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* Australian Ballot law or a modification of it in force. tOr a person unable to read the Constitution in 

 English and to write his name, t Indian must have severed tribal relations. One year's residence in the United 

 States prior to election required, (a) Or citizens of Mexico who shall have elected to become citizens under the 

 treaties of 1848 and 1854. (b) Women can vote in school elections, (e) Clergymen are qualified after six months' 

 residence in precinct, (d) Also those under guardianship, public embezzlers, guilty of bribery, or dishonorably 

 discharged from the United States service, (e) Only actual residence required. (/) If unable to read and write, 

 as provided by the Constitution, then he shall be entitled to register and vote if he shall, at the time he offers to 

 register, be the bonafide owner of property assessed to him in the State at a valuation of not less than $300 on the 

 assessment roll of the current year in which he offers to register, or on the roll of the preceding 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, (g) Or persons non compos mentis, convicted of bribery or infamous crime, 

 until restored to right to vote, under guardianship, (ft) Except Pueblo Indians, if "acequia" officers, (i) 

 Women can i vote in school elections, (j) Owners of real estate, one year, (k) Actual residence in the precinct or 

 district required. (I) Who has paid six months before election any poll tax then due, and can read and writeany 

 section of the State Constitution, or can show that he owns ana has paid all taxes due the previous vear on 

 property in the State assessed at $300 or more, (m) Or convicted of bribery at election, embezzlement of public 

 funds, treason, felony, and petty larceny, duelists and abettors, unless pardoned by Legislature. 



