The herald., 1912-09-19
Constitutional
AMENDMENTS
REGULAR SESSION 1912.
ACT NO. "a.

House Bill No. 81. BY Mr., Edwards.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Providing an amendment to Section ,
visions of sections one, two, hve, SIX
of Article 1877 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana; relative
to registration of voters.
Section l. Be ii resolved by the Cen
eral Assembly of the state or LOUISE
ana, two-thirds (2-3) of the members
elected to each House concurring, Ihat
Section 5 of Article 1877 of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana be so
amended as TO read as follows:
Section 5. No male person VINO was
on January 1st, 1867, or at any date
prior thereto, entitled to vote under
the Constitution or Statutes OF any
State of the United States, wherein ne
then resided. and no son or e tS Oh
years of age on the list day OF May,
1912. and no male person OF foreign
birth. who was naturalized prior 10 the
LIST day of January, 1898, shall be de-
MED the right to register and vote IN
this State by reason of his failure TO
possess the educational or property
qualifications prescribed by TINS Co 21
stitution provided he shall have resld-
ed in this State for hve years neTI
preceding the date at which ne shalI
apply for registration and snail nave
registered in accordance with the terms
of this Article prior to September lst,
1918, and no person shall be entltle9
to register under this Section after SAID
date. -.
this Section shall make application TO
the proper registration ofhcer or ms
deputy for registration, ana ne shaii
make oath before such registration OF
ficer or his deputy in the form follow
/ am a citizen of the United States
and of this State, over the age OF
this state for five years next preced-
ing this date. 1 was on the --..,-,
to vote under the Constitution or Stat
utes OF the State of
wherein j then resided. for 1 am the
son or grandson of
who was. on the 20 d xote OF hinder the
Constitution or Statutes of the state
he then resided, and desire. to avail
myself of the privileges conferred py
Section 5 of Article 1877 of the Consti-
tuition of this State.
Certificates of registration shall be
given to persons registering on durapie
paper and consecutively marked on the
permanent register A separate regis
tration of voters applying under TINS
Section shall be made by the registra-
ton officer of every Parish, for TINS
purpose the registration officer of every
Parish shall keep his Office open daily,
sundays and legal holidays excepted,
until August SIst; 1919 ined n1sny 5rI M
and from o'clock p. NJ until o'clock
T. NJ.
The registration of voters under this
Section shall close on the 31st day oil
August. 1915. and Immediately there
after the registration officer of every
Parish shall make sworn copy In du-
plicate OF the list Of persons registered
under this Section, showing, in detail,
whether the applicant registered as
voter OF 1867. or prior thereto, or as a
son OF such voter or as the grandson
of such voter. and deposit one OF said
duplicates in the office of the Secretary
State. to be by him recorded and
erved, as part of the permanent
duplicate shall be by him filed
fthe office of the Clerk of the District
Court OF the Parish. and. in the Parish
OF Orleans in the office of the Recorder
OF Mortgages there to remain perma-
nent record: provided, that, upon the
permanent register of all persons reg
istered under this Section. the regis
tration officer shall note in the top of
plicant. and under the head OF remarks
all Distinguishing physical character
istics of the applicant, such as height,
size, color of the hair and eyes, etc.
All persons whose names appear on
said registration list shall be admit
ted to register for all the elections in
this state without possessing the edu-
cational or property qualifications pre-
scribed by this Constitution, unless
otherwise disqualified. and all persons
who do not by personal application
Claim eNemptlOn from tHe proNiSiohS VI
Section and of this Article before
September LIST, 1913, shall be forever
denied the right to do so.
The names of the persons register
ing under and claiming the benefits of
this Section shall be entered in a we'll
bound book. to be provided by each
Parish for that purpose, and shall be
known as the permanent register Inn
mediately on closing the registration
under this Section. on August 81, 1918,
IL shall be the duty of the registration
officer or his deputy in the different
Parishes throughout the State. to make
a sworn statement. in writing. of the
ored. with the number of each, who
have registered. and whose names ap-
pear on said permanent register here
in provided for, and such sworn state
ment shall be published in the official
journal or other newspaper published
ing after said date. the cost of the
same to be paid by the Parish. Any
registration officer violating the pro-
visions of this Section or failing to
comply with the provisions hereof. or
shall make a false or incorrect state
ment of the number Of voters regis
tered under this Section. shall be deem
ed guilty of a felony, and on convic-
tion thereof. shall be sentenced to i'm
at hard labor for a term of
not exceeding one year.
The manner in which the names of
persons whose names appear on said
registration list shall hereafter regis |
Of persons registered under other Sec |
tons of this Article. and shall be as |
now provided or hereafter provided by |
law: and the remedy and proceedings /
subsequently to the close of |
said registration. on August s1st. 1913.