Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1901-10-10

A AMENDMENT no THE CONSTITUTION
= PROPOSED 70 THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COMMONWE LTH FOR THEIR AP-
PRONAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH OF FFiNNSGLVANIA.P PUBLISH
Pr ID Bl ORDER @F q THE SEuRETARY OF
y HE Commonly EALIH, IN PURSUANCE
or ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CONSTITU-
TION.
4 JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amhndment TO the Constitution
OF tihe'COmmOnWealth
Section ], BE it resolved by the Senate an
House OF Representatives of the Common
wealth in General Assembly met That the
following Is propbsed as amendments TO the
| constitution OF fhe Commonwealth ofPenn-
Of the eighteenth article thereof
Amendment One to Article Eight, Section
One
Add AT HE endOf the first paragraph of said
section, after the words "shal be entitled TO
vote at all elect IONS" the words subject how
eyerto such laws requiring and regulating
! the registration of electors as the General As
~emhly aN enact 50 that the said section
/ shall read as follows:
| section J. qualification of Electors. Every
male citizen tweuty-One years Ufage, POSSESS
/ ing the following lualiictions, shall be en-
! titledtO vote AT i'll elections. subject however
/ to such laws requiring and regulating the
! registration of electors as the General Assem-
]. Heshall have been a citizen ofthe United
! States at least one month.
! year having previously been qualified cleo
tor or native born citizen of the State. he shall
/ hav, removed therefrom and returned, then
/ six months immediate preceding the elec-
g lie shall have resided in the election dis
lrIct 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 within two years "A State
or county aN,which shall have been assessed
at least two m9nths and paid at least one
. ! month before AG election.
Amendment Two to Article Eight, Section
Seven.
Strike out from said section the words "but
no elector shall be deprived CT the privilege OF
/ voting by reason of his name not being regis'
tered, and add TO said section the following
} words, "but laws regulating and requiring the
( registration of electors may be enacted to ap-
ply TO cities only, provided that such laws be
/ uniform for cities of the same class,y 80 that
the said section shall read as follows:
section :. Uniformity of Election Laws
! All laws regulating the holding nf elections by
| the citizens or for the registration of electors
shall be uniform throughout the State, but
laws regulating and requiring the registration
OF electors ma be enacted to apply 20 either
only, provided that such laws be uniform Tor
elite of the same class.
y true copy Of the JOINT Resolution:
w. w GRIEST,
Secretary of the Common wealth
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
n PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS or
PRONAL OR REJECTION BY THE GENER-
Al assembly NOFTHECOMMONW W WAELTH
or FPENNSGINANIA,P PUBLISHED BY Or
DER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COM
NONWEALTH, IN PURSUANCE OF AR
TIC!.E NNIII OF THE CONSTITUTION.
4 JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
Of the Commonwealth.
section J.. II 1t enacted by the Senate and
! House Of REPRESENTATIVES of the Common
! wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met, and II Is hereby enacted by the authority
Of the same, That the following is propos
4 ed as an ameniment to the Constitution Of
. the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac-
cordauce with the provisions of the Eighteen
tn article thereof
Amendment.
. Strike out section four of article eight, and
insert in place thereof, follows:
Section /. All elections by the citizens shall
he by ballot or by such other method as may
be prescribed by law: Provided, That secrecy
in voting be preserved
4 true copy of the Joint Resolution.
W. w GRIEST,
Secretary of the Commonwealth