 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
 | 1903 - 648 páginas
...( i ) be able to read any section of the constitution of the State or, if he cannot read, then (2) "be able to understand the same when read to him or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." This is the so-called understanding clause. The statutes passed in amplification of these constitutional... | |
 | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ). National committee, 1904-1908 - 1904 - 642 páginas
...after the flrst day of January, 1892, every elector shall, In addition to the foregoing qualifications, be able to read any section of the Constitution of...him, or give a reasonable Interpretation thereof. * * • LoulHlona. "Section 3. He (the voter) shall be able to read and write, and shall demonstrate... | |
 | 1905 - 736 páginas
...the foregoing: Every qualified elector shall 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." As no general election of the principal state officers was provided for until November, 1895, an ordinance... | |
 | American Political Science Association. Annual Meeting - 1906 - 246 páginas
...may be a substitute for reading and writing; and in Mississippi it is provided that the voter must " be able to read any section of the constitution of...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof." (6) This so-called " understanding clause " is very curiously applied in South Carolina and Virginia,... | |
 | John Goode - 1906 - 284 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... | |
 | John Goode - 1906 - 282 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... | |
 | Dunbar Rowland - 1907 - 1030 páginas
...payer for the two preceding years, and able to read any section of the constitution of this State, or able to understand the same when read to him or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. Registration is prohibited within four months of an election. The code of municipalities has made uniform... | |
 | Frederic Jesup Stimson - 1908 - 482 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...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. 1 In Louisiana " no male person who was in 1S67, or prior, entitled to vote under the Constitution... | |
 | Frederic Jesup Stimson - 1908 - 424 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 read to him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof.1 In Louisiana " no male person who was in 1867, or prior, entitled to vote under the Constitution... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - 1909 - 664 páginas
...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...him, or give a reasonable interpretation thereof. A new registration shall be made before the next ensuing election after January the first, AD, 1892.... | |
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