La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1866-04-14
Notice ea.,,D Of { Election.
yc4 SHEREF's OFFIcE, PARISH or l
FoURcHE. Thibodnnx, March ~, '66. )

syCg SHERIFF'S OFFICE, pARISH OF (
/, ,AFoURcHE. Thibodnux, March n, '66. !
1EsURstANTi to "a proclamation ISSUED
~ by his Excellency, j. Madison Wells,
q overnor Of the State Of louisiana. datet
Hi New Orleans on the 9Th day OF NJ. March
h666, the qualified voters Of the Parishl 70 q
hafourehe are, hereby notified that q ah |,
Eelection will be held on Monday the ~
9tlay of May, 1866, to elect one Dis.I.c'
$Attornev in and for the Third Jaa,ci'',
EDistricf.b one Sheriff for the PARISH ,of
h afnnrcheII one Clerk Of Court, one he he
aanaa,,.. ~ al 90 ssor. one Coroner, one
y IA ,st;oa of..he Pence, aud one Constable,
Eth each Police jury ward 10 Or me parisil'
{ns established by law except ~ the town 7
III Thibodaux, there shall be Two Justlaes
land two Constables. % t}8 lt5f5t13 ga
II FOR the guidance and information 2oi
#yeters, I annex hereto the qualifications
a Of voters, as established by law:a3 ~
n Every white male who has attained
8the ;ye Of twenty one years. and who has
been a resident of the State twelve
Il months next preceding the electlopn' and
the. last three months thereof in the parish
IN which he offers to vote. and who shall
be a citizen Of tile United States, shall
have the right of voting"
II In addition to the foregoing GualItica-
aions, every ele ofisrequired toproduce
the amnesty oath prescribed IN the i,resi !,
dents proclamation, either!of the eth Of
DeeeIiber. 1868. or that OF the sotli OF
Il Nav, 1865, sworn to and Subscribed by
him, before competent authority
II do. solelnnly swear Tor affirm, J in
the presence Of Almighty God, that |
will.hereafter faithfully defend the Con-
stitution of the United States and the
Union of the States tllereentler, aud that
Twill, in like manner, abide by. ard fatith-a
thlfv, support all laws and proclainatiens
which have been made during the existing.
/ rebellion with reference Il, the etiaanncipa-
tipu of slaves. 80 help me q Cd .''ega ssg
This oath is imperative on and after,
the 18th day of May, 1865, and viii be
ligidlf enforced it will be understood,
ut the same time, that those who are ex-
cluded from tie benefits of fllis amnesty
oith by any of tie list IF .eSceftionss con
1uined3 in the procllplatiatn, will not pe
allowed to vote unless specially pardoned
by the President. 8ta W.T. 9lf 4j,5aa
'rAie .polls will be opened III each elcc-
tion 5preeiuct from tlie hours of 8 O'Clock
A., a.,to. 4 T.. M.,s on tie day before inell-
ti,sne,l viz sM0ND,AI. the 9Th day Of
MAY, 1866, for the parPase Of receiving
the votes fsthe qoaliiit.l. IS voters oI the
Parish of I4afourche. under the superin-
tendence Iof the commissioners appointed
by the proper authorities; the election to
he cont1acfs.d, and tripicate returns made
10 tie undersigned officer, according to
law.
The places and c fninissieners Of elec-
ton are as follows, to-wit:
lst Ward-At the store of L. p. Las
seigne commissioners, Il. p. Lasse,gue,
Ernest Roger aud Etienne Eieknair.
ID Ward-At the public school house
commissioners. Joseph Clement, FTheo-.
pilile. Clement aud Ar.stiaess ssMire.
Sd Ward-At the house Of Marcel
Breauw; commissioners, y ietor Leg gendre,
Marcel Breaux and sylvain Iroselair.
4tll Wald AT, che store of Louis Cos
sin; commissioners, Zenon Bourgeois,
j. b. Laine and Adrien Molaison.
5th Ward--At the house of Ernest
Knobloch 4; commissioners, Benjamin
Folse, William Rousselt and Ernest kno-
blach. s#5g f15,Ei.., lIsss 49,
!. 9th Ward--At. the. house Of Erank
Daifsres commis sionaers, Frank Dali
feres, John Daiferes and Adolphe Lie
Bhnc jla3IF1 19bEH as . 81 ,iFsg
9TH Ward AT the house of Antoine
Matherne; commissioners, Antoine Ma
therne, Valfroid Forest and William Elliot.
8 9Th Ward-At the house of Joseph Re
mont commissioners, Joseph Remont,
Edmond Sayoie and "A. j. Priue.
9thWard AT the public sehoolhouse
commissioners, Hylaire Clement, Noel
DEBATE and John s. Seely. 1850 "a
,slOth Ward at the public school house;
commissioners, zenon Bernard. Clotaire
bernard and Junionyille Clement.
11th w Ward--At the, Court House, in
Thibodaux commissioners. j. 4. Riviere,
H. j. Meyerand i. ID. Fulford.
18th Wayd-Atthe store of Fl. Michelet;
commissioners. H Michelet, Marcelin
Richard and Aurelien Stevens. s.
18th 1Yard4At the house of Cyprien
Matherne commissioners. Marcehn Ber-
geren. Leopold Pertuit and Justin Cham
1,agiie. fsfi a1ssl
18th Ward At. the house of Auguste
Sewn !. commissioners, Sosthene Folse,
Nicolas Yefret and j. A. Matherne.
18th Ward AT the store OF ] B. Rou-
bion; commissioners. Charles Barker, "A.
iG. Davenport and D. H. Fields,
stlfith Ward--At the public ciioolihouse II
commissioners, Lutgerq Gued1ys II. g.
tSavoies and Aagusse Gretine.
:, The commissioners will make their re- !
turns in due form to the undersigned
sga ie.4saoa 4ssl M.BoURG,. Sheriff.
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