The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-04

naval forces of the Confederate States.
 or of the State of Alabama in the war
 between the States: or. r
 Second-The lawful descendants of
 persons who honorably served in the
 land or naval forces of the United
 States in the war of the American Rev.
 olpution, or in the war of 1872. or in
 the war with Mexico, or in any war
 With the Indians, or in the war be- | tween the States, or dn the land or
 naval forces of the Confederate fSt ates,
 or of the State of Alabama in the war
 between the States: or,
 | Third-All persons who are of good
 character and who understand the du- ties and obliga tions of citizenship un- der republican form of government. | ISL After the first day of January.
 nineteen hundred and three, the foi-
 lowing persons, and no others, who, if ! their place of residence shall remain
 unchanged, will have. at the date of
 the next general election, the qualifica. tions as to residence prescribed in Sec tion ITS of this Constitution, shall he
 qualified to register as electors. pro-
 vided. they shall not be disqualified un-
 der Section 1s2 of this Consultation.
 First-Those who can read and write
 ff' the United States in the
 English language and who are physi-
 cally unable to work; those who can | read and write any Article of the Con-
 stitution of the United States in the English language, and have worked or
 been regularly engaged in some lawful 1 employment, business or occupation,
 trade or calling, for the greater part of
 the twelve months next preceding the
 time they offer to register. and those who are unable to read and write If
 such inability is due solely to physical
 disability or l Second-The owner in good faith, in his own right, or the husband of a wo- | man who Is the owner in good faith | in her own right, of forty acres of land
 situate in this State, upon which they reside: or the owner in good faith, in | his own right, or the husband of any woman who is the owner in good faith, in her own right, of real estate, situate in this State assessed for taxation at the value of three hundred dollars or more, or the owner in good faith, in his own right. or the husband of wo- man who is the owner in good faith In her own right, of -personal property assessed for taxation at three hundred dollars or more; provided, that the taxes due upon such real or per sonal property for the year next pre- ceding the year in which he offers to register shall have been paid, unless the assessment shall have been legally contested and is undetermined.
 182. The following persons shall be disqualified both from registering and from voting. namely:
 All idiots and insane persons; those who shall by reason of conviction of crime be disqualified from voting at the time of the ratification of this Con- stitution; those who shall be convicted of treason, murder, arson. embezzle- ment, malfeasance in office, larceny, receiving stolen property. obtaining property or money under false pre- lenses, perjury, subornation Of perjury, robbery, assault with intent to rob. burglary, forgery, bribery, assault and battery on the wife, bigamy, living in adultery. sodomy, incest rape, mis- cegenation, crime against nature, or any crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, or of any infamous crime or crime involving moral turpi- tude; also any person who shall be con- victed as a vagrant or tramp, or Of sell
 ing or offering to sell his vote or the vote of another, or of buying or offer. ing to buy the vote of another, or of making or offering to make 8 false re- turn in any election by the people or in any primary election to procure the nomination or election of any person to any office, or of suborninB any witness or registrar to secure the registration of any person as an elector.
 1S3. No person shall be qualified to
 vote or participate in any primary election, party convention, mass meet. ing or other method of party action or any political party or faction, who shall not possess the qualifications prescribed in this Article for an elector, or who shall be disqualified from voting under the provisions of this Article.
 1s4. No person, not registered ana qualified as an elector under the pro visions of this Article, shall vote at tne general election in 1902, or at any SUD. sequent State, county, or munlcipai election, general, local or special; put inc provisions of this Article shall not apply to any election held prior to the general election in the year l9a2
 1855, Any elector whose right to vote shall be challenged for any legal cause before an election officer, shall be re- uuired to swear or affirm that the matter of the challenge is untrue before his vote shall be received. and any one who wilfully swears or aft1rms falsely thereto shall De guilty of perjury, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be im- prisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. IS6. Tie Legislature shall provide by law for the registration, after the first day of January, 1903, of all quallned electors. Until the first day of Janu- ary, 1903, all electors shall be registered under and in accordance with the re- uuirements of this section as follows: First-Registration snail be conduct ed in each county by board or three reputable and suitable persons resident | in the county, who shall not hold any elective office during their term. to De appointed within sixty days after the ratification of this Constitution by the Governor. Auditor, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. or by majority of them, acting as board or appointment. If one or more or the persons appointed on such Board or Reeistration shall refuse, neglect or pc unable to qualify or serve, or If a va cancy or vacancies occur in the mem
 bership of the Board of Registrars from any cause, the Governor, Auoltor, and Commissioner of Agriculture ana Industries, or a majority of them, acting as a board of appointment, snall make other appointments to nll such board. Each registrar shall receive two dollars per day to be paid by the State and disbursed by the several Judges of Probate, for each entire days at tendance upon the sessions of the hoard. Before entering upon the per formance of the duties of his office, each registl ar shall take the same oath ,eouired of judicial officers of the State, which oath may be administered by any person authorized by law to ad- minister paths. The oath shall be in ,vritin9 and subscribed by the regiSL