Chapter V: Section 3: "He (the voter) shall be able to read and write, and

shall demonstrate his ability to do so when he applies for
registration, by making, under oath administered by the
registration officer or his deputy, written application
therefor, in the English language, or his mother tongue, which
application shall contain the essential facts necessary to show
that he is entitled to register and vote, and shall be entirely
written, dated, and signed by him, in the presence of the
registration officer or his deputy, without assistance or
suggestion from any person or memorandum whatever, except the
form of application hereinafter set forth: _Provided, however,_
That if the applicant be unable to write his application in the
English language, he shall have the right, if he so demands, to
write the same in his mother tongue from the dictation of an
interpreter; and if the applicant is unable to write his
application by reason of physical disability, the same shall be
written at his dictation by the registration officer or his
deputy, upon his oath of such disability. The application for
registration, above provided for, shall be a copy of the
following form, with the proper names, dates, and numbers
substituted for the blanks appearing therein, to wit:

"I am a citizen of the State of Louisiana. My name is ----. I
was born in the State (or country) of ----, parish (or county)
of ----, on the ---- day of ----, in the year ----. I am now
---- years ---- months and ---- days of age. I have resided in
this State since ----, and am not disfranchised by any provision
of the constitution of this State."

Section 4. "If he be not able to read and write, provided by
section 3 of this article, then he shall be entitled to register
and vote if he shall, at the time he offers to register, be the
bona fide owner of property assessed to him in this State at a
valuation of not less than $300 on the assessment roll of the
current year, if the roll of the current year shall not then
have been completed and filed and on which, if such property be
personal only, all taxes due shall have been paid."