Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-04-28
ELECTION NOTICE.

By virtue of a proclamation IRON his
Excellency, J. Madison Wells, Governor
Of Louisiana, Of date the 18th Of March,
1866, ordering an election to be held in
this parish on the LIST Monday of May,
next, 1866, it being the 7th day Of said
month, for the purpose of choosing one
Sheriff, one Clerk of 5th Judicial District
Court, one Recorder, one Assessor, one
Coroner, one Justice of the Peace and one
Constable for each Police Jury Ward OF
this parish and one District Attorney for
the 5th Judicial District composed OF the
parishes of East and West Baton Rouge,
Ibervile and East Feliciana. Polls to be
opened on said day for said election OF
district and parish officers, from o'clock
a. M, until o'clock, p. m., at the tol-
lowing precincts and under the direction
! of the following named commissioners OF
election, to wit:
For the Cutoff precinct, at the house
of Louis Arsenaux, Commissioners Messrs.
Hubert Hebert, Villeneuve Tuillier and +.
n. Tuillier.
For Bruly Landing precinct, at the
cofee-hou of Doiron d Babin, Commls'
sioners, Raphael Hebert, j. 3. Labauve,
and Theodore Bergeron.
For the Court House precinct at the
Court House, Commissioners, d., }. by.
ans, F. R. Allan and N. W. Pope.
For the Lobdell Store precinct, at the
School House, Commissioners, Augustin
Leclercq, j. F. Tacneau and J. r. Devall.
For the Poydras Precinct, at tie parish
school house, Commissioners, Joe Beau
champ, j. II. Hamilton and j. 3, Nurdin.
Polls for the election of Justice OF the
Peace aud Constable, will be opened in
each police jury ward on the said first
| Monday of May next, 1866, from 8 o'clock
a. m, unit! 4 p N at the following places
to wit:
lst ward, at the store of Louis Arse
naux Commissioners j. 0. Broussard,
Albert Hebert, Dorvale MULLER.
Cd ward--at the store Of Mrs. 7. Gas
sic +: Commissioners; Trasimond Landry
Amedee Landry, Ed. White.
Sd ward,-- at the cofeehouse OF Dol
ron & Babin Commissioners Jndeon
Doiron, Adonis Thibodeaux, Ed. Aillet !;
4th ward--at the house Of Joachim
Aillet Commissioners ]. Aillet, Guy
Hebert, Adamis Hebert.
5thward,-at the house of Terence
Derichebourg Commissioners Hermo.
gene Babin, Theo Blanchard, Omer He
bert
| 9Th ward at the Court House Com
missioners p. Bauer, A. Dubroca, l.
Allan.
7th ward,--at the store of LeBail 4
Hanrahan Commissioners klchard
Hanraham, Henry Evans, Maj Woods
9Th ward - Leon Lejuene, Eva
rist Henri Marcelin LeMoine.
9th Commissioners B. r. Chinn
A. C, Woods DR.. w. 5. Lobdell.
10th ward,--at the school house on
Bayou Poydras Commissioner b. W.
Clark, L. S. Lobdell, and T. w. Robert
son.
llth ward-
For the information of all voters, an
mex hereto tue qualification of voters as
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
months thereof in the parish in which ne
offers to vote, and who shall be c1tlzel
of the United States, shall have the right
of voting" -
In addition to the foregoing qualitica
ton, every elector is required to produce
the amnesty oath prescribed in the pres'
dents proclamation, either Of the 9Th o
December 1868, or that Of the 2eth o
May 1865, sworn to and subscribed .!
him before competent authority.
II do solemn y swear, or affirm, in tn
presence of Almighty God, that l VII
hereafter faithfully defend the Const,tu
ton of the United States, and the Un'o!
of the States Hereunder, and that | VII
in like manner abide by and faithful.
support all laws which have been mad
during the existing rebellion with refel
ence to the emancipation of slavery. $
help me God" ;,
This oath is imperative on and after tn
29th day Of May 1865, and will be rigid
" enforced. 1t will be understood, at tn
, same time, that those who were exclud
. ed from the benefits of this amnesty oatt
by any of the list of exceptions conta'ne
in the proclamation, will not be alloWc