Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-10
Qualification Of Electors and
Registration Of Voters.
APPROXIMATION
BY His Excellency, Hoke Smith, Gov
Executive Department.
Atlanta, Ga, August l, 1908.

OrnOr.
Executive Department.
Atlanta, Ca, August /, 1908.
Whereas, the General Assembly, at
ITS session in 1908 proposed an
amendment to the Constitution OF
this State as set forth in an Act ap- |
proved August 1st, 1908, to wit:
An Act to amend the Constitution |
Of the State of Georgia by repeating |
section / of article Of the Constitu- |
ton OF this State and inserting in |
lieu thereof a new section, consisting
Of nine paragraphs, prescribing the
qualifications for electors; providing
for the registration Of voters, and for
other purposes.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the
General Assembly of the State Of
Georgia. and 1t is hereby enacted byl
the authority Of the same,
that section one of article two
of the Constitution of this State be,
and the same is, hereby repealed. and
the following section, consisting OF
nine parag phs, be inserted In said
article In u thereof:
Paragra 4. After the year 1908
elections by the people shall be by
ballot, and only those persons shall
be allowed to vote who have been
first registered in accordance with
the requirements Of law.
Par. 9. Every male citizen OF this
State who is a citizen Of the United
States, twenty-one years old or up
wards, not laboring under any OF the
disabilities named IN this article, and
possessing the qualifications provid'
ed by it, shall be an electof and en-
titled to registeo AID vote at any
election by the people; provided,
that no soldier, sailor, or marine IN
the military or naval services OF the
United States shall acquire the rights
of an elector By reason of being sta
toned on duty Ia this state.
Par. 8. To entitle a person TO reg
lister and vote at any election by the
people. he shah have resided in the
State ono year next preceding the
election, and ia the county In which
he offers to vote six months next pre-
ceding the election, and shall have
paid aH 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 agreeably to law. Such
payment must have been made al
least six months prior to the election
at which he offers to vote, except
when such elections are held within
six months from the expiration OF the
time fixed by law for the payment OF
such taxes.
Par. 4. Dvery male citizen OF this
State shall be entitled 10 register as
an elector aud to vote In all elections
in said State who is not disqualified
under the provisions Of section 2 OF
article 2 of this Constitution, and
who possesses the qualifications pre-
scribed In paragraphs two and three
of this section or who will possess
them at the date Of the election 90
curing next after his registration,
and who In addition thereto comes
within either Of the classes provided
for In the Ave following subdivisions
of this paragraph.
/. All persons who have honoraDIy
served In the land or naval forces OF
che United States in the Revolution
ary war. or In the war OF 1919, or IN
the war with Mexico. or in any Was
with the Indians or Ia the war be
tween the States, or In the war Wild
Spain. or who honorably served In
the land OF naval forces Of the Con
federate States, or Of the State Of
Georgia in the war between tAs
States, or
2. All PERSONS lawfully descended
from those embraced in the classes
enumerated In the subdivision next
above. or j..
8. All persons who are q good
character, and understand the duties
and obligations Of citizenship under
q Republican form OF government. OF
4. All spersons who can correctly
read IN the English Language any par
agraph Of the Constitution OF tne
United States or OF this State and
correctly write the same IN the
English language when read to them
by any one of the registrars. and all
persons who solely, because Of phys
ical disability are unable 10 comply
with the above requirements, but who
can understand and give reason
able Interpretation of any paragraph
of the Constitution Of the United
States or Of this State. that may be
read to them by any one Of the regis
trars; or
5. 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