Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-04-05
ELECTION NOTICE.

Il rr- 61A6l@ d AA%&N AS~ d 1N6ss
TN OBEDIENCE TO proclamation from hi
i Excellency, James Madison Wells, Governor
Of the State Of louisiana an election win be he ID
in this Parish, East Baton Rouge, on the
FIRST MONDAY I'm MAY NEXT,
A. D., 1865, ut being the 7th day of said month,
| between the hours Of ga. M. and p NJ, for the
| purpose of electing one Sheriff. one Clerk OF Dis
4 trict Court, one Recorder, one Assessor and one
| Coz oner for the Parish Of East Baton Rouge and
one District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Dis.
tr'ct, composed Of the parishes of East and West
4 Baton Rouge, Iberville and East FeIiciana.
Said election to be holden at the places, and 10
be supervised by the Commissioners appointed BY
the Police Jury as follows, to.wit:
LIST Precinct, Court House,, N. Wax, y. Trahan
| and John OConnor, Commissioners.
I'd Precinct, (City HslD, J. D. BIouin, Joseph
| Mccormick and B. McCabe, Commissioners.
4th Precinct, lat Delatt'B), Tom Mills, Robert
Malloy and William Fields, Commissioners.
6th Precinct, (Highlandst, Paul Kleinpeier, DR..
j. H. Huguet and Denis Daigre, Commissioners.
It'll Precinct, tHaralson's), A. Dixon, B. +. Bur-
nett and j. O. Foreman, Commissioners.
10th Precinct, Burlington, removed to Nor
gan's store), w. J. Usher, q. R. Graham and &.
w. Greenwell, Commissioners.
18th Precinct, (Sandy Creek, ]. o. Denhsm,
William Kelly and A. Pennington, COMMISSIONS rs.
For the information of all voters annex hereto
the qualifications OF voters as established by law
twenty one years, and who has been residen OF
the State twelve months next preceding the cleo
ton and the last three months thereof in the par.
ish 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 qualifications
every e!ector Is required to produce the amnesty
oath prescribed in the Presidents PROCLAIM ton,
either of the Sth of December 1853 or that Of the
10Th OF May, 1855, sworn 10 and subscribed before
competent authority
Il do soemnly swear or AFFIRM in the presence
Of Aim ghty God, that will hereafter faithfully
defend the Constitution of the United States and
The Union Of the States Hereunder, and that /
Wnl, in like manner, abide by and faithfully sup
port all law which have been made during the
existing rebellion with reference to the emancpa-
ton Of slaves. So help me God"
This oath IL imperative aud after the goth
day ofM ay, 1865, and will be rigidy enforced. 1t
Will be understood. at the same time, that those
who are excluded from the BENEFITS oil this amnesty
oa'h, by any of the list Of exceptions contained In
the proclamation, viii not lie allowed to vote un-
less specially pardoned by the Pres dent.
On the said 7th day Of May, 1866. there viii also
be an election for the purpose ofelecting one Jus.
tce of the Peace and one Constable In and for
every Ward in said Parish. Said election to take
place said day between the hours of A. NJ and
P, NJ, at the places and under the supervision
OF the Commissioners hereinafter mentioned, TO-
wit:
Ward No l, court House(, P. A. Kugler, F. A.
Nephler and G. g. Breckenridge, Commissioners.
Ward No. Q. (City HalD Charles Week, Mich.
BIRMINGHAM and J. M. Tracy, Commissioners.
Ward No 8, lat Dunn's) s. r. Davis, J. G. FL
der and Wiley Blount, Commissioners
ward No 4, lat Easts), J. A. McHugh, w. Tate
and William Shaw Commissioners.
Ward No. s, (at Neville's), Thomas Liney, Jas.
O. Knox and s. W. Newport, Commissioners.
Ward 8, (Highiand's) W, O. KIelnpeter, w.
D Brown and seorge KIeinpeter, Jr., Commits
soners
Ward MOI, lat Haralson's), Joseph Heard, E.
DIXON and X. l.. Knox, Commissioners.
Ward No. 8, tat Hope Estste), H H Walsh, DR..
d Williams and William Pierce, Commissioners
ward NO. 3, (Manchac Post Office, A. Lopez
). A. Daigre and P. V. Lopez, commissioners
Ward NO 10, (Morgans store), Charles Hubbs, |
+ Bradford Bnd II. Brown. Commi. sioaers
;, ward No II, SANDY Creek). Lewis Kelly, Thos. |
Felp5 and William Stockwell, Commissioners.
;, Ward No. II, lat sharp's), W. J. sharp A. M.
hean and David Ii. Penny. Comm ssioners |
ED. COUsINARD
marz' Sheriff Of East Baton Rouge.