 | Julie Winch - 2003 - 532 pages
...having resided in the State two years next before the election, and within that time paid a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election."4s Was a "freeman" the same as a "free man," a man who was not a slave? Some contended that... | |
 | Texas - 2004 - 3278 pages
...congress, and shall perform such other duties as shall be enjoined on him bv law. AimCLE IV. SEC. 1. Every free white male citizen of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, and being an inhabitant of the county or district, shall be entitled to vote for member of... | |
 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - 2005 - 1436 pages
...having resided in the state two years next before the election, and within that time paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector," 1 " The remarks which I have made on this subject place, in a clear and striking... | |
 | 1819 - 578 pages
...having resided in the state two years next before the election, and within that time paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector.':): In relation to eligibility to office, the constitution is equally general... | |
 | 1873 - 870 pages
...Government arose during the canvass, owing to the peculiarity of the Delaware election laws. The payment of a county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election, is one of the qualifications of an elector, find under this many negroes in Newcastle County were deprived... | |
 | 1872 - 224 pages
...the State two years next before the election, and within that time paid a State or county tax, and which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector." Two things are noticeable here— first, that the term "freeman" is not defined,... | |
 | Charles Kettleborough - 1916 - 790 pages
...Resolved, That the Committee on the Practice of Law and Law Reform, be instructed to report a section, that every free white male citizen of the age of twenty-one years, and of good moral character, shall be permitted to practice law in any and all the courts of this State,... | |
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In elections by the citizens, every freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the state two years next before the election, and within that time paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the... 
