The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-04

to register again unless he changes hii residence. in which event he may reg lster again on production of his eerti hcate. The certificate of the registrari or of the Judge of Probate or or the Secretary of State shah be sufncien' evidence to establish the fact Of sucf life registration. Such certificate shal be issued free of charge to the eiector and the Legislature shall provide os law for the renewal of such certihcatf when lost, mutilated or destroyed.
 1SS. From and after the first day of January. 1903, 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
  ton thereof shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. =,
 1S9. In the trial of any contested election. and in proceedings to inyesti- gate any election and in criminal
 prosecution for violation of election laws no person other than a defendant in such criminal prosecution shall be allowed to withhold his testimony on the ground that he may criminate himself or subjec, himself to public infamy; but such per son shall not be prosecuted for any of fense 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 all such laws shall be uniform through out the State; and shall provide by law for the manner of holding elections and of ascertaining the result of the same and shall provide general registration laws, not inconsistent with the pro- visions of this Article. for the reg1stra- ton of all qualified electors from and after the first day of January. 1903. The Legislature shall also make pro- vision by law, not inconsistent with this Article. for the regulation of pri- mary elections, and for punishing frauds at the same, but shall not make primary elections compulsory The Legislature shall by law provide for purging the regist alton list of the of those who die. become insane, are convicted of crime or otherwise dis qualified as electors under the provi- sions of this Constitution and of any names which may have been fraudu- lently entered or such lists by the reg istrars; provided, that trial by jury may be had on the demand of any per son whose name is proposed to be 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- cept 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 officers who are to be commissioned by the Governor. except the Attorney State Auditor. Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Superintendent of Education and Commissioner of Ag- riculture and Industries, shall be made to the Secretary of State.
 1S4. 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-five years, who would not now be exempt by law; but the Legislature is authorized to in 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 delinquent 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 Iections separate from other collections.
 196. Any person who shall pay the poll tax of another, or advance him for that purpose in order to in fuence his vote, shall be guilty of brib- cry, and upon conviction. thereof shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. t..
 196. If any section or subdivision of this Article shall for any reason be, or be held by any court of competent ju- risdiction, and of final resort. to be in- valid, imperative or void. the residue of this Article shall not be thereby invali- dated or affected.
 ARTICLE K.
 Representation.
 197. The whole number of Senators shall be not less than one-fourth. or more than one third of the whole num- Der of Representatives
 1Ss. The House of Representatives shall consist of not more than one hun dred and five members unless new counties shall be created. In which event each new county shall be entitled to one Representative. The members of the House of Representatives shall be by the Legislature among the several counties of the State. ac- cordinG to the number of inhabitants in them respectively. as ascertained by the decennial census of the United States, which apportionment when made shall not be subject to altera- ton until the next session of the Leg islature after the next decennial census of the United States shall have been taken.
 |. 1S9. It shall be the duty of the Leg Islature at its first session after the ldklHB Ol lHc QSCSItuIdl CeHSuS OI the United States in the year nineteen hun dred and ten and after each subsequent decennial census. to fix bv law the number of Representatives. and ap- portion them among the several coun- ties of the State. according to the num- Der of inhabitants in them respectively; provided. that each county shalt be en- titled to at least one representative.
 200. It shall be the duty, of the Leg slature at its drst session after the taking of the decenpial census of the