It is this article against which complaint is leveled. because it is said it discriminates against the negro. A like provision is contained in a proposed amendment to the constitution of North Carolina. which is the occasion of the resolution offered by the Senator from that State. Section 5 is as follows: No male person who was on January 1. 1867. or at any date prior thereto. entitled to vote under the constitution or statutes of any State of the United States wherein he then resided. and no son or grandson of such person not less than 21 years of age at the date of adoption of this constitution. and no male person of foreign birth who was naturalized prior to the 1st day of January. 898. shall be denied the right to register and vote in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational or property qualifications prescribed by this constitution: Provided. He shall have reside in this State for five years next preceding the date at which he shall apply for registration. and shall have registered in accordance with the terms of this artile prior to September 1.1898. and no person shall be entitled to register under this section after said date. The inclusion of this class does not exclude the negro from voting.
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