The Semi-weekly leader., 1920-02-04
.BALKS AT CLAUSE
FOR ENFORCEMENT
Senate Committee Chairman
Has Motion on Suffrage
Amendment.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 31.-When the
federal suffrage amendment is called
up for passage in the Mississippi Sen
ate next Wednesday Chairman H. A.
Minor of the committee on constitu-
tion said today he will move that the
original preamble be stricken out,
and the amendment adopted upon
condition that the clause giving Con-
gress the power to enforce the article
by appropriate legislation be disap-
proved and rejected.
SUFFRAGE BILL PRESENTED.
Senator Wood of Harrison county
has presented a bill which is believ-
ed likely to pass providing women
may vote in primaries. 1t is as fol-
loWS:-
An act to enable women to vote in
primary elections; defining qualitica-
tion required; specifying who are e.
ligible; making the payment of poll
tax of two dollars a prerequisite to
women voting; providing for separ-
ate registration and poll books for
women voters; describing kind Of
books, who shall provide and keep
registration and poll books and how
and for what purpose they are to
be kept and used; prescribed penal
ties for violation by women voters
of Certain mentioned sections of the
code which are now a part of the
present election laws of the state of
Mississippi.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Mississip-
pi, That in addition to the persons
who are now eligible to vote in the
primary elections in this state, that
after all female persons, residents of
the state of Mississippi, of the age
of twenty-one years and upwards
who possess all the qualifications
now required of male persons in sec
ton Abb and all the requirements
of section 3717 of the Code of Missis-
sippi, 1906, except that it shall not
be necessary that such female persons
be qualified to vote in a general E.
lection are eligible and may vote in
any and all primary elections held in
the state of Mississippi, provided,
however, that no female person may
vote who has not first paid a poll
tax of two dollars each year as is
now required of all male persons
voting. The female persons mention
ed herein may vote in all primary
elections for the year 1920 without
the previous payment of the poll tax
Section 2. That all female persons
voting or attempting to vote in any
primary election held in this state
shall be subject to all of the provis-
ions and penalties of sections 3719
1920 and 1928 of the code of Mis-
3issippi of. 1905 and subject to the
requirements of sections Ais, 4119|
and all other sections of chapter III
and 119 of the code of Mississippi
of 1906, which are not in conflict
with any of the provisions of this
act.
Section 3. That separate registra-
ton and poll books, exact duplicates
ds to form, oath, etc., etc., of those
now in use shall be provided for the
registration and voting of all female
persons intending to vote, and that
such books be furnished, kept and
used in same manner and by same
persons and for same purposes as
those now kept and used for male
persons voting in primary elections.
Section 4. That this act shall not
be held or construed to repeal any
of the provisions of chaper Ill and
chapter 119 of the Code of Mississip-
pi of 1906 or amendments thereto,
but is supplement act to chapter
Ill of said code.
Section s. That the intention of
this act is to enable women to vote
IN primary elections, therefore all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this act or any part thereof
shall in no way interfere with any
Of the provisions of this act.
Section 6. That this act take ef-
feet and be in force from and after
its passage.