The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-08

register and enroll all electors of his county qualified under the provisions or this Constitution at their own request, and shall furnish to each of such eLect- ors a certificate of such registration. which certificate shall be dated, and show whether such elector is qualihed under the first, second or third classl- fcotion as set out in section or this Article. And such Registrar shall en- roll in well bound books full and complete list of all registered electors of his county. arranged alphabetically by precincts or by wards and precincts and such enrolled list shall show the date of registration and class of Quai- ification of each elector, and when com pleted such registration books shall be deposited in the Probate ofhce or the respective counties as pubic record open to the inspection of aiA Sec. 5--Registration books shall ne considered closed three months neM ne- fore q general election, and shall De deposited in the Probate office or the respective counties not less than slxtv days next before such election; pro- vided that registered elector who wishes his name changed from the list of any ward or precinct to another ward or precinct in the same county may, upon application to the Propate Judge of his county, have such cnanee made upon proof of such residence in the precinct or ward in which he wishes to vote, as entities him to vote therein, such application to be made not less than fifteen days next preceding such election. and such change shah be made without cost to the applicant. And provided also that when registered voter or any county moves to another county or this state he may apply to the Probate JudRe or his county for a certificate of enrolled registration, which shall be furnished to such applicant free of charge. ana such Judge shall thereupon strike rom the roll such name. such certlncate shall be dated and show the date or registration and class of qualif1cation The Probate Judge of the county to which such applicant has moved snail. upon the presentation of such certih- cate and proof of the identity of the applicant. and of such residence as en- titles him to vote in the county to which he has removed, thereupon. without charge to the applicant. en- ter the name of such applicant upon the enrolled list of registered eleators of his county in the proper precinct or ward, but no Probate Judge shall give certificate of enrolled registration less than three months next before a general election. nor shall any Probate Judge enter upon the registration rolls of his county the name of any such ap- plicant, who presents certificate more than one year old. The enrolled regis tration lists of each county shall be corrected and revised by striking there from those that are dead, or that have f.~x RaI class as set out in Section 2 of this Article, and by adding thereto any qualified elector whose names are not thereon, at intervals of not less than two years as the General Assembly may prescribe, provided, however, that no eIector who shall have once regis tered under the second or third cla ssi- fications set out in the second sec ion of this article shall be required to do so again.
 Sec. e-It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide speedy
 and adequate remedies for the viola | tion of any suffrage right under this Constitution, and to enact all laws that
 may be necessary to ca<ry out the pro visions of this article.
 Referred to Committee on Suffrage and Election.
 hhi ICduCSLCA ny MI | Smith QMobile) to whom a communi- | cation from an eminent and very re- | spectable colored man came today. to | send it up to the desk and have it | read to the Convention.
 The President-Does the gentleman | make a motion that the communlca- | tion be read?
 MT Pillans-I do.
 The President-Unless there Is objec- tion the communication will be read. The communication was read as foi- lows:
 MEMORIAL.
 Mir. President and Members of the Constitutional Convention. Mont gomery:
 Dear Sirs-Perhaps the most import
 august body Is the question bearing on
 the civil and political rights of the | negro.
 Speaking as an ex-slave, a native ot
 Alabama. with an experience as a pub lie man covering a period of nearly
 thirty years, all of which time has
 been spent in the moral, educational
 and religious interests of my race, per
 init me to say. that every law-abidine
 property holding. intelligent negro ir
 Alabama. everyone with a family, and
 
 and worth to the common wealth and
 worth of our great State-is looking
 with abiding faith to your Convention
 and hoping that in tho framing of the | organic law of Alabama, you will rec
 ognize the following facts: | First-That the negro and the South
 ern white man. in the providence oi God, are here together and here tc | stay.
 Second-The interests of the two
 races are identical, and like the unior
 of the States, "one and inseparl6le. Third-The intelligent, law-aDidinl | negro is a patriotic and loyal citizen | of his State.
 Fourth-The law-abidipg negro has | used we'll the privileges granted him in acquiring education, in accumllat- | ing property, in establishing himself | in the confidence of his aeighbors, and
 in elevating himself as citizen. Fifth-The intelligent and law-abid- | ing negro in every community where
 he lives seeks the aid and appreciation | of his sympathetic and fair-mindeo W!iite neighDor.
 Sixth-The feeling of amity and mu- i tual dependence between the better | classes of the two races is growing stronger in every community where | their interests merge into each other Seventh-The better class Of coloreo l people strongly desire to unlte With the better class of white ieo2le on common grounds for the material and the economic advancement Of our great l and reJourceful State.
 Eighth-The intelligent negro, con-
 scious of the liberality and partiality of tha whito tax paVerS of the state