 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 - Página 62de United States Commission on Civil Rights - 1959Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1899 - 828 páginas
...•white voter. It says that every elector t shall be able to read any section of this constitution, or he shall be able to understand the same when read...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." It is this clause which the Supreme Court declared valid. It is easy to see how this clause can be... | |
 | 1900 - 858 páginas
...Constitution provides "that every elector shall be able to read any section of the constitution, or shall be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." The decision of the Supreme Court, affirming the validity of this clause, declares that a State can... | |
 | Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer - 1900 - 452 páginas
...within the State must hereafter " be able to read any section " of the Constitution of Mississippi, or " be able to understand the same when read to him or give a reasonable interpretation thereof " " This was, ostensibly and in fact, a method of disfranchising a large body of citizens who had been... | |
 | American Academy of Political and Social Science - 1900 - 552 páginas
...other qualifications, should be " able to read any section of the constitution of this state, or ... to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. ' ll The payment of a poll tax is coupled with this provision. It is impossible to gauge with accuracy... | |
 | Virginia. Constitutional Convention - 1901 - 1232 páginas
...in addition to the foregoing qualifications, be able to read any section of the Constitution of the State or he shall be able to understand the same when...to him or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. The validity of that Constitution has been sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States in the... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 664 páginas
...receipt, of age and residence, "shall be able to read any section of the constitution of this state, or shall be able to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." * The election officer who should decide on the reasonableness of the interpretation was to be appointed... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901 - 668 páginas
...had paid a poll-tax, and who were able to read any section of the state constitution, or who should be able "to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." The provision threw the control of the elections into the hands of the election officers, and thus... | |
 | Jacob Neff Brenaman - 1902 - 234 páginas
...in addition to the foregoing qualifications, be able to read any section of the Constitution of the State, or he shall be able to understand the same...to him or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. The validity of that Constitution has been sustained by the Supreme Court of the United States in the... | |
 | Mississippi Historical Society - 1902 - 596 páginas
...qualification of the suffrage is that the voter must "be able to read any section of the Constitution of the State; or he shall be able to understand the same...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." The poll tax cannot be collected out of any property which is itself excepted from taxation. In connection... | |
 | 1902 - 894 páginas
...other qualifications, should be ' able to read any section of the Constitution of this State, or ... to understand the same when read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof.' (Article XII, section 244, Constitution of Mississippi.) The payment of a poll-tax is also required.... | |
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