New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-23
NUMBER 26s.
Am ACT

AN ACT aF.A.
Providing for the registry of the na,ues md
residence OF all the qualified electors OF !
the City of New Orleans aceor,Iins, n, A.. ~.
ticie Eleventh of the Constitutson Of the
State. 9' ~ ~
SEC. 1. Be it enacted By the. Senate md JFou,s of
Representatives of the Sfate Of Louisiana IN Gen
erai ASSEMBLY cotyened That there shall he an
pointed by tile Governor of this State, BY and with
the advice of the Senate for the period Of four
from the fourth Monday of January, 1856 discreet
citizen of the City of New Orleans, Register of
the names and residence Of all the qualified electors
said city as contemplated by the Eleventh Section of
the Constitution Of this State, whose duty it shall be
to register the names and residence Of all the qualified
electors Of said city, in well bound book, which he
shall keep for that purpose, to be called Original
Registry Of Voters in which be shall register day
day as they appear, the names and residence of all
the quallfed electors Of the City of New Orleans,
SEC. 2 Be it further, enacted etc., That it shall |
be the duty Of the Register only place on the reg
istry the and residence Of such citizens as by
the Constitution and Laws now existing, or which |
shall hereafter be enacted may be entitled to vote
and in the performance of his duties he shall conform
to the following directions : sEsgs
ist. The Registry Book shall contain opposite the
name and residence Of the elector registered proper
divisions showing the date Of the registry, how long
he has resided in the State, parish and precinct,
whether native Or natuTalzed citizen, and how,
when and where naturazed and the signature Of |
the elector opposite the registry Of his name, and
when ne knows not how to write, his mark to be wit
SEC. J. Be it further enacted etc.. That every citi
zen nasurazed in any Of the State or Federal Courts
shall produce the certificate of his naturalization
unless he makes affidavit Of and accounts for the loss
Or destruction Of the But if the naturalization
shall have been madesby any of the courts located
within the parish Of Orleans the absence of the GER
ticate OF NATURALIZATION may be supplied by cert
icate Of the Clerk of the Court which granted the
naturalization setting forth the fact as appearing on
the files of his Court; and application such Clerk
shall deliver certificate to such naturalized citizen,
and should the Clerk refuse 50 to do he shall be sub
ject to fine of one hundred dollars recoverable by
the applicant before any court of competent rsdic-
tion in the parish of Orleans For every such certi-
fcate so delivered, the Clerk shall have right Of
claiming from the city OF New Orleans not more than
twenty-five cents. !5s s3|&fE5 s5=5 @Bt5 --&
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted etc., That should the
party not have been born within the limits off the United
States and has afterwards become citizen thereof 9TH
e1Tise than by naturalization in the courts, then he
shall set forth the facts in anafidavit, stating the
particular circumstances whereby he has become
citizen such as by the naturalization of his father;
by residence in any State territory when the same
was acquired or ceded to the United States become
State of the Union, or in any other manner, where
by under the laws of the United States he would be-
come by the fact ITSELF citizen of the United States
SEC s. Be it further enacted, etc. That tie Regis.
ter shall issue to every citizen when his is reg
istered, original certificate corresponding in pame
residence, number and date with the original regis
try, and the presentation of such certificate if
quired, by the commissioner of election, shall make
full proof Of the facts contained therein and of the
electors right to vote at the date of the granting of
such certificates where such certificates issued to
naturazed citizens, they shall set forth beside the
facts above mentioned, the time and place Of naurali
zation and Court before which such naturalization has
| been granted and in cases where the naturalization
papers or the certificate thereof were not presented
to the Register, where naturalization resulted from
the law, the fact shall be stated succincty, but clearly
! in the certificate
SEC g. Be it further enacted, etc.. That should the
naturazed citizen prefer to have the Registers GER
of distinct certificate the Register shereby required
| to do so. .ur
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That in the
event of the loss or destruction Of any certificate is
sued by the Register the elector to whom it was is
sued shall in personal application to the Register re-
quire and obtain from him, copy of the original
ticate, Procded, he will make affidavit Of the fact
Of loss or destruction and which affidavit shall be
written and appear the back of the duplicate orig
na which it is the duty of the Register to issue t.
him. and in such case the Register shall make an en-
try in the original registry of the fact of duplicate
original certificate having issued and the reason
thereof, and the date of the same said duplicate Ger
tiicate shall bear the date of the original, and the
date of the affidavit shall be considered the date O.
the issuance of such original duplicate
SEC s. Be it further enacted, ETC., That on change
of domicil whereby the registered elector becomes
resident in another precinct than that of his original
or last registry, he shall in person notify the Register
nal registry and certify such fact the original Ger
ticate or the duplicate thereof which may have been
granted.
Sec. o. Be it further enacted, ETC., That when by
the laws now in force, which may hereafter be
acted regularly registered eector shall have lost h
domic by reason of his removal or absence from the
State or otherwise, he shall, resumption of
acquisition of his domciI cause his name and residence
to be again registered the original registry in the
manner as if he had not been previously regis
tered.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted ETC., That should
the Register illegally refuse to register the name and
residence of qualified eleetor who, in the presence
of another qualified eector, shall have presented him
self for registry and did comply Or offer to comply
with the provisions of this act such elector shall have
the right of citing said Register before any one of thu
District Courts Of the city of New Orleans to show
cause within three days after service of such citation
why he should not make such registry; and tht
Judge of said Court shall summary try such issue
and in the event Of no sufficient cause being shown
and on the proof of the complainant's right to b.
registered under the laws now in force or which ma
be hereafter enacted the said Judge shall rcnde
Judgment in favor of the complainant and shall issu
his mandate to the Register, requiring him to registe
the name and residence of the complainants Pro
ridea however, that no mandate of this nature sha
require the registry Of any name or residence of an
person during the period of time when the Regise
Book is required by the section of this act to b
, closed.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted ETC., That the Reg
lister shall keep the registry open every day in TIN
year, from nine o'clock in the morning until three
the afternoon, except Sundays and other days whicl
: by existing laws are made holidays. and may keel
his office open until sun down; but he shall not per
nit any original registering in his office within thre
days before any general election for State officers,
any general election for city officers, but the Office
y shall remain open for all the other purposes of this act
SEC. II. Be- further enacted ETC., That besides his
original general register herenbefore described, the
Register shall keep two copies thereof, one to be
called the Index General Register, i'll which he shal
Il copy all the names, residences number etc, from
the original register exactly i'll the same manner a
in the original register except that the shall b.
alphabetically arranged, and the other to be calle
the Precinct Register, into Which the na1nes resi-
dences number, etc., from the original Register, sha
Z be copied and alphabetically arranged Both thes
books shall, far as practicable be written up da
u by day from the original Register.
= SEC 49, Be further enacted etc. That the Regis
ter shall on the morning of any general election a
> the opening of the poll at each precinct in the city
!; deliver in person. by deputy, to the Commissioner
/, of Election, duly certified copy, written in tai
II handwriting, of the Precinct Registry, of all name
/ and residences of qualified electors they appear
! his registry, alphabetically arranged for the respec
q q i've precincts of the city, with one inch margin o
q the left hand side and it shall be the duty of t
y Commissioners of Election whenever Elector sha
u have voted to mark said marg opposite his
y the word ''voted," in fair and legble hand Shoul
y the Register fail in this duty any other duty r.
qured by any of the provisions of this act he sha
forfeit his salary or fees of office, much thereo
y according to the gravity of his act of commission
omission, shall he decided in suit or suits to
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