New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-05
OFFICIAL.
pR0oLAsIATIoN
BY ]. MADISON WELLS,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

i GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
/ Whereas, an act of the General Assembly, ap
i proved March 9th 1866, provides that an election
II shall be held throughout the State, on the frs
4 Monday of May, 1865, for the offices hereinafter
named, towit:
/ One District Attorney in and for the parish o
/ Orleans
/ One District Attorney in and for each Judicia
District throughout the State.
1 One Sheriff in and for each parish.
One Clerk of Court in and for each parish, ex
| cept for the parish of Orleans.
One Clerk Of Court each, for the First, Second
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth District Courts ii
| and for the parish of Orleans.
One Recorder in and for each parish, excep
the parish Of Orleans.
One Assessor in and for each parish except tn
parish of Orleans.
-Four Assessors in and for the city of Ney
Orleans.
One Assessor in and for the parish of Orleans
right bank.
One Coroner in and for each parish.
| An equal number of Justices of the Peace and
Constables, according to the districts and wards in
each parish, as established by law
Four State Tax Collectors, one for each district
in and for the city of New Orleans.
One State Tax Collector in and for the Right
| Bank, parish of Orleans.
One State Tax Collector in and for the parish of
| Jefferson.
Now, therefore, / do issue this my proclamation
| commanding all Sherifs, Commissioners OF Elec-
ton, and other officers therein concerned to hold
said election on the day aforesaid named, to-wit:
the FIRST MONDAY OF MAY, 1866, for the va
rious Offices as before going enumerated, and for
so doing this will be their sufficient warrant and
| authority without further notice.
Said election to be conducted and returns thereof
to be made in all respects according to the provi
sious Of the Constitution and laws in such cases
made and provided.
For the guidance and information of voters
annex hereto the qualifications of voters as estab-
lished by law:
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 cleo
ton, and the last three months thereof in the
parish in which he offers to VOTE and who shall be
citizen of the United States, shall have the right
Of voting"
In addition to the foregoing qualification, every
elect0r Is required 10 produce the amnesty oath
prescribed in the Presidents proclamation, either
Of the sth of December, 1868, or that of the 18th
Of May, 1865, sworn to and subscribed by him
before competent authority
81 do soemnly swear or affirm, in the presence
of Almighty God, that will hereafter faithfully
defend the Constitution of the United States and
the Union of the States Hereunder, and that will
in like manner abide by and faithfully support all
laws and proclamatiops which have been made
during the existing rebellion with reference to the
emancipation Of slaves. So help me God"
This oath is imperative on and after the 10Th day
of May, 1865, and will be rgdly enforced. 1t will
be understood, at the same time, that those who
by any the list of exceptions contained in the
excluded from the benefits Of this amnesty oath,
will not be allowed to vote unless
specially pardoned by the President.
Given under my hand and seal of the State at
the city Of New Orleans, the sixteenth day of
March, A. D., 1866, and of the independence of
the United States the ninetieth.
]. MADISON WELLS
By the Governor
j. n. HARDY, Secretary of State.