New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-14
\. E,rT strfsY Law

Vii The following abstfaeb OF ptle 1ssistlS
nubIished ID the Crescent Of the tast. 81
lie request vi several gentle we
n III paramount that the voters Of me
sfonld fy understand that, unless they register
their names as required by laws they cannot woe
0 ID tHe business sof the CITY Is now slack, every
xoter has or time al lis disposal than be will have
t7o months hence Every one, therefore who values
his izenship should, at once take the necessary
- ,,ol;f,, himself to exercise the right of par
sticipating7 iii TIE choice Of rulers
Section Provides for the appointment Of dis
New Orleans as Register Of the names
a,i residences Of all the qualified electors said city
u BY the eleventh section Of the Cons
tuition 0f the State for term Of four years, from the
fourth Monday in january, 1856
~ Section q Provides for the regstfation of the
names Of those citizens only who are or shall pc con-
additionally entitled to vote ; length Of residence N
the State parish and precinct J; Wheth 1atve or
3naturalzed and how, " hen and where naturahzed
each entry to be signed or marked by the person
registered
Sections 81 a and 5-Provide that natnraiized eltl-
zens before being registered must their GER
ticates Of Naturalization should any one nave iost
Ills certificate he must furnish certtlcate rom me
clerk Of the court in which he was natlralized upon
which tferegstry will he made, and y certlfcate Of
to1, furnished to him that those who may
nofhaye been born in the country, but are citizens
by virtue Of their fathers natural Or by the
admission Of a new State Or Territory into the Union
n;lst make affidavit Of those circumstances before
being registered that the register shall issue
tihcate to every citizen registered and that conms
sioners Of elections shall not have the right TO
the production of certificates Of registry when the
Of the parties voting shall appear on the lists
| furnished to them by the register.
| Section 6Provides the formalities Of obtaining
second certificate Of registration when the first snail
4 be lost ord estroyed
Section Provides that any voter W may ehange
his domiel to another precinct after being registered
must notify the Register thereof 50 that that ofcer
may make up his precinct lists correctly
Section s--That when voter loses his donnel, py
removal from the State Or otherwise and returns he
i must again register himself as at first. Il
section Provides the manner Of compelling the
Register to perform his duty in the event Of his retl
4 sal to register any one entitled to registry ts
Section 10-That the Register must keep his ONCE
oneu from nine to three o'clock daily except on Sum
days and legal holidays and may keep it open TIL
s,dotcn but shall not permit alay oligtna regstra
lion ag,i,, three das fore any general election
section 1l-That the Register shall keep besides
Ills general register, other hooks containing an alpha
betica index 81 the names registered, and precinct
. lists alphabetically arranged.
Section l2-That tie Register shall, on the morn
ing Of any general election furnish copies Of the sad
precinct lists to the commissioners OF election at the
several precincts that the said commissioners, upon
receiving each vote must write the word "yoted on
Tie listopposite the name Of the person yotin and
provides penalties for the failure of the Register to
II furnish the lists ortaiI otherwise in his duty
Section lS-That the Governor shall have poWerto
remove the Register, and appoint successor when
ever in his opinion the spirit or intentions OF the act
!, shall have been violated by the Register
II Section 14-Tilat tfe penalties created shall not
exempt the Register from liability in damage to any
citizen whose political rights he may have injured.
4 Section Provides that the certificate oflegishy
shall be conclusive evidence Of the right of it's holder
to vote that the omission Of his name in the pre-
cinctlst through fault of the Register, shall not in
any manner affect his right to vote; and that should
any Commissioner refuse to receive vote tendere
with the necessary certificate account Of omission
of tile name from the precinct list the said Commits
siouer or Commissioners shall after due trial and CON
yicton in the First District Court, be fined in sum
u f not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned
for period not more than one year, besides which
they shall be liable damages to the aggreved ctl
81 zen
i Sections 49, III, is and Provide that the Re
giser fhall give bond of ten thousand dollars for the
faithful performance Of his duties: take the oath pre-
serbe by the ninetieth article of the constitution
administer oats in certain cases and prosecute fol
. perjury; receive salary Of five thousand Collars
not receive any fees; appoint one deputy tt
he maid by himself and for whose acts he shall be re
Y sponsible, etc.
1},ffa 4ia fifsf
y October every person having complied with the pro
visions of the act shall be entitled to vote that
= when challenged his certificate Of registry shall b
conclusive proof of his right vote; and thatno Com
missioner shall require any other evidence Of his RICH
to vote, except administering that part Of the con
y stona oath which relates to dueling, and oatl
that he is the identical person described in his certi
ficate, and that he is not soldier or mariner in tht
4 United States service, or a convict or pauper.
II Section 21-Provides that no person shall be en-
titled to uote scho shall not haze registered his nam
" IL pursuance ,cth the provisions Of this Gct.'
Section %, and last repeats the registry act c
= March, 1864.
n We have thus condensed the act in order to brin
Y it within the compass Of daily reading It's prov
sions are plain and unnlistakable, and every vote
T should have them committed to memory If there
any among our voting readers who have not yet regis
9 tered themselves, we urge upor them to discharg
that duty ut once ; and not oily to do that, but
lay the case and its necessities before any uninfoe
:, or Indifferent friends they may have. The thin
y must be done before voting, and now is as good,
Y, not better time, than any other.
IS A SINGULAR FAor.-,The Philadelphia Sun yer
Justly remarks that all the old foges who have live
upon office from time ilnnemoral, and have use
h party organization as the ladder upon which
1t mount are now declaring for Buchanan while all tt
e. young active, vigorous go-ahead and enthusiast
i are for Fillmore. For every man like Thomas
Pratt or James A. Pearce who apostatizes, there
L hundreds Of the youth Of our country glowing Wi
v the spirit Of Young America and the determin
ton to crush out the last remnants Of old tosysm
q -'s ,45s
= A serious accident happened on the Baltimore al
~ PHILADELPHIA Railroad, at IL o'clock, on Tuesday, Il
< 9Th inst Al train was thrown off the track ne
= Gray's Ferry, in consequence of running over IL
cows The engine, baggage and the passenger ca
y we're thrown down an enbankment and demolishe
u Fortunately no lives were lost though three or 10
persons were badly injured,
a, We learn from telegraphic dispatch from Bosto
" dated 9Th inst that the brig Red Warrior, Ford, rc
u. L.,