Chapter VII: Section 4: "Every person presenting himself for registration

shall be able to read and write any section of the constitution
in the English language; and, before he shall be entitled to
vote, he shall have paid, on or before the 1st day of May of the
year in which he proposes to vote, his poll tax for the previous
year as prescribed by Article V, section 1, of the constitution.
But no male person who was, on January 1, 1867, or at any time
prior thereto, entitled to vote under the laws of any state in
the United States wherein he then resided, and no lineal
descendant of any such person, shall be denied the right to
register and vote at any election in this State by reason of his
failure to possess the educational qualification herein
prescribed, provided he shall have registered in accordance with
the terms of this section prior to December, 1908.

"The general assembly shall provide for the registration of all
persons entitled to vote without the educational qualifications
herein prescribed, and shall, on or before November 1, 1908,
provide for the making of a permanent record of such
registration, and all persons so registered shall forever
thereafter have the right to vote in all elections by the people
in this State, unless disqualified under section 2 of this
article: _Provided_, Such person shall have paid his poll tax as
above required."

(5) ALABAMA (in effect Nov. 28th, 1901.) entitled to register:--

These sections of the Alabama constitution were before the Supreme Court in the case of _Giles v. Harris_, (189 U. S. 475,) and the general plan of voting and registration was summarized by Mr. Justice Holmes, delivering the opinion of the court as follows:

"By section 178 of article 8, to entitle a person to vote he
must have resided in the State at least two years, in the county
one year and in the precinct or ward three months, immediately
preceding the election; have paid his poll tax, and have been
duly registered as an elector. By section 182, idiots, insane
persons and those convicted of certain crimes are disqualified.
Subject to the foregoing, by section 180, before 1903 the
following male citizens of the State, who are citizens of the
United States, were entitled to register, viz: First. All who
had served honorably in the enumerated wars of the United
States, including those on either side of the 'war between the
States.' Second. All lawful descendants of persons who served
honorably in the enumerated wars or in the war of the
Revolution. Third. 'All persons who are of good character and
who understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a
republican form of government.' By section 181 after January 1,
1903, only the following persons are entitled to register:
First. Those who can read and write any article of the
Constitution of the United States in the English language, and
who either are physically unable to work or have been regularly
engaged in some lawful business for the greater part of the last
twelve months, and those who are unable to read and write solely
because physically disabled. Second. Owners or husbands of
owners of forty acres of land in the State, upon which they
reside, and owners or husbands of owners of real or personal
estate in the State assessed for taxation at three hundred
dollars or more [...] [By section] 183, only persons qualified
as electors can take part in any method of party action. By
section 184, persons not registered are disqualified from
voting. By section 185, an elector whose vote is challenged
shall be required to swear that the matter of the challenge is
untrue before his vote shall be received. By Section 186, the
legislature is to provide for registration after January 1,
1903, the qualifications and oaths of the registrars are
prescribed, the duties of the registrars before that date are
laid down, and an appeal is given to the county court and
Supreme Court if registration is denied. There are further
executive details in section 187, together with the
above-mentioned continuance of the effect of registration before
January 1, 1903. By section 188, after the last-mentioned date
applicants for registration may be examined under oath as to
where they have lived for the last five years, the names by
which they have been known, and the names of their employers."

(6) VIRGINIA. (in effect July 10th, 1902.)

Article II, Section 18. "Every male citizen of the United
States, twenty-one years of age, who has been a resident of the
State two years, of the county, city or town one year, and of
the precinct in which he offers to vote, thirty days, next
preceding the election in which he offers to vote, has been
registered, and has paid his state poll taxes, as hereinafter
required, shall be entitled to vote for members of the General
Assembly and all officers elected by the people; but removal
from one precinct to another, in the same county, city or town
shall not deprive any person of his right to vote in the
precinct from which he has moved, until the expiration of thirty
days after such removal."