The Political Status of Women in the United States: A Digest of the Laws Concerning Women in the Various States and TerritoriesG. P. Putnam's sons, 1911 - 164 pages |
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account of sex age of twenty-one Amendment appointed by governor attorney attorney at law Attorney-General Board of Education bonds cations city or town civil Class Cities clerk Commissioner Conference of Governors Const Constitution construing county officers county superintendent Court disqualified elec elected or appointed entitled to vote freeholders HARRIOT STANTON BLATCH hold any office hold office Jurors legal voters legislature Lieutenant-Governor male citizen male person municipal suffrage notary public OFFICE-HOLDING.-Women hold petition poll tax possessing the qualifications public instruction Qualifications for particular qualified electors qualified to vote qualified voters question registered right to vote school district school election school officers school suffrage school tax school trustees Senators sheriff special suffrage SPECIAL SUFFRAGE.-Women Stat Statutes Superintendent of Public superintendent of schools supra taxpayers taxpaying territory tion township treasurer United village vote for school woman women may vote Women's Political Union
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Page 101 - ... shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 160 - Indian descent not members of any tribe ; provided, that the legislature may at any time extend by law the right of suffrage to persons not herein enumerated ; but no such law shall be in force until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the people at a general election and approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election...
Page 30 - Every person having resided in this State one year, in the county ninety days, and in the election district thirty days next preceding any election therein, who was an elector in this State on the first day of April, in the year of our Lord...
Page 145 - The rights of citizens of the State of Wyoming to vote and hold office shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex. Both male and female citizens of this State shall equally enjoy all civil, political and religious rights and privileges.
Page 33 - No person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this State, civil or military, who is not a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have resided in this State one year next preceding the election or appointment.
Page 105 - No person shall be capable of holding a civil office who shall not. at the time...
Page 5 - ... shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office at all subsequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the Legislative Assembly: Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Page 85 - County in which he offers to vote, sixty days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote for all officers that are now, or hereafter may be, elected by the people...
Page 17 - The Supreme Court shall consist of four justices, to be chosen in districts by the electors thereof, who shall be citizens of the United States, and who shall have resided in the State at least three years next preceding their election, and after their election, to reside in their respective districts.
Page 30 - Lord 1870, or who shall be a male citizen of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, shall be entitled to vote at such election.