St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-09-07

he then resided) and desire to
avail. myself of the privileges con-
ferred by Section of Article 1877 of
the Constitution Of this State.
Certificates of registration shall be
given to persons registering on dur
able paper, and consecutively mark
ed on the permanent register. A
separate registration of voters APP
plying under this Section shall be
made by the registration officer Of
every parish, for this purpose the
registration officer of every parish
shall keep his Office open daily, Sum
days and legal holidays excepted,
until August 81, 1913, inclusive,
from 8 O'Clock a. m. until 1 o'clock
p. IA. and from 2 O'Clock p. m. until
8 o'clock p. m.
The registration of voters under
this Section shall close on the 81 day
of August, 1913, and Immediately
thereafter the registration officer of
every parish shall make a sworn copy
In duplicate Of the list of persons
registered under this section, show.
Ing. in detail, whether the applicant
registered as a voter of 1867, or
prior thereto, or as q son of such
voter or as the grandson of such
voter. and deposit one of said dnpli-
Gates In the ONCE of the Secretary
Of State, to be by him recorded and
preserved as part of the permanent
records of his office, and the other
OF the said duplicates shall be
by him fled 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 q permanent record;
provided, that, upon the permanent
register of all persons registered
under this section, the registration
0fncer shall note in the top of coll
umn the age and color Of the APP
plicant, and under the head of re-
marks all distinguishing physical
characteristics of the applicant, such
~ height, size, color of the hair and
eyes, etc.
All persons whose names appear
on said registration list shall be ad-
mitted to register for all the cleo
tions In this State without possessing
the educational or property quail
fications prescribed by this Consti-
tuition, unless otherwise disqualified,
and oil persons who do not by per-
sonal application claim exemption
from the provisions of Section and
4 of this Article before September 1,
1918, 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 a
we'll bound book, to be provided by
each parish for that purpose. and
shall be known as the permanent reg
lister. Immediately on closing the
registration under this section, on
August 81, 1913, it shall be the duty
Of the registration officer or his depu-
ty in the different parishes through
out the State,:tO make sworn state
ment, in writing, of the number Of
voters, both white and colored, with
the number of each, who have regis
tered, and whose names appear on
said permanent register herein pro-
vided tor, and such sworn statement
shall be published In the official jour-
nal or other newspaper published in
the parish in the next issue appearing
after said date, the cost of the same
to be paid by the parish. Any reg
istration officer violating the pro-
visions of this section or falling to
comply with the provisions hereof,
or shall make a false or Incorrect
statement of the number of voters
registered under this section. shall
be deemed guilty of a felony, and on
conviction thereof, shall be sentenc-
ed to imprisonment 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 reg