The herald., 1912-10-24
Constitutional
AMENDMENTS
REGULAR SESSION 1912.
ACT NO. "a.

JOINT hESOLO1 1lON.
Providing an amendment to Section .
visions of sections one, two, hye, SIN
of Article 1877 of the CONSTITUTION
of the State of louisiana; relative
to registration ixde Oh voters; Sv the Cen
eraI Assembly of the state OF Loulsl-
ana, two-thirds (2-3) OF the memDerss : :
elected to each House concurrlng, Ihal
Section of Article 197 or the Constl-
tution of the state of Louisiana be SO
amended as to read as follows:
Section 5. No male person VINO was
on January 1st, 1867, or at any oaIe
The Constitution or Statutes OF any
state of the United States, wherein ne
then resided. and no son or Sranusoonn -
OF any such person, not less o1aN Nav
wears of age on the 1st day OF May,
iSl2. and no male person OF foreign
birth. who was naturalized prior 10 Ihe
lst day of January, 1898, shall De ue
MED the right to register anu "a, ,HIre NU.e 70 70
possess the educational or property
Qualifications prescribed by TINS Con
stitution, provided he shall nave reslo
ed in this State for hve years mex,
preceding the date at which he shall
apply for registration and shall nave
registered in accordance with tne tel NE
Of this Article prior to SEPTEMBER isS,
1913. and no person shall De entitae;SS ~ y =
to register under this Section after said
Every person claiming the benefit OF
this Section shall make agpilcat1Uh 10 hie io
deputy for registration, and ne shdii
make oath before such registration OF
ficer or his deputy in the form 1ollo"-
am a citizen Of the United States
and of this State. over the age OF
twenty-one years; I have resided IN
this State for five years next preceo-
ing this date l was on the ---
Say of entitled
to vote under the Constitution or Stat
utes of the State Of ~.
wherein 1 then resided tor l am ene
who was. on the - day Of
entitled to vote under the
Constitution or Statutes OF the state
he then resided. and desire. to avail
myself of the privileges conferred py
Section of Article 1877 OF the consul
tuition of this State. u =.
Certificates of registration shaIl pe
given to persons registering on durapIe
paper, and consecutively marked on tne
permanent register. A separate regis
tration of voters applying uhueL Ill tn,e
Section shall be made by the registraa.
tion officer OF every Parish, tor tnls
purpose the registration ofhcero1 every
Parish shall keep his office open ually'
until August 31st, 1913, inclusive, from
8 o'clock A. NJ. until 1 o'clock +; NJ.
and from o'clock p. NJ until O'CLOCK
p. NJ. .hts
Section shall close on the 31st day oil
August, 1915, and Immediately there-
after the registration officer OF every
Parish shall make a sworn copy aed IN au,
under this Section. showing, In detall,
whether the applicant registered as a
voter of 1867, or prior thereto. or as a
Of such voter. and deposit one of said
duplicates in the Office Of the Secretary
of State. to be by him recorded and
preserved, as part of the permanentt
said duplicate shall be by him filed
in the Office of the Clerk of the District
Court OF the Parish. and, In the Parisn
of Orleans in the office OF the RECORDER
Of Mortgages there to remain a perma-
nent record: provided. that, upon the
permanent register of all persons reg
istered under this Section, the regis
tration officer shall note IN me ,op Ol Oh
plicant, and under the head OF remarks
all distinguishing physical character
istics of the applicant, such as helght'
All persons whose names appear on
said registration list shall be admit
ted to register for all the elections In
this state without possessing the edu-
cational or property qualifications pre-
scribed by this Constitution, unless
otherwise disqualified, and all persons
who do not by personal Application
claim exemption from the proylslons Oh
September 1st, 1918. shall be forever
denied the right to do so.
The names of the persons register.
ing under and claiming the benefits OF
bound book. to be provided by each
Parish for that purpose, and shall De
known as the permanent register. Inn
mediately on closing the reglstratlon
under this Section. on August 81. lgls,
IL shall be the duty of the registration
officer or his deputy in the different
Parishes throughout the State. to make
q sworn statement. in writing, OF tne
number of voters. both white and col
ored. with the number of each. who
pear on said permanent register here
in provided for, and such sworn state
ment shall be published in the ofhciai
journal or other newspaper pubiisheo
ing after said date. the cost of the
same to be paid by the Parish. Any
officer violating the pro-
visions of this Section or failing to
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-
tion 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
II persons registered under other Sec
ions of this Article. and shall be as
low provided or hereafter provided by
aw: and the remedy and proceedings
subsequently to the close OF
aid registration, on August 31st, 1913.
he names OF any persons who may