No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office 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... Immigration Into Massachusetts, 1820-1900 - Página 48de Helen Turvill - 1906 - 226 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - 1915 - 396 páginas
...till'after the establishment of the statutory rule under consideration. This amendment provides that no person shall have the 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. A signature... | |
| Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives - 1856 - 1442 páginas
...ratification, in order that it may hecome part of the Constitution of this Commonwealth. Article of Amendment. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible...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... | |
| Massachusetts - 1857 - 518 páginas
...submitted to the people for their ratification and adoption. FIRST ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT. NO person who No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to wXot.hSid*oto office under the Constitution of this Commonwealth, who or how office. shall not be able... | |
| JEREMIAH SPOFFORD, M.D. - 1860 - 390 páginas
...by the people of the several districts, for such term of office as the legislature shall prescribe. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible...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... | |
| Massachusetts - 1860 - 1158 páginas
...people of the several districts, for such term of office as the legislature shall prescribe. ART. XX. ng the time of its sitting, shall threaten harm to...members, for any thing said or done in the house ; read the constitution in the English language, and write his name : provided, however, that the provisions... | |
| Massachusetts - 1862 - 448 páginas
...several districts, for such term of office as the legislature shall prescribe. K«°ding consti- ART. XX. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible...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... | |
| Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 páginas
...citizen, of twenty-one years of age and upwards, is a voter. The organic law, however, declares, that "no person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible...constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitu- . tion in the English language, and write his name." The state is divided into judicial... | |
| 1865 - 594 páginas
...the Constitution of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, is found the following provision : Art 20. — No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible...constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be gble to read the Constitution in the English language, and write his name ; provided however, that... | |
| 1867 - 854 páginas
...was ratified by the people of Massachusetts in 1357. as an amendment to the Constitution. Акт. XX. No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible...constitution of this Commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language and write his name : prooided, however, that the provisions... | |
| Vermont - 1867 - 886 páginas
...Constitution of the State ol Massachusetts, as recently revised, it is provided that : — Акт. 20. — No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible...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... | |
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