New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-10
OFFICIAL.
pROCLAAIATIoN
7 &e'i BY j. MADISON. WELLS,
GOVERNOR Of THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

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i WSereas. an act Of the General Assembly, ap
proved March 9Th. 1866, provides that an election
4 shan be held throughout the State, on the first
Monday of May, 1866, for the offices hereinafter
/ named, to-wit; 3 seagi 81 rs
j one District Attorney in and for the parish of
Orleans,
One District Attorney in and for each Judicial
District throughout the State. @ft gass i5ls.I
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 in
and for the parish Of Orleans. { R.
One Recorder in and for each parish, except
the parish Of Orleans. sa 43
One Assessor in and for each parish, except the
parish of Orleans gaGTsfsgs sja sasx.
-Four assessors il md for the city Of New
One Assessor in and for the parish Of Orleans,
| right bank. on sfsesA Y = stgssf
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. ono for each district
IN and for the city of New Orleans. rals
4 One State Tax Collector in and for the Right
4 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-
tion, and other officers therein concerned, to hold
said election on the day aforesaid named, towit:
1.-THE FIRST MONDAY OF MAY, 1865, for the va
trious offices as before going enumerated, and for
50 doing this will be their sufficient warrant and
authority without further notice. As5{
II Said election to be conducted and returns thereof
to be made Id gil respects according to the provi
sions Of the Constitution and laws in such cases
| made and provided. ilsAa9ss XIV sgtsn
Il For the guidance and information Of voters ]
annex hereto the qualifications Of voters as estab
Ilished BY law: 4e8
| every white male who has attained the age Of
the State twelve months next preceding the cleo
ton, and the last thrae months thereof in the
lpafish ID which he offers to vote and who shall be
citizen Of the United States, shall have the righ
of voting. N Al N. n =, 7 r IA
In addition to the foregoing qualification, every
Ielector is required to produce tho amnesty oatt
pT6ScI1u0Ug lH6 ITeSluSutS tlulel
Iof the 18th of December, 1868, that Of the 29tl
lofs May, 1865, sworn to and subscribed by hin
before competent authority. 5sssE 4
i . do solemnly swear affirm, in the, presence
4 Iof Almighty God, that viii hereafter faithfully
|defend the Constitutional the United States and
the Union Of the States hereunder, and that will
Fin like manner, abide By and faithfully support all
laws and proclamationse which have been made
during the existing rebellion with reference to the
Emancipation Of slaves. So help me God. .l
This oath is imperative on and after the 29th day
of May, 1865, and will be rigidly enforced. It will
be understood, at the same time, that those who
are by any the list Of exceptions contained inthe
excluded from the benefits of this amnesty oath
proclamation, will not be allowed to vote unless
specially pardoned by the President. " eB aa
i Given under my hand and seal of the State al
the city Of New Orleans, the sixteenth day Of
March, A. D., 1866, and Of the independence Of
the United States the ninetieth.
| ., &. ia a7sss Y sss ~ y. MADISON WELLS 4
BY the Governor: ~ Y 81 I'm
i IT, Fl HlRpY Secretary af Stata M (