The herald., 1912-10-31
Constitutional
AMENDMENTS
REGULAR SESSION 1912.
ACT NO. "a.


Providing. an amendment TO section
visions of sections one, two, hye, SIX
of Article 1877 of the Constitution
of the State of Louisiana; relative
to registration of voters.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State or Loulsl-
ana, two-thirds (2-3) of the members
elected to each House concurrLng; ina Ina
Section of Article 1877 of the Constr
tuition of the State of Louisiana De SO
amended as to read as follows:
Section 5. No male person VINO was
on January LIST, n tSSs, OF 70 a. vote under
the Constitution or Statutes OF any
State Of the United States, wherein ne
then resided. and no son or granoso11
of any such person, not less than "a
years of age on the LIST day OF May,
1912, and no male person OF toreiSn
BIRTH who was naturalized prior 10 the
LIST day of January. 1888, shall De oe e,
MED the right to register and vote IN
this State by reason of his failure 10
possess the educational or properly
qualifications prescribed by TINS Co ,a
stitution provided he shall have reslo-
ed in this State for five years mex!
preceding the date at which he snalI
apply for registration ana shai haSe
registered in accordance with the terms IN.
of this Article prior to September ISL,
1913, and no person shall be entltle9
to register under this Section AFTER saio
date. -.
this Section shall make application TO
the proper registration oficer or ms
deputy for registration, ana ne shaii
make oath before such registration OF
ficer or his deputy in the form folloW-
ing: ,s c.o.os
and of this State. over the age OF
this State for fve years next preced-
ing this date. l was or the 80,
to vote under the Constitution or Stat
Of
wherein then resided. for I am the
son or grandson of
who was. on the - day OF
- entitled to vote under the
Constitution or Statutes of the State
of - wherein
he then resided. and 1 desire to avail
myself of the privileges conferred py
Section of Article lSI OF the Sohsu-
tuition of this State.
Certificates OF registration shall oe
given to persons registering on duraDie
paper. and consecutiveiy markeo on tne
permanent register. A separate regis
tration of voters applying under TINS
Section shall be made by the reglstra-
ton officer of every Parish, Ior tnls
purpose the registration officer or every
Parish shall keep his office open daily
sundays and legal holidays excepted,
until August 31st, 1913, inclusive, from
o'clock A. NJ. until 1 o'clock +; M
and from o'clock p. NJ. until O'CLOCK
The registration of voters under this
Section shall close on the 3lst day OIL
August, 1915, and Immediately there
after the registration officer or every
Parish shall make a 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
son of such voter or as the GRANDSON
of such voter. and deposit one of said
duplicates in the Office of the Secretary
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 him nIea
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 APP
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
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 we'll
bound book. to be provided by each
Parish for that purpose. and shall be
known as the permanent register. I'M
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
number of voters. both white and col
ored. with the number of each. who
have registered, and whose names APP
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
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
tered under this Section. shall be deem
ed guilty OF 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
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
subsequently to the close Of
said registration. on August 31st. 1913,