrom and returned, then SIX
monthsl Immediately preceding The election
3. he snail have resided in The election dis
trict where he shall offer to vote at least two
months immediately preceding the election
ne shall have paid with two years State or
county tax, which shall have been assessed gt
least two months and paid at least ono month
before the election
Amendment Two 70 Article Eight Section seven.
Strike out from said section the words "but no
elector shall be deprived Of the privilege Of vo-
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
h1 tod ,,Stfn
provided that such laws be uniform for cities of
the same Glass; so that the said section shall
read as follows
Section 7. Uniformity Of Election laws.-An
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
may be enacted to apply TO cities only, provided
that such laws be uniform for cities of the same
class.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIESr.
Secretary fthe Commonwealth.
A MENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
"a PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR APPROVAL
sEMBLy OF THE COMMONWEALTH or
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLISHED BY ORDER
. OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLE
XVIII OF THE CONSTITUTION.
AJOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
Jne commonwealth.
Section l. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House 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, iu 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 ofth Commonwealth.