The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-22

kn0winglynenfers 8 name upon the ies- istration list as the name of a ysler. without any one. of that name apply to- register, shall be guilty If fei0iy, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned, in. the. penitentiarv fo: rot less than one nor more tha i've years;
 lsIq The Board of Registrars in each county shall. on or before he frs day of February, nineteen Luudr3d end three, or as soon thereafter as prac- tfcable, file in the office of the judge ct probate of their county a comple.e bst, sworn to by them, of all personsfres's tered in their county. showing :ns sse of such persons so registered. With the precinct or ward in which each of such persons resides set opposite the rame of such person, and shall also nle a nKe lstf in sthe aofiics of the Secretary or Staee9 The judge of probate shall, on or before the first day of March. nineteen hundred and three, or as soon thereai- ter as practicable, cause to De made from such list in duplicate, in the books furnished by the Secretary of State. an alphabetical list by precincts of the persons shown by the list of the regis trars to har-e been registered in the county, and Shall file one of such al- phabetical lists in the office of the Sec r4taryi of State; for which services by the. Jud)yes of Probate compensation shall be- provided by the Legislature. The Judges of Probate shall keep both the original list filed by the registrars and the alphabetical list made there from as records in the office of the Judge of Probate of the county. Unless he shall become disqualified under the provisions of this Article. any one who shall register prior to the first day of January, 1903, shall remain an elector during life, and shall not be required to register again unless he changes his residence, in which event he may reg-i ister again on production of his certi- ficate. The certificate of the registrars or of the J1dge of Probate or of the Secretary of State shall be sufficient evidence to establish the fact of such life registration. Such certificate shall be issued free of charge to the elector. and the Legislature shall provide by law for the renewal of such certificate when lost, mutilated or destroyed. 7 18s. From and after the first day Of January 1Svs. any applicant for regis- tration may be required to state under, oath, to be administered by registrar or by any person authorized by law to administer oaths, where he lived dur ing the. five years next preceding the time at which he applies to register, and the name or names by which ne was known during that period. and the name of his employer or employees, Il any, during such period. Any appli. cant for registration who refuses to state such facts, or any of them, shall not be entitled to register, and any person so offering to register. who will fully makes false statement in regard to such matters or any of them, shall be guilty of perjury, and upon convic- tion thereof shall be imprisoned In the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. ."-
 1ss. In the trial of any contested election, and in proceedings to investf- gate any election and in criminal prosecution for violation of election avs no person other than defendant such criminal prosecution shall be . allowed to withhold his testimony on the ground that he may criminate himself or subject SimseH to public infamy; but such per ,on shall not be prosecuted for any of- lense arising out of the transaction concerning which he testified, but may be prosecuted for perjury committed on such examination.
 190 The Legislature shall pass laws not inconsistent with this Constitution to regulate and govern elections, and lli such laws shah be uniform. through put the State; and shall provide by law for the. manner of holding elections and of 7ascertaining the result of the same, and shall provide general registration 
 visions of this Article, for the registra- tfon of all qualified electors from end after the first day of January, 1Sos. The Legislature shall also make pro- vision by law, not inconsistent with this Article, for the regulation Of prf- mary eelections, and for punishing frauds at the same, but shall not make primary 7 elections compulsory. The Legislature shall by law provide for purging the registration list of, the names of those who die, become insane, are convicted of crime or otherwise dis qualified as, electors under the provi- stons of this Constitution and of any names which may have been fraudu- lently entered OF such lists by the reg istrars;. provided, that a trial by jury may be had on the demand of any per- son whose name Is proposed to be stricken from the list
 191 It shall be the duty of the Legis- lature to pass adequate laws giving protection against the evils arising from the use of intoxicating liquors at all elections.
 192. Electors shall in all cases, ex- rept treason. felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, or while going to or returning therefrom.
 193. Returns of elections for mem- bers of the Legislature and for all civil
 
 the Governor, except the Attorney General, State Auditor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer Superintendent of Education and Commissioner of Az riculture and Industries, shall be made to the Secretary of State.
 194. The poll tax mentioned in this Article shall be one dollar and fifty cents upon each male inhabitant of the State over the age of twenty-one years, and under the age of forty-ave years, who would not now be exempt by law; but the Legislature is authorized to tn- crease the maximum age fixed in this section to not more than sixty years. Such poll tax shall become due and payable on the first day of October in each year. and become delinduent on the first. day of the next succeeding February, but no legal process, nor any fee or commission shall be allowed for the collection thereof. The tax collec- tor shall make returns of poll tax col lections separate from other collections.
 195. Any person who shall pay the poll tax of another, or advance him money for that purpose in order to in- fluence his 76telt shall be guilty of brib- cry, ana upon s&eIfvfction thereof shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
 196. If any section or sub b-divlsion of this Article shall for any reason be, or be held by any court of competent ju-