The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-10-19
JOINT RESOLUTION

JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing an amendment to Section
5 of Article 1877 Of the COnsti-
tuition of the State of Louisiana;
relative to registration of voters.
Section /. Be it resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, two-thirds (2-3) of the
members elected to each House con-
curing, that Section of Article 1877
OF the Constitution of the State Of
Louisiana be so amended as to read
as follows:
Section 5. No male person who
was on January LIST, 1867, or at any
date prior thereto, entitled to vote
under the Constitution or Statutes Of
any State Of the United States, where
in he then resided, and no son or
grandson Of any such person, not less
than 81 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,
shall be denied the right to register
and vote in this State by reason of
his failure to possess the educational
or property qualifications prescribed
by this Constitution, provided he
shall have resided in this State for
five years next preceding the date
at which he shall apply for Tegistra-
ton and shall have registered in &C
cordance with the terms of this Ar
ticIe prior to September 1st, 1913, and
no person shall be entitled to regis
ter under this Section after said date.
Every person claiming the benefit
of this Section shall make application
to the proper registration officer Or
his deputy for registration, and he
shall make oath before such regis
tration officer Or his deputy in the
form following:
am citizen of the United States
and of this State, over the age of
twenty-one years; l have resided in
this State for five years next preced-
ing this date. was on the ----------
day of ------------ entitled
to vote under the Constitution or Sta
tutes of the State o.
wherein l then resided, Cor l am the
son or grandson Of -------
who was, or the -- day Of
- entitled to vote under the
Constitution or Statutes of the State
Of -------- wherein
he then resided) and l desire to
avail myself of the privileges confer
red by Section of Article 1877 Of |
the Constitution of this State.
Certificates of registration shall be
gwen to persons registering on dura- .
bic paper, and consecutively marked |
on the permanent register. A sepa- /.
rate registration of voters applying !
under this Section shall be made by |
the registration officer of every Par .
ish, for this purpose the registration .
officer of every Parish shall keep
his office open daily, Sundays and Ie-
gal holidays excepted, until August
31st, 1913, inclusive, from s o'clock \
NJ. until, 1 o'clock P. NJ and from 2
o'clock P. NJ. until 6 o'clock P. NJ.
The registration of voters under
this Section shall close on the 31st
day of August, 1913. and Immediately
thereafter the registration officer Of
every Parish shall make a sworn
copy in duplicate of the list Of per-a
sons registered under this Section,
showing, in detail, whether the ap-
Dlicant registered as voter of 1867,
or prior thereto, or as a son of such
voter or as the grandson of such yOt-
er and deposit one of said duplicates
in the office of the Secretary of
State, to be by him recorded and pre-
served, as a part Of the permanent
record of his office, and the other of
said duplicates shall be by him filed
in the office of the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of the Parish, and, in the
Parish of Orleans in the Office of the
Recorder of Mortgages there to re-
main a permanent record; provided,
that, upon the permanent register of
al. persons registered under this Sec
ton, the registration officer shall
note in the top of column the age
and color of the applicant, and under :
the head of remarks all distinguish
ing physical characteristics Of the aD-
DNcant, such as height, size, color Of
the hair and eyes, etc.
All persons whose names appear on
sad registration list shall be admit
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