The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-10-16

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cate showing the amount ofsuch poll
tax and the true date upon which
same was paid. Any tax collector or
sheriff wilfully failing to give a tax
receipt to any person paying his poll
tax, or giving a false date, shall be
guilty OF Il misdemeanor. Any per-
son having paid hispoll tax as above
provided, and having lost his tax
receipt. shall upon making affidavit
of such loss and satisfactory proof of
his identity, be entitled to Il dupli-
cate thereof from the sheriff or tax
collector And any sheriff or tax
collector who shall falsely date any
tax receipt or duplicate thereof, shall
be guilty OF a misdemeanor, and
punished in the discretion OF the
court.
No person who has become of age
since the first day of June OF the pre-
vious year, or who was fifty years of
age or over Oh the first day of June
OF the previous year, shall be required
to produce any poll tax receipt, or
take the oath as to payment of poll
tax hereinafter provided, in order to
vote. No person who has been
exempted by the commissioners of
the county wherein he resides on ac-
count of poverty or infirmity, shall
be required to produce any poll tax
receipt or to take said oath us to
payment OF poll tax in orderto vote
ANY person wilfully and knowingly
presenting false certificate of eXemp-
ton shall be guilty of forgery. 1t
shall be the duty of every sheriff and
tax collector, between the first and
tenth days of May, 1902, and
biennially thereafter, to certify under
oath a true and correct list of all
persons who have paid their poll tax
for the previous year on or before the
first day Of May, to the Clerk of the
Superior Court, who shall keep a
book provided for that purpose,
keeping each township separate, and
certify a true copy thereof to the
chairman OF the Board of Elections
for such county Any sheriff, tax
collector or clerk failing to comply
with the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction, forfeit his office,
and be fined or imprisoned.
Section IA. The following classes of
persons shall not be allowed to regis
ter or vote in this State, to-wit:
First, persons under twenty-one years
of age; second, idiots and lunatics;
third, persons who have been con-
victed orconfessed their guilt in open
court. upon Indictment, OF any crime.
the punishment, of which is low, or
may hereafter be Imprisonment Ill the
States prison, unless such person
shall have been restored to citizen
ship in the manner prescribed by
law.
Section 10. Subject to theforegoing
exceptions, every male person who
has been naturalized, twenty~one
years of age, a citizen of the State OF
North Carolina, who shall have re-
sided two years in the State and six
months in the county, and four
months in the precinct, ward or cleo
ton district in which he offers to
vote next preceding the election,
shall, if otherwise qualified, as pre-
scribed in this act, be a qualified cleo
tor in the precinct, ward, Or town
ship in which he resides: Provided,
that removalfrOm one ward, precinct
| or other election district to another
in the same county shall not operate
| to deprive any person of the right to
vote i'll the precinct, ward or other
election district from which he has
removed until four months after such
removal, and all electors shall register
and vote in the election precinct OF
their residence, except in case of re-
moval as above specified, in which
case such person shall register in the
township, ward or precinct whence he
has removed The residence of a
married man shall be where his fam
ilv resides. and that of single man
where he sleeps. And it snail be the
dnty of the registrar or Judge OF
election. when requested by any by
stander. to swear any person Offering
to register as to his residence, and to
have placed in writing opposite his
name the word ''SwOrn; and any
person knowingly and fraudulently
registering or voting in any other
place than that in which he is entitled
to register under the laws OF this
State, and punished by fine not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars, or i'm
prisoned at hard labornO exceeding
two years, or both, in the discretion
of the court.
Section Is. The County Board OF
Elections of the several counties shall
select. on or before the first Monday
in September, in the year of our
Lord. one thousand, nine hundred
and two, and biennially thereafter.
one person of goodrepute and stand
ing, who shall act as registrar for