The herald., 1912-10-17
Constitutional
AMENDMENTS
REGULAR SESSION 1912.
ACT NO. "a.

House Bill No. 81. By Mr.. Edwards.
JOINT RESOLUTION. .
Providing an amendment to Section 0
visions of sections one, two, nVe, SIX
of Article 1877 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana; relative
to registration of voters.
Section l. Be it resolved by the zen
eral Assembly of the state OF Loulsl-
ana, two-thirds (2-3) of the members
elected to each House concurrlng, Inat
Section 5 of Article 1877 of the Consti-
tuition of the State OF LOUISIANA De So
amended as to read as follows:
Section 5. No male person who was
on January LIST, 1861, or at any GATE
prior thereto, entitled to vote unoeI
the Constitution or Statutes OF any
State of the United States, wherein ne
then resided, and no son or grandson
of any such person, not less than q
years of age on the LIST DAY, OF May,
1912. and no male person OF IoreiS n
birth. who was naturallzed prior 10 Sne
lst day of January, 1898, shall De de-
MED the right to register ana vote III
this State by reason or MS lallure "
possess the educational or properly
qualifications prescribed by TINS con ,1
stitution provided he shall have resld.
ed in this State for five years neHI
preceding the date at whlch ne SnaiI
apply for registration and. snail nave
Registered in accordance with the terms
of this Article prior to september Isl,
1913. and no person shall be entltled
to register under this Section after SAID
Every person claiming the benefit OF
this Section shall make application 70
the proper registration othcer OF ms IL
deputy for registration, anu ne sha t
make oath before such registration Of
ficer or his deputy in the form tolloW-
/ am a citizen of the United States
and of this State, over the age OF
twenty-one years; / have resided In
this State for five years next preceo-
ing this date. 1 was on the o..,.Io5
to vote under the Constitution or Stat
utes of the State of -
wherein / then resided. for 1 am the
son or grandson of
who was. on the to 1 vote OF under the
Constitution or Statutes Of the state
he then resided. and desire. to avail
myself of the privileges conferred Dy
Section of Article 1877 OF the Constr
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-
tion officer Of every Parish nar dSr ev rnlS
Parish shall keep his office open dally'
Sundays and legal holidays excepted,
until August 31st, 1913, inclusive, from
o'clock A. NJ. until 1 O'Clock N.
The registration of voters under this
Section shall close on the Slst DAY hr OF
after the registration officer OF every
Parish shall make sworn copy In du,
plicate of the list OF persons reglstere1
under this Section, showing, In detall,
whether the applicant registered as a
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
t. AdH ~ "a SaNrafQrV
of state. to be by him recorded and
preserved as a part of the permanent
record of his Office. and the other of
said duplicate shall be by MN MEG
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
column the age and color OF the ap-
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-
otherwise disqualified. and all persons
who do not by personal application
claim exemption from the provisions OF
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 well
bound book. to be provided by each
Parish for that purpose, and shall De
known as the permanent register Inn
mediately on closing the registration
under this Section. on August 81, Isl5,
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
number of voters. both white and col
ored. with the number OF each, who
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
in the Parish in the next issue appear
ing after said date. the cost Of the
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 convfc-
ton thereof. shall be sentenced to inn
prisonment at hard labor for term OF
not exceeding one year.
The manner in which the names OF
persons whose names appear on said
registration list shall hereafter regis
ter may be different from that required
of persons registered under other Sec
lions Of this Article. and shall be as
now provided or hereafter provided by
law: and the remedy and proceedings
whereby, subsequently to the close of
said registration, on August 31st, 1913,