 | New York (State) Constitutional Convention (1894) - 1900 - 1218 páginas
...from the first 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 - 748 páginas
...ratified in 1857, which provided that "No person shall have a right to vote or be eligible to office * * * who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name." 250 JOHNSON'S VETO. cise of power, and an indication of the purpose of Congress to compel the acceptance... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 760 páginas
...the 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... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1901 - 1228 páginas
...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... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1902 - 776 páginas
...173. 117 Mass . 602, 603. 121 M ;i- « . 85. ART. -XX. No Person shall have the right to vote, or De eligible to office under the constitution of this...that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply fa any person prevented by a physical disability from comP^nS with its requisitions, nor to any person... | |
 | William MacDonald - 1902 - 292 páginas
...military officers shall be commissioned by the governor. ARTICLE XXIX" EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS No person shall have the right to vote or be eligible to office under the Constitution of this state, who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name; provided,... | |
 | California. Commission for Revision and Reform of the Law - 1902 - 422 páginas
...no person 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 privilege of an elector; provided, that the provisions of this section relative... | |
 | William MacDonald - 1902 - 290 páginas
...commissioned by (See Art. vii, the governor. § 3-) ARTICLE XXIX' EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS No person shall have the right to vote or be eligible to office Elector must under the Constitution of this state, who shall not be able to read be able to the Constitution... | |
 | New Hampshire. Constitutional Convention - 1903 - 1108 páginas
...the state, having the proper qualifications, has equal right to elect and be elected into office; but no person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of this state, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and to write, provided,... | |
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English language, and write his name : provided, hoicever, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the... 
