St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1912-10-19

he then resided) and desire t.
avail myself of the privileges con
ferred BY Section 5 of Article l91 o.
the Constitution of this State.
Certificates of registration shall 81
given to persons registering on dur
able paper, and consecutively mark
cd ON the permanent register.
separate registration of voters ap
plying under this Section shall b
made by the registration ofi1cer O.
every parish. for this purpose TN
registration officer Of every parish
shall keep his ofElce open daily, Sun
days and legal holidays excepted
until August 81, 1913. inclusive
from 8 O'Clock q. m. until l O'Clock
D. m. and from 2 o'clock p. m. unit
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 sworn copy
In duplicate Of the list of persons
registered under this section, show
ing, in detail, whether the applicant
registered 10 q voter of 1867, OF
prior thereto, or IS son OF sucn
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 % . part Of the permanent
records Of his, ONCE, and the other
Of the said duplicates shall be
BY him sled in the ONCE 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 . permanent record ;
provided, that, upon the permanent
register Of all persons registered
under this section, the registration
omcer shall note in the top Of col
umn the age and color Of the ap-
plicant. and under the head OF re-
marks al 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
items in this state without possessing
the educational or property quail
1,cations prescribed by this Consti-
tuition. unless otherwise disqualified,
and Nil persons who do not by per-
sonal application claim exemption
from the provisions of Section and
1 Of this Article before September /,
1918. shall be forever denied the
right to do %.
The names Of the persons register
ing under and claiming the Dement'S
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 reg
lister. Immediately on closing the
registration under this section, on
August 81. 1918, It shall be the duty
az the. registration officer or his depu-
ty IN the different parishes through
out the State to make q 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
aaid permanent register herein pro-
.vided for, and such sworn statement
shall 10 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
70 Be paid by. the parish. Any reg
istration oflcer violating the pro-
visone OF this section or falling to
comply With the provisions hereof,
ar ahsli make . false or incorrect
atatement OF the number OF voters
reristered under this section, shall
b. deemed guilty Of felony; and on
Conviction thereof, shall be sentenc,
sL...s.rrr mont af hard labor for