Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-03-31
ELECTION NOTICE

~ ,;rtue Of ! proclamation from his
r,csllency. J.. Madison Wells, Governor
= Ion;s;.ns. Of date the 18th Of March,
e 'ess ordering. An election 70 b held II
liz narish on the lst Monday OF Nay,
s 'u,I l1sss. it being the 7th day Of said
%onth' for the purpose o~fseboosing one
cha,;F. one Clerk of 5th Judicial District
o.. ona Recorder, one Assessor, one
ns.aner. one Justice Of the Peace and one
Hcr...hie far each Police Jury Ward Of
III nar;sh and one District Attorney for
~, ~. sth Judicial District composed Of the
fishes 81 East and West Baton Rouge,
herv;lle aud East Feliciana. Polls to be
onsned On said day for said election Of
district and parish officers, from 3 o'clock
q. until / o'clock, p. ~, at the fol-
lowing precincts and under the direction
Of the following named commissioners Of
election, to wit
FL tie Cut-Of precinct, at The house
n Louis Arseoaux, Commissioners Messrs.
Hilbert Hebert, Villeneuve Tuillier and +.
N. Tuillier.
For Bruly Landing precinct. at the
ico6ee.house of Doiron& Babin. Commis.
siopers, Raphael Hebert, J. B. Labauve,
and Theodore Bergeron.
For the Court House precinct, at the
Court House, Commissioners, II. J. Hy-
ANS. +. R. Allan and n. w. Pope.
Far the Lobdel Store precinct, at the
School House, Commissioned, Augustin
Lsclercq, ]. F. TacDeau andJ. B. Devall.
For the Poydras Precinct, 1t tie parish
school house, Commissioners, Joe Beau
champ, J. b. Hamilton and J. B. Nurdia.
Polls for. the election Of aJustice of the
Peace and Constable, will b opened in
each police jury ward on the said first
Monday Of May next. 1860. from 3 O'Clock
.. n, until 1 p. N At the following places
to Wit lst ward, At the store Of Louis
Arseuaux I'd wald, at the store Of Mrs.
P. Cassie : Sd ward, At the coffee house
Of Dciron + BabiD 18th ward ct the
house Of Joachim Aillet ; 5th ward, ct
the house of Terence Derichebourg ; 9Th
ward, at the Court House ; It'll ward, ct
the store Of LeBail & Hanrahan j; 9Th
ward -; 9th ward $3.50; 10th
ward, ct The school house on Bayou Poy-
dfas and l1th ward, 1t the house Of
Courtney.
For the information Of al voters, I an
max hereto the qualification of voters Is
established BY law:-
Every white male who has attained
The age Of 81 years, and who has been :
resident of the State twelve months next
preceding the election. and the last three
mouths thereof in the parish in which he
offers to vote, and who shall be . citizen
Of the United States, shall have the right
If voting"
In addition to the foregoing quali6ca-
tion. every elector il required, to produce
the amnesty oath prescribed IN the Presi-
dents proclamation, either Of the 9Th Of
December 1868, OF that of the 29th of
May 1865, sworn to snd subscribed by
Lin before competent authority.
II do solemaly swear, or affirm, in the
presence Of Almighty God, that l will
hereafter faithfully defend The Constitu.
ton of the United States, and the Union
u the States hereunder, and that I will
10 like manner abide by and faithfully
support all laws which have been made
during the existing rebellion with refer.
encs 70 The emancipation Of slavery. So
help me God"
This oath is imperative on and sfter the
18th day Of May 1866, and will be rigid
y enforced. It will be understood, attbe
same time, that those who we're exclud-.
ed from the benefits Of this amnesty oath,
BY any Of the list Of exceptions contained
10 the proclamation, will not be allowed
to vote unless specially pardoned BY the
President. Election to be conducted and
returns thereof made in all respects &C
to the Constitution and laws in
such cases made and provided.
WIN. WHITE, Sheriff.
West Baton Rouge, March q, 1856.
AVIS d'ELECTION