The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-24

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 second--He shall have made contri button to the public schools of s. by all electors under 45 years of age, and $loe by all electors over 45 years of age, b' paying that amount to the Tax Collect or of the county during the months O. January. February or March of each year subsequent to the last general election and preceding the- year In which the election is held at which he Shall offer to vote. The contribution herein provided for shall be called the school contribution" and the amount received therefrom, less tha commits sion allowed by law to the collector, shall be applied to the public schools Of the State: provided, however. that the General Assembly may by law provide hhub tktC eNitD0i a'1aC ny the residents of the several precincts may be used for the support and main tenance of the public schools in such precincts. It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector of the county to issue to each person who shall make the school contribution a receipt showing correctly the date of payment. the name of the said person and the pre- ciDct and county Of his residence, and immediately upon said payment being made. the Tax Collector shall enter the name of the person contributing in a well-bound book to be kept for the purpose. or allow such person to write his own name in said book, which shall be ruled and marked to show the date of payment of the school contribution. age, color and precinct of residence of the persons who make the same. And on or before the 18th day of April of each year the Tax Collector shall cer- tify under oath and file in the office of the Judge of Probate of his county ap accurate list of all persons who during the next preceding month of January. February and March have made the school contribution. and the Judge of Probate shall within ten days from its filing cause said list to be recorded in a well-bound book to be kept for the purpose and designated Registration of Electors. The list as certified by the Tax Collector and as recorded in the probate office shall designate the name. age, color and precinct of residence Of the persons whose names appear there on. The Judge of Probate shall give notice by posting at some convenient place at the court house and by pub lication in one or more newspapers of general circulation. If any be published in the county. once a week for three successive weeks. that the list has been filed in his office. and that said notice shall be given. or the first insertion thereof. be made within ten days from the date of said filing of the list by the Tax Collector. and any citizen whose name does not appear on said list may before the 3lst day of May of each year have the right to apply to the Judge Of Probate to enter his name thereon, and upon due proof that the school contri- button was made by such person with in the time allowed therefor. 1t shall be the duty of the Judge of Probate to enter his name as an elector at the foot of said list as recorded with appro- priate remarks indicating that said per- sons name had been improperly omit. ted: and upon the refusal of the Judge Of Probate to enter the name of any applicant as an elector the latter may appeal from the judgment or decision of the Judge of Probate to the Circuit Court of his county, and the judgment of the Circuit Court upon such mat ter shall be final. The General Assem- bly shall provide by law a method for expunging from the Registration of Electors any name or names improper ly placed on the list certified by the fRY. 1AI HxrA of Probate or added to either of said lists by any person. The Tax Collectors of the several counties shall remit to the State Auditor within the first fif- teen days of April of each year the amount received by them respective ly upon the school contribution, less their commission. It shall be unlav. full for any Tax Collector to receive any school contribution for any year after the 31st day of March of that year. and any Tax Collector who will fully or intentionally adds to or omits from the list herein required to be certified, and any Judge of Probate who wilfully or Intentionally fails to accurately record the list certified, shall be guilty of felony. No person whose name does not appear on the said cer- tified list and registration of electors for the year next preceding that on which the election is held, shall be en- titled to vote, except that in case of application by citizen to have his name added and the judgment favor able thereto of the Judge of Probate or Circuit Court. such person may vote, as though his name were on said list provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to exclude from voting any soldier or sailor who has fought or was actually enlisted on either side in the war between the States, or who has fought or was actually enlisted in any war to which the United States was a party, but all such soldiers and sailors otherwise qualified may vote without having made the school contribution.
 Sec. ?. All elections by the people shall be by ballot, and all elections by persons in a representative capacity shall be viva Voce.
 Sec. 3. The following persons shall be disqualified both from registration 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 Constitution; and those who shall be convicted of treason, murder, arson, embezZlement, malfeasance in office, larceny, receiving stolen property. ob- taining property or money under false pretense. perjury, subornation of per jury, robbery. assault and battery on the wife, bigamy. living in adultery, sodomy, incest, rape, mlscegenatlon, crime against nature, or any crime pun iShable bY imprisonment in the peni-