The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1902-10-25
Act No. s5) Senate Bill No. ia.
JOINT RESOLUTION

Act NO. S3l Senate Bill No. ia.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of the State OF Louisiana by re-
pealing aud abrogating Article One
Hundred and Ninety-eight {1ISl there
of.
Section /. Be it resolved by the GEN
eral Assembly of the State of Louisiana,
thirds of all the members elected to
each house concnrring, that al amend
me11t to the Cansti tuition of the State of
fed electors of the State for their appTo-
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 ArtI--
Gle 1893 of the Constitu ton 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 31st day of Decem-
Der of each year, for the two years prece-
ding the year III 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
enc and sixty years. Poll taxes shall be
lien only upon assessed property land 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 on the
official form, OF duplicates thereof, in the
event of loss or proof of payment of such
po Ii taxes may be made by a certiticate
of the tar collector, which shall be sent
to the Commissioners Of the several vot-
ing precincts. showing fistof those who
have paid said two years poll taxes as
above provided, and the dates OF pay
ment. 1t is hereby declared to be forgery,
and punishable as such. for any tax. col
lectoI or other person, to antedate, OF
alter, poll tax receipt. Any PERSON who
shall pay the poll tak of another or ad-
vance him money for that purpose, in or
der to influence his vote. shall be guilty
OF bribery and puni he'd accordingly.
payment Of poll taxes shall not apply I'd
persons who ara deaf and duiiib. or blind,
nor to persons under tWenty-threg years
of age who have paid all poll taxes
| assessed against them. This section shall
not go into operation until after the
year 1900, and the. Legislature elected IN
| the year 1908 shall have authority to re-
| peal or modify the salile;;" be and the
same is hereby repealed, abrogated and
stricken from the Constitution OF this
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, etc,
| That the official ballots to be nsed at said
Congressional election shall have printed
thereon tho words For the proposed
amendment to the Const tuition of State
of Louisiana repeating and abrogatinIe
Article 19S Of the Constitution. and the
| words against the proposed amendment
| to The Constitution Of the State of Lou
| isiana repeating aud ahrogatlng Article
| les of the Censtitution;' and each eleetoI