Section 20. "After the first day of January, nineteen hundred

and four, every male citizen of the United States, having the

qualifications of age and residence required in section

Eighteen, shall be entitled to register, provided:

"First. That he has personally paid to the proper officer all

state poll taxes assessed or assessable against him, under this

or the former Constitution, for the three years next preceding

that in which he offers to register;

"Second. That, unless physically unable, he make application to

register in his own hand-writing, without aid, suggestion or

memorandum, in the presence of the registration officers,

stating therein his name, age, date and place of birth,

residence and occupation at the time and for the two years next

preceding, and whether he has previously voted, and, if so, the

state, county and precinct in which he voted last; and,

"Third. That he answer on oath any and all questions affecting

his qualifications as an elector, submitted to him by the

officers of registration, which questions, and his answers

thereto, shall be reduced to writing, certified by the said

officers, and preserved as a part of their official records."

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