The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-09-07
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Section /. Be 1. enacted by the Cen
| eral Assembly of the State Of Louisiana
That the title to Act No. 32 of the Elk
ira Session OF 1917 be amended aud re.
enacted so as to read as follows:
! A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to Article 1893 of n. Con.
stitution of the State OF Louisiana. ex.
emptfng persons in the military serv-
| Ice from the payment of poll taxei and
authorizing them to participate in pri-
maries and other nominating elections
without registration or tie payment OF
poll taxes.
Section 2. Be II further enacted, etc.
That Section of said Act be amended
and re-enacted SO as to read as fol-
lows:
Be IL resolved by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected TO
each House concurring, That at the
election for members of Congress to be
held in this State on the 7th day of
November, 1918, there shall be Sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
State. for their approval or rejection.
the following amendment to the Con-
stitution:
Art. 1913. No person less than sixty
years OF age shall be permitted to vote
at any election in the State who shall
not. in addition to the qualifications
above described have paid on or befose
the 31st day of December of each year,
for the two years preceding the year
In which he offers to vote. poll tax
of one dollar per annum. to be used ex-
clusively in aid of the public schools
of the parish in which such tax shall
have been collected; which tax Is here
by imposed on every male resident of
this State. between the ages of twenty
one and sixty years. Poll taxes shall be
q lien only upon assessed property, and
no process shall issue to enforce the
collection of the same except against
assessed property.
shall. before being allowed to vote. ex-
hibit to the Commissioners of Election
his poll tax receipts for two years.
issued on the official form. or duplicate
tn ereon. In the event of loss. or proof
of payment of such poll taxes may be
made by certificate of the tax col
lector which shall be sent to the Com
mfssioners of the several voting pre-
cincts showing list OF those who have
paid said two years poll taxes as above
provided. and the dates of payment. Ii
is hereby declared to be forgery, and
punishable as such. for any tax col
iector or other person, to antedate, or
alter. poll tax receipt. Any person !
who shall pay the poll tax of another
or advance him money for that pur- /
shall be guilty OF bribery and punished (
The provisions of this /
arneie as TO the payment of poll taxes
snali not apply 10 persons VINO are dear
ana DUMP. or blind, nor to persons un-
der twenty-three years of age who have I
pi|u ali pom taxes assessed against
them; nor TO persons In the military
service of the State or of the United
states during time of war: nor to
persons who entered the military serv-
Ice, as Aforesaid, after the first of JAN
uary. 1915. and who have since been
1onorably discharged. provided that
such persons shall pay all poll taxes
assessed against them after said dis
,harge; provided. that any person In
ne mlntary or naval service of the
Jnlteo states, shall. during the war,
Vlthout either registration or the pay
9ent OF Doll taxes. be permitted to vote