The Natchitoches enterprise., 1912-10-24

House Bill No. 81 BY Mr.. Edwards
JOINT RESOLUTION

birth. who was naturalized prior to the
LIST day of January. 1898. shall De de-
MED the right to register III, ana % , Tor to
this State by reason or MS lalluLe ~
possess the educational or property
qualifications prescribed by this C9h I
0titution provided he shall have rescued
IN this State for five years next e, pr pr
eeding the date at which he shall APP
ply for registration and shall nave res
lstered in accordance with the terms
Of this Article prior to September ist
1913, and no person shai De EN- sni
TO register under this Section after SAID
date s,. 80
Every person claiming the benefit OF
fkis Section shall make Application 70
She proper registration officer or ms
Deputy for registration, and ne shafl
make oath before such registration OF
3icer or his deputy in the form foilo"-
ing: ,-.,.od ctores
and of this State over the age or
twenty-one years; / have resided III TINS
State for five years next preceding thls
date. was On the ;-,-, - -,o. a'la ,,yd or
ere Constitution or Statutes or the
Gtats of wherein / then re-
ebdsd, Cor 1 am the son or grandson OF
who was, on the
- dav of entitled to
vete under the Constitution or Statutes
Of the State of --- WheFelini
he then resided) and 1 desire to avall
myself Of the privileges eo the cons ty
eution of this State.
Certificates of registration shall be
Riyen to persons registering on duraDle
neper and consecutively marked on the
yermanent register. A separate regis
1ration of voters applying under TINS
Section shall be made by the reglstra-
Hon officer Of every Parish, Tor TINS
purpose the registration officer OF every
&nrish shall keep his office open daily
Sundays and legal holidays excepted,
until August 31st, 1913, inclusive, from
. O'Clock A. M. until l o'clock T. NJ
r. M
The registration Of voters under this
Section shall close on the 3lst day OF
August 1913, and Immediately there-
after the registration officer or every
Parish shall make a sworn copy in du-
Nlfcate of the list of persons registered
under this Section, showing. in detail,
whether the applicant registered as a
voter of 1857, or prior thereto, or as q
scn of such voter er as the grandson
Of such voter. and deposit one or sald
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 duplicates shall be by him f1ied
IN the office Of tho Clerk of the District
Court Of the Parish, and, in the Parlsn
of Orleans in the office of the Recorder
Of Mortgages there to remain a perma-
neht record; provided, that. upon the
permanent register of all persons regis
tered under this Section, the registra-
column the age and color of the APP
piicant, and under the head OF remarks
ali distinguishing physical character
istics Of the applicant, such as helght'
size, color Of the hair and eyes etc.
Ali persons whose names appear on
@aid registration list shall be admit
ted to register for all the elections IN
this State without possessing the edu-
cational or property qualifications pre-
ecribed by this Constitution. unless
otherwise disqualified, and all persons
vine do not by personal application
Slain exemption from the PROVISIONS or
Section and 4 Of this Article before
September LIST, 1913, shall be forever
denied the right to do so.
The names Of the persons register
E4x under and claiming the beneflts Of
xEss sscel6n siE1f bs aeiifsfed IL I wen
Neuna book. TO be provided by each
Parish for that purpose. and shall DC
known as the permanent register. I'M
meGiately on closing the resistratinf
under this Section, on August 81, 1913
IL shall be the duty Of the registration
wfficer or his deputy in the different
Parishes throughout the State. to make
n sworn statement, in writing, of ths
number Of voters, both white and col
cred, with the number OF each, VINO
have registered, and whose names ap
near on said permanent register here
In provided for, and such sworn state
mont shall be published In the officia
journal or other newspaper published
in the Parish in the next issue appeal
same to be paid by the Parish. Any
registration officer violating the pro
visions Of this Section or failing. K
comply with the provisions hereof, OF
shall make a false or incorrect state
ment of the number of voters register
cd under this Section, shall be deemed
guilty Of. a felony, and on convlctlol
thereof, shall be sentenced to imprison
NJ ho I'd l1hnF a
exceeding one year
The manner in which the names o
persons whose names appear on salt
registration list shall hereafter regis
ter may be different from that requires
of persons registered under other Sec
NoYfs Of this Article. and shall be a.
now provided or hereafter provided o!
law; and the remedy and proceeding
whereby, subsequently to the close Q
mafd registration, on August 31st, 1913
the names of any persons VINO ma.
have obtained registration under thi
gection by false statement OF fact o
other fraud shall be stricken from san
roll. shall be as now provided or mere
after provided by law.
Section. O.. Be It further res SIn
shall be submitted to the qualified vot
crs of this State for adoption or re1ec
tien at the Congressional election to b
held in November, 1912. u,oa
etc. that on the official ballots to b
used at said election there shall b
printed the words, For the propose
amendment Of Section of Article 10
az the Constitution of the State
louisiana, relative to registration Q
voters" and the words:
"AKainst the proposed amendment t
Section Of Article 1877 of the Consti
tuition Of the State of Louisiana, rela
dive to registration of voters" and eac
slector shall indicate, as prov1aed D
She general election laws of this Stat
whether he votes for or against the pre-
posed amendment
aneaker of the House of Repr :entativei
THOMAS c. BARRETT,
Lieutenant Governor and President Q
the Senate.
Approved: June 25th, 1912.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana
A true cory:
ALVIN f. HEBERT.
Secretary of State.