- Collection:
- Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas
- Title:
- Arkansas Civil Rights Legislation
- Publisher:
- Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries
- Date of Original:
- 1873-01-23
- Subject:
- African Americans--Arkansas
Civil rights--Arkansas
Race discrimination--Arkansas
Segregation--Arkansas - Location:
- United States, Arkansas, 34.75037, -92.50044
- Medium:
- legislation (declaration of laws)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Arkansas Civil Rights Amendment approved January 23, 1873.
Civil Rights -- Voter Registration -- African-Americans -- Blacks -- Reconstruction -- Little Rock
Peyatte precinct, Round Hill school- home. Plant precinct, Esquire Lander’s. Cypress precinct, Esquire Munn’s. Bayou Meto precinct, Joel Joiner’s. Mineral precinct, John Horton’s. Maumelle precinct, James Garibaldi’s. Owen precinct, Laz, Wilson’s. Fourche precinct, James’ school-house. Big Rock precinct, state-house. Campbell precinct, Christian church. Union precinct, Esquire Mitchell’s Badgett precinct, Good Hope church. CITI OF LITTLE ROCK First ward, old market-house. Second ward, Sherman school-house. Third ward, Sons of Ham hall. Fourth ward, old Circuit court-room. W.S. OLIVER Sheriff of Pulaski county, Ark. __________ SENATOR HODGES’ REGISTRATION BILL Below we publish the registration bill of Senator Hodges, now pending in the senate. In the main the provisions are god. It would be a great improvement over the present law: AN ACT to provide for the registration of the legal voters in the state of Arkansas. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc. That the county clerk of each county in the state shall have exclusive authority to register the legal voters of his county, have sole custody of the registration made by him, as hereinafter provided, and, by virtue of his office as such clerk, be the registrar of his county. Section 2. That the county clerk of each county in the state, for the purpose of such registration, shall provide a well- bound book, to be kept in the office of the county clerk and ex-officio registrar, under this act, in which he shall transcribe all the names of voters in his county duly registered by the qualified registrars of election for said county in the year 1872, in the registration books of said county on file in the office of said clerk. Section 3. It shall be the duty of the said county clerk and ex-officio registrar to make registration of voters by enrolling the name or names of qualified voters ap- plying for registration in his county at any and all times during the usual busi- ness hours, whenever requested by said voter or voters, in a well-bound book, kept for the purpose of such registration in the office of said clerk and ex-officio registrar, specifying the township of said county in which each voter resides; pro- vided, that each applicant for registration will first take and subscribe the oath pre- scribed by law. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/Civilrights/id/799
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/iiif/2/Civilrights:799/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
- Original Collection:
- Arkansas Gazette
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Libraries
- Rights:
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