The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-09-12
Constitutional
AMENDMENTS
REGULAR SESSION 1912.
ACT NO. "a.

House Bill No. 81. By Mr.. Edwards
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Providing an amendment to Sectloh
visions of sections one, two, hye, SIX
of Article 1871 of the CONSTITUTION
of the State of Louisiana; relative
to registration OF voters.
Section l. Be IL resolved by the zen
eraI Assembly of the State of Louist-
ana. two-thirds l2-S) OF the mem n per !.
elected to each House concurrlng, Iha'
Section of Article 1877 OF the consul
tuition of the State OF Lo9isiaha oe 81
amended as to read as folloWs:
Section 5. No male person VINO was
on January LIST. 1857. or at any oate
prior thereto, entitled TO vote uhuer
state of the United States, wherein he
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 foreign
birth. who was naturalized prior TO the
LIST day of January, 1898, shail pe ue
MED the right TO register ana vote IN
this State by reason or his 1allure 70
possess the educational or property
qualifications prescribed by this Con
stitution provided he shall have reslo-
ed in this State for five years mex;
preceding the date at Whlch ne shall
apply for registration and shall nave
registered in accordance with the terms
of this Article prior to September Is I
1918, and no person shall be entltle9
to register under this Section AFTER saio
date. "a. -,
Every person claiming the benent OF
this Section shall make application 70
the proper registration omcer OF ms
deputy for registration, ana ne sh "a
make oath before such registration OF
ficer or his deputy In the iorm ioiio"
ing: 49,, c..os
and of this State. over the age OF
twenty-one years; 1 have resided IN
this State for five years next preced-
ing this date. l was on the 80,
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 49,. DAY OF 49, ,he
Constitution or Statutes of the state
he then resided. and 1 desire. to avail
myself of the privileges conferred pS
Section of Article l9f OF the CohsN'
tuition of this State.
Certificates Of registration shall be
given to persons registering on duraDle
paper. and consecutively marked on tnt
permanent register. separate regis
tration of voters applying under TINS
Section shall be made by the registrar
ton officer of every Parish, Tor TINS
purpose the registration officer OF every
Parish shall keep his Office open daily
sundays and legal holidays excepted
until August 31st, 1913, inclusive, IRON
s o'clock A NJ. until l O'Clock NJ
and from o'clock p. Nj. until cioch
The registration of voters under this
Section shall close on the 3lst Gay OF
August, 1915. and Immediately there
after the registration officer or every
Parish shall make sworn copy IN ou,
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 grandsoI
OF such voter. and deposit one or salc
duplicates in the office of the secretary
of State. to be by him recorded ant
preserved. as a part of the permanent
record of his office. and the other OF
said duplicate shall be by him hleC
in the 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
column the age and color of the ap
plicant. and under the head OF remark;
all distinguishing physical character
istics of the applicant, such as height
size, color OF the hair and eyes, etc.
All persons whose names appear OF
said registration list shall be admit
ted to register for all the elections II
this State without possessing the edu
cational or property qualifications pre-
scribed by this Constitution, unles!
otherwise disqualified, and all person!
who do not by personal Application
claim exemption from the provisions o
Section and of this Article before
September LIST. 1913, shall be foreVel
denied the right to do so.
The names of the persons register
ing under and claiming the dement's o.
this Section shall be entered in well
bound book. to be provided by eacf
Parish for that purpose, ana snail OF
known as the permanent register. I'm
mediately on closing the registration
under this Section. on August 81, 1913
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 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
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
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 i'm
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
tons Of this Article. and shall be as
now provided or hereafter provided by
whereby. subsequently to the close of
said registration on August 31st 1913