The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-10-30
Senate Bill No. ia.
Act No. 1871
JOINT RESOLUTION


Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana by
repeating and abrogating Article One
Hundred and Ninety-Eight (i96)
thereof.
Section /. Be it resolved by the Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
two-thirds of all the members elected to
each House concurring, That an amend
ment to the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State, for their approval
or rejection at the next Congressional
election to be holden therein on the first
Tuesday next following the first Monday
in November, 1902, as follows: That
Article 1893 of the Constitution of the
State OF Louisiana, which reads as fol-
lows: No person less than sixty years
of age shall be permitted to vote at any
election in the State who shall not. in
addition to the qualifications above pre-
scribed, have paid on or before the 3ist
day OF December OF each year, for the
two years preceding the year in which he
offers to vote, a poll tax of one dollar per
annum, to be used exclusively in aid of
the public schools of the parish in which
such tax shall have been collected: which
tax is hereby imposed on every male
resident of this State between the ages
OF twenty-one and sixty years. Poll
taxes shall be lien only upon assessed
property, and no process shall issue to
enforce the collection of the same except
against assessed property.
Every person liable for such tax shall,
before being allowed to vote, exhibit to
the commissioners of election his poll tax
receipts Tor two years, issued on the
omcial form or duplicates thereof, in the
event of loss, or proof of payment of such
poll taxes may be made by a certificate
OF the tax collector, which shall be sent
to the commissioners of the several vot-
ing precincts, showing a list of those who
have paid said two years poll taxes as
above provided, and the dates of pay
ment. tits hereby declared to be forgery,
and punishable as such, for any tax col
lector or other person, to antedate. or
alter, 9 poll tax receipt. Any person
who shall pay the poll tax Of another
or advance him money for that purpose,
in order to influence his vote, shall be
guilty OF bribery and punished accord
lngly. The provisions of this section as
to the payment of poll taxes shall not
apply to persons who are deaf and dumb.
or blind, nor to persons under TWENTY
three years of age, who have paid all
poll taxes assessed against them. This
section shall not go into operation until
after the general State election to be held
In the year 1900, and the Legislature
elected in the year 1903 shall have au-
thority to repeal or modify the same;"
be and the same is hereby repealed,
abrogated and stricken from the Consti-
tuition of this State.
Section 2. Be it further resolved, etc.,
That the official ballots to be used at said
Congressional election shall have printed
thereon the words "For the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
State Of Louisiana repeating and abro-
eating Article 1893 of the Constitution,
and the words against the proposed
amendment to the Constitution" of the
State of Louisiana repeating and abro-
eating Article 1893 of the Constitution"
and each elector shall indicate, as pro-
vided in the general election laws of the
State, whether he votes for or against
the proposed amendment.
(Signed) ]. Y. SANDERS,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(6igned) ALBERT ESTOPINAL,
Lieutenant Governor and President of
the Senate