New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-07
OFFICIAL
DKOCL A Nj ATEON
DkOCLA NAHUM
BY j. MADISON WELLS,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

BY J. MADISON WELLS,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Whereas, an act of the General Assembly, ap
proved March 9Th 1866, provides that an election
Shall be held throughout the State, on the first
Monday of May, 1866 for the offices hereinafter
named, to-wt: aa . ,.8 'r
One District Attorney in, and for the parish of
Orleans.
One District Attorney in and for each Judicial
District throughout the State.
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.
One Recorder in and for each parish, except
the parish of Orleans.
One Assessor in and for each parish except the
parish of Orleans
-Four Assessors in and for the city of New
| 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 Sherffs, Commissioners of Elec
ton and other officers therein concerned, to hoic
Al 5au Off oSni1 ma cd tO.wl
the FIRST MONDAY OF MAY, 1866, for the va
rious offices as before going enumerated, and To-
so doing this will be their sufficient warrant ant
authority without further notice. ....
Said election to be conducted and returns thereo
to be made in all respects according to the prov
: sious of the Constitution and laws in such case
q made and provided.
u For the guidance and information of voters
annex hereto the qualifications of voters as estat
- lished by law:
Every white male who has attained the age {
l, twenty-one years. and who has been resident {
the State twelve months next preceding the ele
Of ton, and the last three months thereof in tt
A. parish in which he offers to vote, and who shall
O. citizen of the United States, shall have the rg
as Of voting"
N In addition to the foregoing qualification, eve1
= eIeGtOr IS required W plouuoe VIZ "i'IiSsHI 'N
M prescribed in the Presidents proclamation, eth
ed of the Sth of December 1868, or that OF the "
Sc Of May, 1865, sworn to and subscribed by HI
NJ before competent authority.
aa' - do solemnly swear or affirm, in the presen
Il, Il, of Almighty Cod that will hereafter faithful
let defend the Constitution of the United States
ne the Union of the States thereunders and that wi
IN IN in like manner abide by and faithfully support
es laws and proclamatons which have been ma
nd during the existing rebellion with reference to
Ia emancipation of slaves. So help me Cod
ed This oath is imperative on and after the 18th d
to of May, 1861 and will be rgdly enforced 1t
be understood, at the same time, that those W
b. are by any of the list ofexceptions contained IN
. excluded from the benefits of this amnesty Ga
re- proclamation will not be allowed to vote uni
ere specially pardoned by the President.
in Given under my hand and seal of the State
ess the city of New Orleans the sixteenth day
q ia March, A. D., 1866, and of the independence
'es- the United States the ninetieth.
'sit- ]. MADISON WELLS
By the Governor
a atd J. Fl. HARDY, Secretary of State.