Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-01
FIRST MONDAY IN MAY NEXT.

MONDAY IN MAY NEXT,
AID, 1866 lit being the 18th day of said month J
between the hours OF "a NJ and 4P NJ for the
pur.o e OF e Getting ore sheriff, one eek Of Dis
trict , curt, one Recorder, ore Assessor aud one
Co oner for the ParIh of East Baton rtouge, and
one District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Dis
trict, composed of the paIi, hes of East and West
Baton Rouge lbe vile and East Feticiana.
Said elect on to be holden at the pieces, and to
be supervised by the omm ssioners appointed by
The Police Jury as follows to-wit:
Ist Precinct, Court iIouse), n. Wax, T. Trahan
and John 0'Connor, Commissioners.
I'd Precinct, (Oity Hall), J. D. Blouin, Joseph
Me- o m ok and B. McCabe, Commissioners.
4lh Precinct, (at Del it's, Tom Mills, Robert
Malloy and william Fields, mi ers.
9th Precinct, (Highlands), Pau Rlejnpeter, DR..
j. II. Hnguet and Denis Daigre, Commissiot ers.
9Th Precinct, lHaralson's), A. Dixon, B. f. Bur
nett and J G.. Foreman, Commissioners
10th Precinct, (Bufliagton, removed to Nor
gan's sioreA WI. Usher, H. Z. Graham and R.
w. Greenweil, Commissioners.
18th Precinct, (oandy Creek), J. 0. Denham,
William Kelly and A. bennington, Commissioners
For the information of all voters | annex hereto
the qualifications of voters as established by law
every whi'e mail who has attained the age of
tw4nty.oLe years. and wh0 has been a resident of
the sta e Twelve moBths next preceding the e'ec-
ton, and the last three months thereof in the par
ish 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 qualifications,
every e ector is requiI ed to produce the smaesty
oath prescribed in the Pre- sident's Proclamation
either of the Sth of ! ecemter, 1869. or that of the
29tn OF May, 1895, sworn 10 and subscribed before
compe ent authority.
II do so'emnly swear or aft IN, in the presence
of Aim ghty God, that l will hereafter fai lhfully
defend The Constitution OF tha United States and
The Union of the Sta es thereunder, and that I
wHl, In like manner, abide by and faithfully sup
port all law which have been made during the
existing REBELLION with reference to the emancipa-
ton Of slaves. SO he p me God"
This oath is imperative on and after the 29th
day ofM ay, 1866, and will be rigidly enforced. 1t
VIII he understood at The same time, that those
who are excluded rom the el efts OF this ann sly
o. h, by any of The list Of exceptions contained in
the proclamation, viii not lie allowed to vote I'M.
less 81 Q ;ially pardo ed by the Pres d.
On the sd d 18th d ~ of May, 1866, there will also
be an e ectio1 o. the purpose Of elecung one JUS
tice of The Peace and one Constable 10 ard for
every Ward in said Parish. Sa d election to take
place II said day tetwee , The hour OF 9 A NJ. ard
4 P NJ, at the places and under the supervision
OF he Commissioners he. elnafter mentioned, to-
wit
ward No /, court Hossel, P. A. Kugler. f. A.
Neph'e r and G. G Breckenridge, Commissioners
Ward No. 2. getty HaI) Charles Week, Nth.
Beiminshsm and j NJ, Tracy, Comm ssiouers.
Ward No 8. (at Duun's( $. X. Davis, &c. Ell
der and vi ey Blount, Commissioners.
wa'd 0 4, (at East'sl, J. A. McHush, W. Tate
and william III W, commissioners.
Ward No. 8, {at Nesne's), Thomas Liley, Jas.
G. Knox and ) w. Newport, Commissioners
Ward No. 8, tHiphlaud's) W. U. KlenLe err, W.
D. Brown and George Kleinpeter, Jt, Commits.
sionars
Ward No I, lat Haralson's), joseph Heard, E.
Dixon and r. l.. Knox, Commissioners
Ward No. s, lat Ho,e Estate J, h IL Walsh, DR..
j. NJ WiI.isms and William Pierce. Commissioner
Ward No. 8, (MauchAc Post 0ficel j A. Lopez,
j.. A Daigre and P. v. Lo5ez, .omm ssiouers.