La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1865-10-28
Notice of Election.
SHERIFF's OFFICE, PARISH LAFouRcHE, !
Thibodaux, September 30th, 1865.

~ ~ PlOSAdluutiOH lcoaOo W
= his Excellency, j. Madison Wells
Governor of the State of Louisiana, datet
at New Orleans, La, on the 2lst day o.
September, 1865, the qualified voters O.
the Parish Of Lafourche are hereby mott
fed that an election will be. held or
Monday, the 9th day Of November, 1865,
to elect one Governor, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treas
urer, Attorney General, and Superinten-
dent of Public Education, for the State Of
Louisiana. Also to elect one Represen-
tative to the Congress of the United
States, to serve for the term Of two years,
to represent the Third Congressional
District Of the State of Louisiana, COM
posed of that portion of the Tenth
Representative District of the Parish of
Orleans, which is knowH and designated
as the eleventh ward of the city Of New
Orleans !; and the Parishes of Jefferson
Washington, St. Tammany, St. Helena,
Livingston, ST.. Charles, St. John the
Baptist, st. James, Ascension, East
Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Fe-
~liciana, T%errebonne and Lafourche. Also
to elect three Representatives from the
Parish Of Lafourche to serve in the Legis-
lature of the State of Louisiana for the
term OF two years.
For the guidance and information Of oil
voters, the qualifications of voters, as
established by law, are hereto annexed:
Every white male who has attained
the age Of twenty-one years, and who
has been a resident of the State twelve
months next preceding the election, and
the last three months thereof in the parish
in which he offers to vote, and who shall
be a citizen Of the United States, shall
have the right of voting"
In addition to the foregoing qualiica-
tion, every ~elector is required to produce
the Amnesty Oath, prescribed in the
Presidents proclamation either Of the 9Th
of December, 1868, or that of the Goth of
May, 1865, sworn to and subscribed by
him before competent authority
:" do solemafy speGr (or atfrm,3 in the presence of
Almighty God, that I aoitt hereafter faithfully defend
the Consultation Of the United States and tie nnion
Of the States Hereunder; and that I Diil in like man
prociaMations sohieh hare been made during the erist.
ing Rebellion. Nth reference to Tie emancipation Of
slaues. So help me God
This oath is Imperative on and after
the Goth day Of May, 1865, and it will he
rigidly enforced. 1t viii be understood,
at the same time that those who are exelu-
ded from the benefits Of this amnesty oath,
by any OF the list of exceptions, contained
in the proclamation, will not be allowed to
vote unless specially pardoned by. the
The polls will be opened in each cleo
ton precinct from the hours of 9 O'Clock.
A. NJ. to a o'clock, P. M. on the day befo-
re mentioned, viz-Monday the Sixth day
of November, 1865, for the purpose of re-
the votes Of the qualified Voters
Of the Parish of Lafourche. under the SUI
perintendence of the Commissioners APP
pointed by the proper authorities. the
to be conducted, and triplieate
made to the undersigned officer
according to law.
The places. and commissioners Of eclec-
tons are as follpws,viz:
l Ward-At the store Of l.. P. Las
Commissiouers-L. r. Lasseigne.
Roger and Etienne Yisknafr.
2 Ward-At the public school house.
Cummissioners-Louis Boudreaux, Joseph
and Bazile Landry.
3Ward-At the house of Marcel Breaux.
yommissioners-Victor Legendre, Marcel
.reaux and Sylvan Trosclair.
A Ward-At the store of Louis Go. sin.
yommissioners-Zenon Bourgeois, r. b.
.aisne and Adrien Molaisen.
5 Ward-At the house of Ernest Kno-
,loch. Observation-Disclosures Folse,
William Roussel, and Ernest Knobloch
8 Ward-At the house of Frank Dali
eres. Commissioners-Frank Dalferes,
John Dalferes and Adolphe Leblanc.
Z Ward-At the house of Antoine Math-
srn. Commissioners-Antoine Mathern,
Valfroid Forest and William Elliot.
8 Ward-At the house of Joseph
Commissioners-Joseph Re-
mont. Edmond Savoie and A. j. Pierce.
8 Ward-At the public school house.
Observation-Disclosures Clement, Noel
)elatte and John L. Seely.
10 Ward-At the public school house.
sommissioners-Zenon Bernard, Clotaire |
Bernard andJumonville Clement.
II Ward-At the Court House in Thib-
daux. Commissioners-J. p. RivfeYe.
lewis j. Meyer and j. D. Fulford.
IL Ward-At the store of Ell. Michelet.
'ommissioners-H. II. Michelet, Mar
efin Richard and Aurelien Stevens.
ID Ward-At the house Of Cyprien
[athern. Commissioners-Marcelin Ber-
eron, Leopold Pertuit and Justin Cham,
agne.
IA Ward-At the house Of Auguste
evin. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Folse.
Iicolas Verret and j. A. Mathern.
Is Ward-At the store of j. B. Roubieu.1
rs-Charles Barker, a. G..
davenport and ID. I'll. Fields.
TO Ward-At the public school house.
Observation-Disclosures Guedry, H. G..
avoie and August Cretini.
The Commissioners will make their re-
rms in due fern to the undersigned
fidcr.
MATHURIN BOURG. Sheriff.