On and after the first day of January, AD, 1892, every elector shall, in addition to the foregoing qualifications, be able to read any section of the constitution of this State; or he shall be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable... Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights - Seite 62von United States Commission on Civil Rights - 1959Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| United States. Bureau of Education - 1895 - 982 Seiten
...foregoing qualification, be able to read any section of the Constitution of this State; or he shall bo able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. CONSTITUTION OK KKNTUCKY, APRIL 11, 1891.' SEC. 62. The General Assembly shall not pass local or special... | |
| J. Morrison-Fuller, Walter C. Rose - 1890 - 526 Seiten
...recommendation of the Franchise Committee : " Every voter [otherwise qualified] shall be able to read a section of the Constitution of this State, or he shall...him, or give a reasonable Interpretation thereof." MH De Young, proprietor of the San. Francisco Chronicle, and member of the Columbian Exposition, is... | |
| 1890 - 868 Seiten
...years and must, in addition, "be able to read any section in the constitution of this state, or ... be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." A poll tax of two dollars is imposed by the constitution, which may be increased for county purposes... | |
| Mississippi. Constitutional Convention - 1890 - 762 Seiten
...the vote whereby the following words in the 5th Section of the Article on Franchise was adopted, viz: "Or he shall be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reason able interpretation thereof." The point of order was raised that the rule' recently adopted... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1891 - 776 Seiten
...schools) upon all male inhabitants. Section 244 enacts as follows : " Every elector shall, in addition, be able to read any section of the constitution of...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." This curious provision might, no doubt, be so administered by a perfectly upright and impartial authority... | |
| George Frisbie Hoar - 1891 - 52 Seiten
...ordinary qualifications of residence and age. Every qualified elector shall be able to rea 1 any portion of the constitution -of this State, or he shall be...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. A new registration shall be made before the next ensuing election after these qualifications are established.... | |
| Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1891 - 504 Seiten
...specified qualifications, the ability to read any section of the constitution of the State, or ability to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. 708. Registration. — To prevent fraudulent voting and secure honest elections, a majority of the... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1897 - 792 Seiten
...that the person applying to be registered " shall be able to read any section of the Constitution or be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof" (Const, of 1890). 1 Certain terms of residence within the United States, in the particular State, and... | |
| 1894 - 826 Seiten
...the first day of January, AD 1892, every elector shall, in addition to the foregoing qualifications, be able to read any section of the constitution of...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. There was but one negro in the convention. This was Isaiah Thornton Montgomery, of Bolivar County.... | |
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