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" ... shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people... "
Laws of the State of New York - Page v
by New York (State) - 1823
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 1

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1837 - 812 pages
...the election, in the county where he may offer hi« vote, shall be entitled to vote in the township or ward where he actually resides, and not elsewhere,...for all officers that now are, or hereafter may be, made elective by the people. Mr. MAGEE, of Perry, submitted the. following resolution, which was ordered...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 9

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 454 pages
...shall have performed the labor, or paid an equivalent therefor, according to law ; shall be entitled to vote in the town or ward where he actually resides and not elsewhere, for all offices that now are, or hereafter may be elective by the people; but no man of colour, unless he should...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 5

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1838 - 696 pages
...constitution the words " persons of colour" are used. The first section of the second article is SB follows : "No man of colour, unless he shall have been for three years a citizen iof this state, and for one year next preceding any election, shall be iseized and possessed of a freehold...
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"The Northern Man with Southern Principles": And "the Southern Man with ...

Republican Committee of 76 - 1840 - 52 pages
...shall have performed the labor, or paid an equivalent therefor, according to law, shall be entitled to vote in the town or ward where he actually resides,...now are or hereafter may be elective by the people. " Mr. VAN BUREN said, that as the vote he should now give, on what was called the highway qualification,...
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Report of the Select Committee [on] the Memorial of the Democratic Members ...

Edmund Burke - 1841 - 1092 pages
...shall have performed the labor, or paid an equivalent therefor, according to law, shall be entitled to vote in the town or ward where he actually resides,...hereafter may be, elective by the people. But no man of color, unless he shall have been for three years a citizen of this State, and for one year next preceding...
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The True Republican: Containing the Inaugural Addresses, Together with the ...

Presidents - 1841 - 460 pages
...shall have performed the labor, or paid an equivalent therefor, according to law ; shall be entitled 1o vote in the town or ward where he actually resides,...hereafter may be, elective by the people ; but no man of color, unless he shall have been for three years a citizen of this State, and for one year next preceding...
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The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - Readers - 1841 - 316 pages
...have performed the labor, or paid an equivalent therefor, according to law; shall be entilled to vole in the town or ward where he actually resides, and...hereafter may be- elective by the people : but no man of color, unless he shall have been for three years a citizen of this state, and for one year next preceding...
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A Treatise on the Right of Suffrage: With an Appendix

Samuel Jones (of Stockbridge, Mass.) - Suffrage - 1842 - 336 pages
...shall have performed the labor, or paid an equivalent therefor according to law, shall be entitled to vote in the town or ward where he actually resides,...hereafter may be elective by the people.* But no man of color, unless he shall have been for three years a citizen of this State, and for one year next preceding...
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Laws of the State of New York, Volume 1

New York (State) - Law - 1842 - 488 pages
...election, and for the last six months a resident of the county where he may offer his vote, is entitled to vote in >.* the town or ward where he actually resides,...are, or hereafter may be, elective by the people. § 2. No man of color shall vote at any such election, unless ibid. he shall have been for three years...
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Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York for the Year ...

New York (State). Secretary's Office - New York (State) - 1842 - 266 pages
...resident of the county where he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote in the town or ward wbere he actually resides, and not elsewhere, for all officers...now are or hereafter may be elective by the people. [The following amendments were proposed in 1832, agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to...
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