Bishop v. Sherburne

Citations

• 122 La. 429
• 47 So. 759
• 1908 La. LEXIS 476

Syllabus

<p>1. Elections (§ 98*) — Registration oe Voters — Persons Entitled to Register.</p> <p>Hie test required, by article 197, § 3, of the Constitution, and Act No. 98, p. 148, of 1908, to be applied to applicants for registration, is not intended as a mere formality, but is the result of the most serious and protracted deliberation in the convention by which the Constitution was adopted, and must be literally complied with.. The applicant must not only demonstrate his ability to read and write, but, he must do so by reading, and filling the blanks in, the particular form of application prescribed, the doing of which requires, not only the ability to read and write, but sufficient intelligence to enable the applicant to compute the number of years, months, and days of his life.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Elections, Dee. Dig. § 98.*]</p> <p>On Application for Rehearing.</p> <p>2. Elections (§ 107*) — Application to Compel Registration — Costs.</p> <p>Applications to compel registration of qualified voters or to purge the registration rolls of names illegally placed thereon are without costs both in 'the court below and on appeal. Const, art. 201; Act No. 199, p. 461, of 1S98, §§ 18, 19; Ballard v. Puleston, 113 La. 235, 36 South. 951.</p> <p>[Ed, Note.’ — For other cases, see Elections, Dec. Dig. § 107.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>