New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-04-25
OFFICIAL.
Dk0CLAM M ALTON
PROCLAMATION
BY J. MADISON WELLS,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LotJrs1ANA

whereas, an act of the General Assembly. an
pEe, ,'ed March 6th 1866, provides that an election
sha1f \ c held throughout the State, on the first
Monday of May, 1866, for the Offices hereinafte,
named, wit
One Dist,-ics Attorney in and for the parish O,
Orleans.
One District At,> rney in and for each Judicial
District throughout h A'e state.
One Sheriff in and fos each parish
One Clerk of Court n and for each parish, ex.
cept for the parish of Orlea ms.
One Clerk of Court each, l>or 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 Sheriffs, Commissioners of EIec
ton, and other officers therein concerned to hold
said election on the day aforesaid named towit:
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.
sions 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
elector is required to produce the amnesty oath
prescribed in the Presidents proclamation, either
Of the 9Th of December 1868, or that of the 29th
of May, 1865, sworn to and subscribed by him |
before competent authority.
81 do solcmny swear or affirm, in the presence |
of Almighty God, that win 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 proclamatons 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 29th day
of May, 1865, and will be rigidy enforced. 1t will
be understood, at the same time that those who
are by any of the list ofexceptons contained in the
excluded from the benefits of this amnesty oath,
proclamation 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., 1865, and of the independence of
the United States the ninetieth.
]. MADISON WELLS
By the Governor
j. FL. FL ARDY, Secretary of State