The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-10-18
Act 80. 83.l
Senate Bill No. ia.

Act no. 83.l Senate Bill No. ia.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State Of Louisiana by re-
pealing and abrogating Article One
Hundred and Ninety eight Q1Sl there
of.
Section l. Be it resolved bv the Cen
eral Assem- bly, of the State of Louisiana,
two-t thirds Of all the members elected to
each house c0ncurring, that an amend
ment to the Constitu tfnn of the State of
the Louisian be submitted to the quail
fed electors of the State for their appro-
val 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 Artt-
Gle 19S of the Constitution of the State of
Louisiana, which reads as follows; 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 prescribed, have
paid on or before the 3lst day of Decenl-
Der of each year, for the two years prece-
ding, the year in WHICH he offers to vote,
poll tax of one dollar per annum. to
be used exclusively in aid of the public
schools of the parish i'll which such tax
| shall have been collected: which tax is
hereby imposed Oh every male resident of
this State between the ages of twenty
one and sxtv years. Poll taxes shall ba.
lFen only upon assessed property and no
process shall issue to enforce the collec-
tion 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 for two years, issued OH the
official form, or duplicates thereof, in the
event of loss, or proof of payment of such
p0 IL 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 nroydaa sad two tns POI tofes az
ment. 1t is hereby dec Jared to be forgery,
and pnni shable as such. for any tax col
lectOr OF other person, to antedate, or
alter poll tax receipt. Any person who
shall pay the poll tax of another or adj
vance him money for that purpose, i'll or
der to influence his vote. shall be guilty
OF bribery and punished accordingly.
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
not go into operation unit! after the
general State election to be held in the
year 1900. and the Legislature elected in
the year 1908 shall have authority to re-
peal or modify the saHae;" be and the
same is hereby repealed, abrogatod and
stricken from the Constitution of this.
State
Sec. Q. 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 State
of Louisiana repeating and abrogating
ARTICLE 1888 Of the Constitution" and the
words against the proposed amendment
to The Constitution of the State of Lou
isiana repeating and abrogating Article
Ias of the GeastitutioR:n aud each elector