 | California - 1895 - 192 pages
...hereafter convicted of the embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, and no person who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name, shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector in this State; provided, that the provisions of this... | |
 | California - 1895 - 532 pages
...hereafter convicted of the embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, and no person who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language and write his name, shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector in this state; provided, that the provisions of this... | |
 | California - 1895 - 310 pages
...hereafter convicted of the embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, and no person who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language, and write his or her name, shall ever exercise the privilege of an elector in this State; provided, that the provisions... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1896 - 522 pages
...of the Commonwealth, providing that "No person shall have the right to vote . . . who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name," is valid. Stone v. Smith, 133. The statute (section 22 of chapter 351 of the Acts of 1892) providing... | |
 | Massachusetts. General Court. Senate, Charles Theodore Russell - 1898 - 212 pages
...of the Commonwealth, providing that " No person shall have the right to vote . . . who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name," is valid. Stone v. Smith, 147. The statute (section 22 of chapter 351 of the Acts of 1892) providing... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1900 - 1418 pages
...section of the second article, as reported by the committee, the following words : " Who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language, and write his name." GIDEON J. TUCKER. August 8, 1894. Mr. Cochran — Mr. President, as it might appear from that report... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 760 pages
...amendments offered by Shellabarger and others;4 and, 1 To vote in Massachusetts the person must be able to "read the Constitution in the English language and write his name." Constitution, Article XX; amendment of 1857. In Rhode Island the voter was required to have paid a... | |
 | 1901 - 776 pages
...as the rest of its citizens are concerned. Its Constitution provides that no person who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name shall ever exercise the privileges of an elector in the State. Out of 544,000 males of twenty-one years... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1901 - 944 pages
...right to vote, or ^ee^S^'e *° °^ce under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his name : provided, however, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1901 - 1232 pages
...poll-tax. I would suggest an amount not exceeding one dollar and a half. The future voter is required to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name. I make quite a difference between the present voter and the future voter. One already has the right... | |
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Commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language and write his name : provided, however, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its... 
