 | New Jersey - Law - 1874 - 1414 pages
...members of the legislature. who en- 6. And be it enacted, That every male citizen of the Univote? to ted States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of this state one year, and of the county in which he claims his vote, five months next before the election,... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1833 - 710 pages
...and House of Bepresentativet of the United States of America in Congrets assembled, That every free white male citizen of the United States of the age of twentyone years, who shall have resided in the Territory of Arkansas for the term of six months next preceding any general... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - United States - 1839 - 934 pages
...one of the two candidates who have the greatest number of votes. Right of suffrage is possessed by every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the county in which he offers to vote one year next preceding the election, and' who,... | |
 | New Jersey - Session laws - 1842 - 1396 pages
...not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people. ARTICLE II. RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. 1. Every white male citizen of the United States, of...twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of this state one year, and of the county in which he claims his vote five monihs, next before the election,... | |
 | Frances Harriet Green - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1844 - 362 pages
...impair or deny others retained by the people. ARTICLE II. OF ELECTORS AND THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. 1. Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in this State for one year, and in any town, city, or district of the same for six months,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1844 - 574 pages
...Constitution," the elective franchise was a little more restricted. The right of voting was given to " every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twentyone years, who has resided in this State for one year, and in the town where he votes six months." With the exception... | |
 | 1845 - 396 pages
...appointed annually by the Senate and General Assembly in joint meeting. THE RIQHT OP SUFFRAGE Is enjoyed by every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the State one year, and in the county where he claims his vote, five months next before... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1845 - 404 pages
...appointed annually by the Senate and General Assembly in joint meeting. THE RIGHT OP SUFFRAGE Is enjoyed by every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the State one year, and in the county where he claims his vote, five months next before... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...not be construed to impair or deny others retained by the people. ARTICLE II. RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. I. Every white male citizen of the United States, of...twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of this state one year, and of the county in which he claims his vote five months, next before the election,... | |
 | Francis Wyse - United States - 1846 - 482 pages
...of the two candidates who have the greatest number of votes. The right of suffrage is possessed by every white male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the county in which he offers to vote one year next preceding the election, and who,... | |
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May, 1848, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State six months next preceding the election, and the county or district in which he claims his vote thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections... 
