Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-24

four shall thereafter be permitted L
vote; provided, he meets the require
ments of paragraphs two and three Of
this section,
Par. 6. Any person 10 whom the
right of registration p Aen1sd by the
registrars upon the ground that he
lacks the qualifications set forth In
the Ave subdivisions Of paragraph
four, shall have the right Se take an
appeal, and any citizen may enter an
appeal from the decision Of the regis.
trars allowing any person TO register
under said subdivisions. Ali appeals
must be filed in writing with the reg.
istrars within 10 days from the date
Of the decision complained of and
shall be returned by the registrars
to the office of the clerk of the Superb
or Court to be tried as other appeals
Par. 7. Pending an appeal and un'
til the final decision of the case, the
judgment of the registrars shall re-
main in full force.
Par. s. No person shall be allowed
to participate in primary of any pc.
litical party or convention Of any
political party in this State who is
not a qualified voter.
Par. 8. The machinery provided by
law for the registration Of force Oc-
tober LIST, 1908. shall be used to carry
out the provisions Of this section, ex.
Dept where inconsistent with same;
the Legislature may change or amend
the registration laws from time to
time, but no such change or amend
ment shall operate to defeat any OF
the provisions of this section.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, That
whenever the above proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall be
agreed to by two-thirds Of the mem
bers elected to each of the two
houses of the General Assembly, and
the same has been entered on their
journals with the ayes and nays TAX
en- thereon, the Governor shall cause
said amendment to be published in at
least two newspapers in each Con
gressional District in this State for
the period Of two months next preced-
Ing the time Of holding the next gen
eral election.
Sec. 8, Be 1t further enacted, That
the above proposed amendment shall
be submitted for ratification or re-
lection to the electors Of this State
at the next general election to be
held after publication, as provided In
the second section Of this Act In the
several election districts OF this
State, ct which election every per-
SON shall be qualified to vote who is
entitled to vote for members Of the
General Assembly. ALI persons vot-
ing at said election in favor OF adopt
ing the proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words
For amendment of Constitution, pro
viding qualifications of voters" and
all persons opposed to the adoption
of said amendment shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the
words, against amendment OF Con
stitutton providing qualifications OF
voters"
See. Z Bs q suRthm sZHaOAaA That
the Governor be, and he Is, hereby
authorized and directed to provide
for the submission Of the amendment
proposed in this Act to a vote OF the
peopba es required By the OOnstitu-
ton OF this State in paragraph one Of
section one Of article thirteen, and il
ratified the Governor shall, when he
ascertains such ratification from the
Secretary of State, to whom the re-
turns shall be referred in the man
ner as in cases of elections for mem
bers of the General Assembly, to
count and ascertain the result, issue
his proclamation for one insertion
in one Of the daily papers OF this
State, announcing such result and
declaring the amendment ratified.
Now, therefore, I, Hoke Smith. Gov,
srnor Of said State, do Issue this my
proclamation, hereby declaring that
the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution is submitted for
ratification or rejection to the voters
Of the State qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly at
the general election to he held on
Wednesday, October 7th, 1908.
HOKE SMITH, Governor
BY the Governor:
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