REGENTS' examinations under the control of the University of the State of New York (office, Albany, N. Y.) will be held in 1902 at the following times and places: January 27-31 inclusive, at New York, and about 550 academies and high schools; 76 subjects. March 24-26 inclusive, at New York, and about 525 academies and high schools; 27 subjects. June 16-20 inclusive, at New York, and about 575 academies and high schools; all (76) subjects. Sept. 23-25 inclusive, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo; 24 subjects. Sept.examinations are for professional and technical students only. Morning session begins 9.15 A.M. Afternoon session begins 1.15 P.M. UNIVERSITY CREDENTIALS, Passcard-Any study. Preliminary (preacademic) certificate-Reading, writing, spelling, elementary English, arithmetic, geography. MEDICAL STUDENT CERTIFICATE-For matriculates prior to May 9, 1893, for any 20 counts, allowing 10 for the preliminaries, not including reading and writing; for matriculates prior to May 13, 1895, for arithmetic, elementary English, geography, spelling, United States history, English composition, and physics, or any 50 counts, allowing 14 for the preliminaries; for matriculates prior to January 1, 1896, for any 12 academic counts; for matriculates prior to January 1, 1897, for any 24 academic counts. But all matriculates after January 1, 1897, must secure 48 academic counts. LAW STUDENT CERTIFICATE-Advanced English, English composition, first year Latin, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, English history, United States history, civics, economics, or any 36 academic counts. The foregoing rule took effect January 1, 1895. All students who had begun their law course or clerkship before January 1, 1895, as shown by the law school or Court of Appeal records, may secure a certificate under the 1892 requirements, viz.: English composition, first year Latin, arithmetic, geometry, English and United States history, and civics, or any 30 counts including preliminaries. DENTAL STUDENT CERTIFICATE-Any 36 academic counts or their equivalents (for matriculates before January 1, 1905). VETERINARY STUDENT CERTIFICATE-Any 24 academic counts or their equivalents (for matriculates before January 1, 1905). ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES-All preliminaries and any 24, 36, 48, 60, etc., counts, if one-sixth of the first 24, 36, and 48 counts are in Euglish. First Year Certificate-No certificate is issued for 12 counts unless it includes the preliminaries and first year English (or English composition and 2 other English counts). The first year in any foreign language may be substituted for first year English in the first year certificate. There is no limit of time, but all credentials issued by the University are good till cancelled for cause. Studies necessary to obtain any credential may be passed at different examinations. Seventy-five per cent of correct answers is required in all subjects. Answer papers will be reviewed in the regents' office, and all papers below standard will be returned to the candidates. For those accepted passcards will be issued. Candidates not attending schools in which regents' examinations are held should send notice at least 10 days in advance, stating at what time and in what studies they wish to be examined, that required desk room may be provided at the most convenient place. Candidates who fail to send this advance notice can be admitted only so far as there are unoccupied seats. Professional Certificates Without Examinations-Candidates having credentials which can be accepted in place of examinations should send them to the high school department. MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. The regents shall admit to any examination any candidate who pays a fee of $25 and submits satisfactory evidence, verified by oath, if required, that he-1. Is more than twenty-one years of age; 2. Is of good moral character; 3. Has the general education required preliminary to receiving the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine in this State; 4. Has studied medicine not less than four full school years of at least nine months each, including four satisfactory courses of at least six months each in four different calendar years in a medical college registered as maintaining at the time a satisfactory standard. This requirement took effect January 1, 1898, and does not apply to students matriculated before that date who receive their degree before January 1, 1902, 5. Evidence that applicant has received the degree of bachelor or doctor of medicine from some registered medical school, or a diploma or license conferring full rights to practise medicine in some foreign country (original credentials). Examinations for license to practise medicine in this State will be held as follows: January 28-31, May 20-23, June 24-27, September 23-26, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.) DENTAL EXAMINATIONS. The regents shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of $25 and subunits satisfactory evidence, verified by oath, if required, that he-1. Is more than twenty-one years of age; 2. Is of good moral character; 3. Has the general education required preliminary to receiving the degree of doctor of dental surgery in this State. Matriculates in a registered dental school before January 1, 1896, are exempt from the preliminary education requirement for degrees and for admission to the licensing examinations; 4. Subsequently to receiving such preliminary education either has been graduated in course with a dental degree from a registered dental school, or else, having been graduated in course from a registered medical school with a degree of doctor of medicine, has pursued thereafter a course of special study of dentistry for at least two years in a registered dental school, and received therefrom its degree of doctor of dental surgery, or else holds a diploma or license conferring full right to practise dentistry in some foreign country and granted by some registered authority. Dates of dental examinations: January 28-February 1, May 20-24, June 24-28, and September 23-27, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. (Each candidate is notified as to exact place.) VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS. The regents shall admit to examination any candidate who pays a fee of $10 and submits satisfactory evidence, verified by oath, if required, that he-1. Is more than twenty-one years of age; 2. Is of good moral character; 3. Has the general education required in all cases after July 1, 1897, preliminary to receiving a degree in veterinary medicine. Matriculates in a registered veterinary medical school prior to January 1, 1896, are exempt from the preliminary education requirement; 4. Has studied veterinary medicine not less than three full years, including three satisfactory courses, in three different academic years, in a veterinary medical school registered as maintaining at the time a satisfactory standard; 5. Has received a degree as veterinarian from some registered veterinary medical school. Dates of examinations: January 28-31, May 20-23, June 24-27, September 23-26, at New York, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. 1. The full C. P. A. certificate is to be granted only to those at least twenty-five years of age who have had three years' satisfactory experience in the study or practice of accounting, one of which shall have been in the office of an expert public accountant. 2. Candidates having the required preliminary education and passing the required examinations, but lacking the age or the three years' experience required for the full C. P. A. certificate, may be certified as junior accountants under the same conditions as to residence and character. 3. Two examinations, in January and in June, are held annually. There are to be four sessions as follows: 1. Theory of accounts; 2. Practical accounting; 3. Auditing; 4. Commercial law. 5. Candidates must complete all subjects at a single examination as required in medicine. 6. Candidates for either the C. P. A. or the junior accountant certificate must be more than twenty-one years of age, and of good moral character. They must pay a fee of $25, and must have the regents' academic diploma or its equivalent as prescribed for other professional examinations. Dates of examinations, January 28-29 and June 24-25. Law Examinations in 1902. To entitle an applicant to an examination as an attorney and counselor he shall pay to the examiners a fee of $10, and he must prove (15 days in advance) to the satisfaction of the State Board of Law Examiners: 1. That he is a citizen of the United States, twenty-one years of age, and an actual and not constructive resident of the State for six months, and that he has not been examined for admission to practice and been refused admission and license within three months immediately preceding, which proof must be made by his own affidavit. 2. That he has studied law in the manner and according to the conditions prescribed for a period of three years, except that if the applicant is a graduate of any college or university his period of study may be two years instead of three; and except also that persons who have been admitted as attorneys in the highest court of original jurisdiction of another State or country, and have remained therein as practicing attorneys for at least one year, may be admitted to such examination after a period of law study of one year within this State. 3. That the applicant has passed the regents' examination or its equivalent must be proved by the production of a certified copy of the regents' certificate filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals. The examinations of all persons applying to be adinitted to practice as attorneys and counselors in the Courts of Record of the State of New York will be held at 9 A. M. as follows: 1st Dept.-In Manhattan Boro', at Court-House of Appellate Division, 111 Fifth Ave., Jan. 18 and June 14. 2d Dept.-In Brooklyn Boro', at Court-House, Jan. 18 and June 14. 3d Dept.-In Albany, at Court-House, City Hall, Jan. 16 and June 11. 4th Dept.In Rochester, at Court-House, Jan. 16 and June 11. Special-For 1st and 2d Dept. only-In Manhattan Boro', at Court-House of Appellate Division, 111 Fifth Ave., April 22. Special-For residents of 1st and 2d Depts.-In Manhattan Boro', at Court-House of Appellate Division, Oct. 14; for residents of 3d and 4th Depts., in Syracuse, at Court-House, Oct. 14. Address communications concerning law examinations to F. M. Danaher, Secretary, Albany, N. Y. Acknowledgment of Deeds. AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT is the act of declaring the execution of an instrument, but the word also denotes the official certificate of such declaration. All deeds and conveyances of land to be effectual as to third parties must be recorded upon previous proof or acknowledgment of their execution. Erasures and interlineations should be noted previous to the execution, or referred to in the certificate of the officer taking the acknowledgment. It is advisable to comply with the form of acknowledgment prescribed by the statutes of the various States. WITHIN THE SEVERAL STATES acknowledgments may be taken in general before the following officers: Notaries Public and Justices of the Peace generally within their territorial jurisdiction, and in any place of the State usually before Judges and Clerks of the Supreme, Circuit, Probate, and County Courts, Judges of the United States Courts, Chancellors, Registers, Masters in Chancery, and Court Commissioners. County Recorders, Town Clerks and their assistants, United States Commissioners, County Surveyors, County Auditors, Registers of Deeds, Mayors, and Clerks of incorporated cities may take acknowledgments within their jurisdiction; besides the foregoing, in several States also the deputies of the enumerated officers, and in Connecticut, Commissioners of the School Fund; in Louisiana, Parish Recorders and their deputies; in Maine, women appointed by the Governor for that purpose; in Michigan, members of the Legislature; in Mississippi, members of County Board of Supervisors; in Nebraska, the Secretary of State; in New York, Recorders of cities and Commissioners of Deeds; in Pennsylvania, Mayors, Recorders, and Aldermen of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and Carbondale; in Rhode Island, State Senators; in Vermont, Registers of Probate; in West Virginia, Prothonotaries; in Wisconsin, Police Justices. WITHOUT THE STATE AND WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, the following officers are authorized to take acknowledgment: Judges and Clerks of Courts of kecord, Notaries Public, Commissioners appointed for that purpose by the Governors, and officers authorized to take acknowledgments within their respective States. Besides the foregoing, also, in Colorado, Secretaries of State; in Delaware, Mayors of cities; in Illinois, Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Deeds, and Mayors of cities; in Kentucky, Secretaries of State; in Michigan and Wisconsin, Master in Chancery; in New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, Mayors and Chief Magistrates of cities. WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES. -Judges of Courts of Record, Mayors or Chief Magistrates of cities, towns, boroughs, counties, Notaries Public, Diplomatic, Consular, or Commercial Agents of the United States resident and accredited in the county where the acknowledgment is taken. The forms of DEEDS Conveying land are prescribed by several States, and such forms should be generally used. The requisites of a valid deed are: 1. Competent parties. 2. Consideration. 3. The deed must be reduced to writing. 4. It must be duly executed and delivered. The mode and effect of an acknowledgment or of a deed is governed by the law of the State where the land lies, and not by that of the place where the acknowledgment is taken. Where the deed is executed by an attorney in fact, it is customary to have the power of attorney acknowledged by the principal and the deed acknowledged by the attorney. A deed executed by several grantors should be acknowledged by each of them. SEALS or their equivalent (or whatever is intended as such) are necessary in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. FORMS are prescribed or indicated by the statutes of most of the States except Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana. SEPARATE acknowledgment by wife is required in Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. ONE WITNESS to the execution of deeds is required in District of Columbia, Maine (customary), Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey (usual), Oklahoma Territory, Wyoming. TWO WITNESSES to the execution of deeds are required in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin. Wills. A WILL OR TESTAMENT is a final disposition of a person's property to take effect after his death. A codicil is an addition or alteration in such disposition. All persons are competent to make a will except idiots, persons of unsound mind, and infants. In many States a will of an unmarried woman is deemed revoked by her subsequent marriage. A nuncupative or unwritten will is one made by a soldier in active service, or by a mariner while at sea. In most of the States a will must be in writing, signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence, and by his direction, and attested by witnesses, who must subscribe their names thereto in the presence of the testator. The form of wording a will is immaterial as long as its intent is clear. AGE at which persons may make wills is in most of the States 21 years. Males and females are competent to make wills at 18 years in the following States: California, Connecticut, Hawaiian Islands, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma Territory, South Dakota, Utah; and in the following States only females at 18 years: Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Wisconsin. In the following States persons of 18 years may dispose of personal property only: Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia; in Georgia any one over 14 years and in Louisiana any one over 16 years is competent to make a will. In Colorado persons of 17 years, and in New York males of 18 and females of 16 years may dispose of personalty. WITNESSSES.-Most of the States require two witnesses, except in Connecticut (3), District of Columbia (3 or 4), Maine (3), Maryland and Massachusetts (3), Mississippi and New Hampshire (3), Rhode Island and South Carolina (3), Vermont (3). Qualifications for Voting in Each State of the Union. (Communicated to THE WORLD ALMANAC and corrected to date by the Attorneys-General of the respective States.) In all the States except Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming the right to vote at general elections is restricted to males of 21 years of age and upward. (See also "New York," next page.) Women are entitled to vote at school elections in several States. They are entitled by law to full suffrage in the States of Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming (See article entitled "Woman Suffrage") PREVIOUS RESIDENCE REQUIRED. STATES. Requirements as to Citizenship. in In Persons Excluded from Suffrage. Alabama. Citizen of United States or alien 1 yr... 3 mo... 30dys 30 dys Convicted of treason or other who has declared intention. felonies, idiots, or insane. ArizonaT* Citizen of United States or alien 1 yr.. 30 dys 30 dys 30 dys Idiot, insane, felon. who has declared intention (a) Arkansas Citizen of United States or alien 1 yr... 6 mo. 30 dys 30 dys Idiots, insane, convicted of felwho has declared intention. Calif'rnia Citizen by nativity, naturaliza- 1 yr.. 90 dys tion (90 days prior to elec- Colorado*. Citizen or alien,male or female, 6 mo.. 90dys who has declared intention Dis. of Col. See foot note on following page. Florida.. Citizen of the United States.... 1 yr... 6 mo.. 6 mo.. 30 dys Idiots, duelists, convicted of fel Georgia (i) Citizen of the U. S. who has paid 1 yr... 6 mo.. all his taxes since 1877. Illinois*. Citizen of the United States...... 1 yr... 90dys 30 dys 30 dys Convicted of felony or bribery in elections, unless restored to citizenship. Indiana... Citizen or alien who has de-6 mo.. 60 dys 60 dys 30 dys United States soldiers, sailors, clared intention and resided Citizen of the United States.... 6 mo.. 60 dys (e) (e) Kansas' Citizen of United States or alien 6 mo.. 30dys 30dys 30 dys who has declared intention (b) Kent' ky*. Citizen of the United States..... 1 yr... 6 mo. 60dys 60 dys Maine* Citizen of the United States 3 mo.. 3 mo.. 3 mo.. 3 mo Minn. *... Miss.* Citizen who can read and 1 yr... 6 mo.. 6 mo.. 6 mo intention to become a citizen prior to May 8,1892 (b). and marines, and persons convicted of infamous crime. Idiots, insane, convicted of infamous crime. Convicted of treason or felony, insane, underguardianship(d). Convicted of treason, felony, or bribery, idiots, and insane. Idiots, insane, félons, under indictment, inmates of prison or charitable institution except Soldiers' Home. Paupers and Indians not taxed. Felons not pardoned, lunatics, persons non compos mentis. Paupers and persons under guardianship. Indians with tribal relations, duelists and accessories. Citizen of United States who 6 mo.. 30 dys 30 dys 30 dys Convicted of treason or felony, unpardoned, under guardianship, insane, Indians lacking customs of civilization. Citizen of the United States 2 yrs.. 1 yr... 1 yr... 1yr (c) Insane, idiots, Indians not tax- ed, felons, persons who have not paid taxes, bigamists. Missouri.. Citizen of United States or alien 1 yr... 60dys 60dys 60 dys Persons in poorhouses or asy who has declared intention lums at public expense, those in prison, or convicted of infamous crimes (g). Montana. Citizen of the United States (b) 1 yr... 30 dys 30dys 30 dys Felons not pardoned, idiots. insane, U. S. soldiers, seamen, and marines, Indians. Nebraska Citizen of United States or alien 6 mo. 40 dys 10 dys 10 dys Convicted of treason or felony, who has declared intention; unless restored to civil rights, thirty days before election. persons non compos mentis (h). Nevada *. Citizen of the United States..... 6 mo. 30dys 30 dys 30 dys Idiots, insane, unpardoned convicts, Indians, Chinese. Australian Ballot law or a modification of it in force. Or a person unable to read the Constitution in English and to write his name. (a) Or citizens of Mexico who shall have elected to become citizens under the treaties of 1848 and 1854 Poll-tex must be paid for current year. (b) Women can vote in school elections. (c) Clergymen are qualified after six months' residence in precinct. (d) Also public embezzlers, persons guilty of bribery, or dishonorably discharged soldiers from the United States service, unless reinstated. (e) Only actual residence required; in cities voter must reside in ward ten days. (f) Those able to read and write, or who own $300 worth of property assessed in their name, or whose father or grandfather was entitled to vote on Jan. 1, 1867. (g) Also soldiers, sailors, and marines in U. S. service. (h) No soldier, seaman, or marine deemed a resident because stationed in the State. (i) The Australian system sometimes prevails in municipal primaries in Georgia, but same is made applicable by rule of party ordering primary and not by the law. STATES. QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING-Continued. Requirements as to Citizenship. PREVIOUS RESIDENCE REQUIRED. In In In In Pre- Persons Excluded from Suffrage. N.Hamp. Citizen of the United States (a) 6 mo. 6 mo.. 6 mo.. 6 mo... Paupers (h). Idiots, paupers, insane, convicted of crime, unless pardoned or restored by law (). N. M. Ter. Citizen of the United States...... 6 mo.. 3 mo.. 30 dys 30 dys Convicted of felony, unless Ohio*. ..... pardoned, U. S. soldier, sailor, or camp follower, Indians. Offenders against the elective franchise rights,being guilty of bribery, and betting on elections, and persons convicted of bribery or of any infamous crime and not restored to citizenship by the Executive. Convicted of felony or other infamous crime, idiots, lunatics (i). 90 dys Under guardianship, persons non compos mentis, or convicted of felony and treason, unless restored to civil rights. Citizen of the United States (a) 1 yr... 30dys 20dys 20 dys Idiots, insane, and felons, per Okla. Ter... Citizen of United States (a) t....6 mo.. 60 dys 60dys 30 dys Oregon * Citizen of U. S. or alien who has 6 mo. None. None. None. declared intention more than 1 year prior to election (a). Penna.*.... Citizen of the United States at 1 yr.. least one month, and if 22 Rhode I.* Citizen of the United States..... 2yr(b)| S. Car.... 6 mo.. sons in U.S. military and naval service on duty in Ohio. Felons, idiots, insane. Idiots, insane, convicted of felony, Chinese. 2 mo. Convicted of perjury and fraud as election officers, or bribery of voters. Paupers, lunatics (g). Citizen of the United States (e) 2yr(c) 1 yr... 4 mo.. 4 mo.. Felons, crimes against election laws, unless pardoned, idiots, insane, paupers. S. Dak.*... Citizen of the United States or 6 mo§ 30dys 10dys 10 dys Under guardianship, insane, 3 mo.. 30 dys Those who have not obtained Virginia. Citizen of the United States..... 1 yr... 3 mo.. 3 mo.. 30 dys Idiots, lunatics, convicted of infamous crimes, Indians not taxed. (d) Paupers, idiots, lunatics, convicted of treason, felony, or bribery at elections. 10 dys 10 dys Under guardianship, non compos mentis, insane, convicted of crime or treason, betting on elections. Wyom.... Citizen of the United States, 1 yr... 60 dys 10 dys 10 dys Idiots, insane, felons, unable male or female. to read State Constitution in the English language. * Australian Ballot law or a modification of it in force. + Indian must have severed tribal relations. § One year's residence in the United States prior to election required. (a) Women can vote in school elections. (b) Owners of real estate, one year. (c) Ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of public schools are entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State. (d) Actual residence in the precinct or district required. (e) Who has paid six months before election any poll-tax then due, and can read and write any section of the State Constitution, or can show that he owns and has paid all taxes due the previous year on property in the State assessed at $300 or more. (f) Or convicted of bribery at election, embezzlement of public funds, treason, felony, and petty larceny, duelists and abettors, unless pardoned by Legislature. (g) Or persons non compos mentis, convicted of bribery or infamous crime, until restored to right to vote, under guardianship. (h) Also persons excused from paying taxes at their own request. (i) On and after July 1, 1902, 2 years in State; 6 months in county; in precinct, ward, or election district 4 months. See Index for article on "North Carolina Constitutional Amendment." (j) No soldier, seaman, or marine deemed a resident because stationed in the State. (k) Inhabitance not residence. (1) Thirty days in election district. Residents of the District of Columbia never had the right to vote therein for national officers, or on other matters of national concern, after the territory embraced in it was ceded to the United States and became the seat of the general government. But from 1802 to June 20, 1874, the citizens of Washington, and from January 1, 1790, to said date the citizens of Georgetown, were entitled to vote on municipal subjects and for certain municipal officers. The citizens of the portion of the District outside of Washington and Georgetown were entitled to the privilege of voting on municipal subjects from April 20, 1871, to June 20, 1874, but that suffrage was abolished in the District of Columbia June 20, 1874, by an act of Congress of that date. For laws requiring Registration of Voters, see next page. Requirements Regarding Registration of Voters. (Continuation of Qualifications for Voting," on preceding pages.) THE registration of voters is required in the States of Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (four months before election), Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico. In New York it is required in cities and villages containing upward of 5,000 population. sonal appearance not required in towns or villages of less than 5,000 inhabitants. Per In Pennsylvania voters are registered by the assessors. If any voter is missed by assessors and not registered he can swear in his vote. In Vermont must take freemen's oath before voting first time, no registration required. In Illinois registration of voters is required by law, and in Cook County, where Chicago is located, persons not registered are not entitled to vote; but outside of Cook County generally they can vote if not registered by swearing in their votes, and producing two witnesses as to their qualifications as an elector. In Nebraska in cities of over 7,000 inhabitants. In Iowa in cities having 3, 500 inhabitants. In Kentucky in cities and towns having a population of 3,000 or more, in Kansas in cities of the first and second class, and in the Counties of Sumner and Montgomery in North Dakota in cities and villages of 800 inhabitants and over, in Ohio in cities of the first and second class, in Maine in all cities and in towns having 500 or more voters. In Missouri it is required in cities of 100.000 inhabitants and over, and in Wisconsin in cities or towns of 3,000 inhabitants or more. In Rhode Island non-taxpayers are required to register yearly before December 31. In Texas in cities of 10,000 inhabitants or over. South Dakota has a registration law, but if voter is not registered he may prove qualifications when he offers to vote. In the State of Washington all voters in all cities and towns and all voting precincts having a voting population of 250 or more must be registered. The registration of voters is not required in Indiana, New Hampshire, or Oklahoma. It is prohibited in Arkansas and West Virginia by constitutional provision. In Wyoming no person can vote without registering. If sick or absent at time of registration, can make proof of fact by two witnesses, and be registered on election day. Woman Suffrage. IN 1901 the New York Legislature passed a law providing that a woman who possesses the qualifications to vote for village or for town officers, except the qualification of sex, who is the owner of property in the village assessed upon the last preceding assessment roll thereof, is entitled to vote upon a proposition to raise money by tax or assessment." California, March 9.-A bill permitting women to vote for the issuance of school bonds or levy of school taxes was defeated by a vote in the House of 21 pays, 14 yeas. New Mexico, February 25.-The House voted 21 nays, 2 yeas on a woman suffrage resolution. Arizona, March 8. -A woman suffrage bill was defeated in the House by a vote of 18 nays, 7 yeas. South Dakota, February 14. -A resolution to submit the question of woman suffrage to the people was shelved in the Senate by a vote of 26 nays, 17 yeas. Kansas, March 20.-A bill giving the women the right to vote for Presidential electors was defeated by a vote of 23 nays, 14 yeas. Indiana.-The House passed a bill for an amendment giving women the suffrage, which was killed by the Senate on the claim that less than 10 per cent of the women care to exercise it." Wisconsin, March 12.-A bill for woman suffrage was killed in the Senate without debate. Illinois, April 27.-The House of Representatives killed the measure framed to extend woman suffrage to township elections. Connecticut, June 6.-A bill for woman suffrage was rejected in concurrence with the Senate by a vote of 119 nays, 53 yeas. Massachusetts, March 15.-The House defeated a proposition for woman suffrage by a vote of 156 nays, 53 yeas. In Australia, October 10, 1900, the Legislative Council of Victoria rejected the bill passed by the Legislative Assembly, providing for a referendum on the question of full woman suffrage. In 1899 woman suffrage bills were defeated in the Legislatures of Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, Illinois, Oklahoma, Arizona, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, California, and in 1900 in Iowa and Massachusetts. Woman suffrage amendments to the Constitution were defeated by the people in the State elections of 1898 in South Dakota and Washington, and in Oregon in June, 1900. In Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming women have full suffrage and vote for all officers, including Presidential electors. The Woman Suffrage law was adopted in Wyoming in 1870, and in Colorado in 1893, and woman suffrage is a constitutional provision in Utah and Wyoming. In Indiana women may hold any office under the school laws, but cannot vote for any such officer. In Kansas women exercise the suffrage largely in municipal elections. In some form, mainly as to taxation or the selection of school officers, woman suffrage exists in a limited way in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. In Great Britain women vote for some local officers, but not for members of Parliament. In many European countries, in Australia and New Zealand, in Cape Colony, in Canada, and in parts of India women vote on various terms for municipal or school officers. The New York State Association Opposed to the Extension of the Suffrage to Women has its Central Association in New York City. Its officers are as follows: Mrs. Francis M. Scott, President; Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, First Vice-President; Mrs. Elihu Root, Second Vice-President; Mrs. Richard Watson Gilder, Third Vice-President; Mrs. William Putnam, Brooklyn, Fourth Vice-President; Mrs. George Parkhurst, Buffalo, Fifth Vice-President; Mrs. William Wallace, Albany, Sixth VicePresident; Mrs. Roger A. Sherman, Mt. Vernon, Seventh Vice-President; Mrs. George Waddington, Treasurer; Mrs. George Phillips, Secretary, 165 West Eighty-second Street, New York City. There are also societies in Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, Iowa, and Washington, and others are being organized. These work to oppose the extension of suffrage in their own States, but combine in sending women to appear before Congressional Committees to protest against a woman suffrage. The National American Woman's Suffrage Association, Mrs. C. Chapman Catt, President; Honorary Presidents, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony; Vice-President-at-Large, Rev. Anna H. Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa.; Corresponding Secretary, Kate M. Gordon, New York; Recording Secretary, Alice Stone Blackwell, Boston, Mass.: Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton, Warren, O.; National Headquarters, 2008 American Tract Society Building, New York, |