The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-09-01

lqualified according to law in sucl
county be deemed qualified electo
at all elections under the constitution
Naturalized citizens of the United
States, at the time of and before reg
fstration, shall produce to the regis
tration officer their certificates O.
naturalization or duly certified copies
thereof. and shall make oath that they
are the identical persons named ii
such certificate, before they shall b.
allowed to register; Provided that the
following classes of persons shall moi
be entitled to vote:
First-Persons not fully registered
according to law.
Second--Persons under guardian
ship, including those kept in or con-
fined in any public prison.
Third-Persons who are insane or
iGiotic.
Fourth-Persons who may have
been convicted Of felony by any court
of record.
Fifth-Persons who may have been
convicted of bribery, perjury or lar
ceny, or Of any infamous crimes in
any court of this state, or any other
State, or interested in any bet or
wager the result of which Shall de,
pend upon an election, or that shall
hereafter fight duel, or Send, know
iagly carry or accept a challenge to
fight, or that shall be a second to
either party, or that shall be the bear
er of such challenge or acceptance
tut the legal disability shall not ac-
cfue until after trial and conviction
by the due form Of law.
Sixth-No person shall be permit.
ted to vote at an election who shall
nave failed to pay, at least on or be-
fore the Second Saturday in the month
preceding the day Of such election,
his poll taxes for the two years next
preceding the year in which such
election Shall be held; Provided, Tha,
no person shall be prevented from
voting on account of not having so
paid a poll tax for any year which
shall not have been lawfully assess
ably against him by reason of his no.
having been Of age, etc., ETC., etc.
Sixth Disqualification
In connection with this law it is
interesting to note that lawyers have
pointed out that as the poll tax was
lot lawfully assessable' previously,
gainst the women, that women can
egister and vote in the November
Lection without paying poll taxes
Registering Elsewhere
While the supervisor of registra.
on in Duval county, Frank M. Iron. i
longer is awaiting official notifica
on from the secretary to enable him
begin the registration of women
ere' women are registering in Ala
ANA, and several other states, while
georgia there is a legal question
TO whether or not they can vote
account of the provision in their
ate laws requiring registration six
onths prior to the election
The books are now open for regis
alton of men three days a week in
9 office of the registration Office
the court house, and beginning on
e hrst Monday in September the :
d. the books will be placed in the
rious precincts of the city and the a
unity for the convenience of those {,
string to register, the places for n
to be open at least two y
Us week from 9 a. m. to - a
JOCK noon and from to 7 n m Il
eli the second Saturday in tho .
nun preceding the day in each vaar :
winch there is any general cleo .,
H. that is Oct. this year. I,
Due notice of plans for opening
books in the precincts will ha :
dc within a few days, and it is -
liable that they will be kent omen E
re than two weeks, to enable moro III
men to be registered during Tho III
nth. ' III