Clark v. Statesville.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by R. R. Clark against the City of Statesville, pending in the Superior Court of Iredell County, beard by Judge B. F. Long, at Chambers at Statesville, on the 7th day of October, 1905. . This action was brought to determine the validity of an election held in Statesville on the 15th day of August, 1905, under the provisions of chapter 375 of the Private Laws of 1905, at which election the question of issuing thirty thousand dollars of bonds for graded school, water,…
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AotioN by R. R. Clark against the City of Statesville, pending in the Superior Court of Iredell County, beard by Judge B. F. Long, at Chambers at Statesville, on the 7th day of October, 1905. . This action was brought to determine the validity of an election held in Statesville on the 15th day of August, 1905, under the provisions of chapter 375 of the Private Laws of 1905, at which election the question of issuing thirty thousand dollars of bonds for graded school, water, sewerage and electric light purposes was submitted to the qualified voters of said city. The only question in the case…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case: The decision of this case must turn upon the construction of article 6 of the Con stitution and especially of section 4 thereof, it being the one ;which prescribes a certain educational qualification for a .voter and the payment of his poll tax before he shall be entitled to vote, and provides for the registration of all who are entitled to vote without having successfully undergone the educational test therein required and for the making of a permanent record of such registration. It is now contended by the learned counsel for the plaintiff in this case,…
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