The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-22
GEORGIA SUFFRAGE BILL
Princip pal Features of Measure Passed
in the Legislature and to Go Be-
fore the People.

The principal features Of the dis
reimbursement bill passed by the Geor-
gia legislature are the following:
Section of article 2 of the constitu-
ton of this state is hereby repealed
and the following section, consisting
Of nine paragraphs, inserted in said
article in lieu thereof:
Section 1. Elections by the people
shall be by ballot, and only those per-
sons shall be allowed to vote who
have been first registered in accord
ance with the requirements of law.
Par. 2. Every male citizen of this
state who is a male citizen Of the Unit,
ed States, tweEty-one years old or up
wards, not laboring under any Of the
disabilities named in this article, and
possessing the qualifications provided
by it, shall be an elector and entitled
to register and vote at any election by
the people, provided that no soldier,
sailor or marine in the military or ma.
val services of the United States, shall
acquire the rights of an elector by rea-
son of being stationed on duty in this
state.
Par g. To entitle person to reg.
lister and vote at any election by the
people he shall have resided in the
state one year next preceding the elec-
ton, and shall have paid all taxes
which may have been required Of him
since the adoption of the constitution
OF Georgia Of 1877 that he may have
| had an opportunity Of paying agree
ably to law. Such payment must have
been made at least six months prior
TO the eletciOn at which he offers to
vote, except when such elections are
held within six months from the ex-
piration of the time fixed by law for
the payment of such taxes.
Par 4, Every male citizen Of this
state shall be entitled to register as
an elector and to vote in all elections
Of said state who is not disqualified
under the provisions of section 2 OF
article of this constitution, and who
possesses the qualifications prescribed
in paragraphs 2 and Of this section,
or who will possess them at the date
OF the eletcion occurring next after
his registration, and who in addition
thereto comes within either Of the
classes provided for in the five fol
lowing subdivisions of this paragraph:
L. All persons who have hoonra5ly
served in the land or naval forces OF
the United States in the revolutionary
war, or in the war of 1912, or in the
war with Mexico, or in any war with
| the Indians, or in the war between the
states. or in the war with Spain, OF
who honorably served in the land OF
naval forces of the confederate states
or of the state of Georgia in the wal
| between the states, or
"2. All persons lawfully descended
from those embraced in the CLASSES
enumerated in the subdivision next
above, or
"3. All persons who are of good
character, and understand the duties
and obligations of citizenship under
a republican form of government; OF
a. All persons who can correctly
read in the English language any para
graph Of the constitution of the United
States or of this state, and cor.
rectly write the same in the English
language when read to them by any
one of the registrars, and all persons
who solely because Of physical disaDil'
ity are unable to comply with the
above requirements, but who can un'
ders.and and give a reasonable inte-
pretation of any paragraph of the con-
stitution of the United States or OF
this state, that may be read to them
by any one of the registrars; or
IS. Any person who is the owner
| in good faith in his own right OF at
least forty acres of land situated in
this state upon which he resides, or Is
the owner in good faith in his own
right of property situated in this state
and assessed at the valuation of five
hundred dollars.
The right to register under sub
divisions and 2 of paragraph 4 shall
continue only until January 1, 1915.
But the registrars shall prepare a
roster of all persons who register un-
der subdivisions l and 2, and shall re-
turn the same to the clerks office OF
the superior court Of their counties,
and the clerks OF the superior court
shall send copies of the same to the
secretary Of state, and it shall be the