The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-05-15
STATE ELECTION SATURDAyMAY a
FOUR PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO BE
VOTED ON SATURDAY, MAY 24TH
THE PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE THESE THEIR ATTENTION
Means Much the Future Of the State and There Much
portance Attached to the Four Amendments Submitted
Be Sure You Vote

under this section shall never be tax
ed; and providing that the Legisla-
ture shall have authority to provide
method Of securing any deferred
payments for lands purchased here
under, and that such obligations shall
be secured in addition to the usual
liens by an annual assessment col
lected as tax against the land; and
providing that the Legislature shall
have no power to relieve any person
from any obligation entered into un-
der this provision or any statute en-
acted hereunder; and providing for
the classification of lands acquired
under this Act, and limiting acreage
sold to any one person where lands
are classed as agricultural
Amendment Providing for Equal
Suffrage.
Proposing to amend Section 2, Ar
ticle 9, Of the Constitution of the
State Of Texas so that il shall here
after. IN substance. provide that every
person, male or female. subject to no
constitutional disqualifications who
shall have attained the age Of twenty
one years. and who shall be a citizen
Of the United States, and who shall
reside in this State one year next
preceding an election and the last six
months within the district or county
in which he offers to vote. shall be
deemed qualified elector; provided
electors shall vote in the election pre-
cinct Of their residence; declaring
that the electors living in any unor-
ganized county may vote at any cleo
tion precinct in the county to which
such county is attached for judicial
purposes; providing that any voter
who is subject TO pay poll tax un-
der the laws of the State Of Texas
shall have paid said tax before he or
she shall offer to vote at any election
in this State and hold a receipt show
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the first day of February next pre-
ceding such election; declaring that
if said voter shall have lost or mis-
placed such tax receipt, he or she
shall be entitled to vote, upon maxi
ing affidavit that such tax receipt
has been lost, which affidavit must
be in writing and left with the judge
OF the election And declaring that
all laws now on the statutes relating
to qualified voters and governing and
regulating elections shall apply to
male and female voters alike. and
all laws relating to elections shall re-
main in full force and effect until
changed or modified by the Legisla-
ture, and declaring that this amend
ment to the Constitution shall be self
enatcing.
Amendment to Increase Governor,
Salary.
resolution to amend Section 5 of
Article ~ Of the Constitution Of the
State of Texas. as follows: Strike out
the words -Four Thousands" found
in the third line Of Section 3, and in
sert in lieu thereof the words Ten
Thousand" and adding after the
word furniture" the words. ''and
this clause shall be self-enacting,v
and making an appropriation to pay
necessary expenses hereof.
So far as we are concerned, we
shall support all Of the amendments,
and especially are we interested in
the prohibition amendment 1t is
one Of the most important just at
this time, even with the Importance
Of woman suffrage and the import
ance Of raising the chief executives
salary. the matter Of keeping Texas
dry is Of great Importance. The liq-
uor dealers are making great efforts
to defeat the amendment with the
hopes Of getting the different rulings
OF courts tied up In a way that they
will be able 10 operate their saloons
for awhile. Let's vote statutory pro-
hibition before the xone law aud the
national laws can become tangled up.
and head off this evil.