Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-09-12

| AMENDMENT TO TIE CONSTITUTION
"A ~ y Ptl:0PosE9 20 THE CITIZENS OF
PEovAL Or REJEcT if,e1 On ) 5 THE TTHTif GAS- az
| EEAL ASSEMBLY or TPE COMMON
MEA w. Z, LIH ~, ~ OF PENNsYLNANIA. PUB
| or THE CoMMONWEA LTT. IN PGRsfI-
ANGE or ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing an amendment o tbe Constitution
OF the Commonwealth
scctH J. BE IL resolved by the Senate and
| House OF Represe1 satives OF The Common
wealth in General Assembly NEE Thai the
| following is proDoscd rs anie 'dmenss 10 The
Constitution o. the Common salth og Penl-
sylyania. in accordance with .he provisions
q the eighteenth article Thereof:
Amendment One to Article Eight, Section
Aad at the end OF tire Fl st paragraph OF
| said section after The words shall be en-
titled TO vote IT All elections" the words
suclect however 20 such laws .eGuiring aud
resu aeing the registration OF electors as the
General Assembly may enact" so tbat the
| SAID sect on Shall read us follows:
Section Qualifications or Electors. Every
male cleizen .twenty-one wears of age, pos
| sessin5 the following quahdca 1ioas shall be
| entlUled 10 Vooe AT al elections Diect how
ever 10 such laws recurring a1d reouIafi,rey
| the eslstfation % electors as the General
Assembly may enact:
=. lie shall nave been citizen Of the
United States at lease one month
z. lie shall nave resided in Ihc State one
year Tor. having previous v beel a nuaIi6ed
| eleclor or native born citizen OF Tho STATE he
shall have removed thereffom and returned
then SIX months) Immediately preceding tile
.. He shall have resided In the election dis
lllct where he snail offer 10 vote at least two
nonIns Immediately preceding the election
| :. ~ twenty-five years OF ago and upwards
ne snatl nave paid within two wears n Stale
or county tax, which shall have been assessed
~ lo,i leiis9 owo IGqnths and paid at least one
nohbh before the election.
Amendment Two TO Article Eight Section
Gffitya rt,t erar, o., n -
no elector sh3l, be depri we'd OF the privilege
OF voting by reason OF ms name non heinz
registered and add to said section the fol-
| lowing words, but laws regrin ding and re-
quirtug the registration OF eIeclors NAV be
enacted TO apply 10 cities only pro vidcd ta9t
such laws DC Uniform tor cities or the same
follows: ''''0 %
IS lion Z. Uniformty of Election Laws
~ ~ t9 t1"S res ulatipS the holding of elections
py the ciilzenS or for the registration OF
eiecJors shall Oe uniform throuqhont the
olate, Dut laws regulating an equiring lie
registration of electors may enacted 10
apply to cities only. provided chat s1ci Ia,vg
be uniform for cities OF the same class
true copy Of the Joint Reso ution.
w. w GEIEST
Secretary OF tie Commonwealth.
AMENDMENT TO TIE CONSTITUTION
| PROPOSED TO TIE CITIZENS OF
pIi1S lBd3, CON nI nMIoNWEA LTH FOR THEIR AP-
ERAL 1S-. =, assembly or TIE COMMON
| MEALIu OF PtNNSYLVANIA PTTB-
| LlsnED BY ORDER OF TIE s rCRFTARY
| Or IBE COMMONWEAL IN PTfRStf
| ANGE OF ARTICLE XVIII or THE CON
| STiTUTION ~ NON-
| A JOINT RESOLUTION.
| proposing an amendment tot " Constitution
| OF the Commonwealth
| Section ]. BE 1t enacted by the Senate 9. nj
| House OF representatives of the Cannon
| wealth or Pennsyi vania in General Assembly
| met, snd ~ IS hereby enacted by the authof-
| ity OF the same. T1at the following is npe-
| posed as an amendment to the Constitution
| OF the commonwealth OF Pennsylvania In
| Eighteenth article thereof
| Amendment.
| Slrike out section four Of article eight and
| insert in place thereof. as follows:
| section 4. All elections by The citizens shall
| be by ballot o. by such other method, az NAV
| De prescribed by law: Provided, That
secrecy in voting be preserved.
! true copy OF the Joint Resolution.
w. w. GRIEST
| Secretary Of the Commonwealth.