New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-24
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OFFICIAL.
DEOCLAMAT1GN
BY j. MADISON WELLS,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

Whereas, an act of the General Assembly, az
proved March 9Th 1866, provides that an election
shall be held throughout the State, on the first
Monday of May, 1885, for the offices hereinafter
named, to-wt
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. D......
One Recorder in and for each parish, except
the parish of Orleans. -,. 'g.7.E
One Assessor in and for each parish, except the
parish of Orleans. *" @7
Four Assessors in and for the city of New
Orleans. 4a .,. r+
One Assessor in and for the parish Of Orleans,
right bank. .,.U.O" Iera ,7f.s
One Coroner in and for each parish.
An equal number of Justices of the Peace and
Constabes, according to the districts and wards in
each parish, as established by law. ia .-e-s-
-Four State Tax Collectors, one for each district
One State Tax Collector in and for the Right
Bank, parish Of Orleans. ..- Dr. .l..,
One State Tax Collector in and for the parish Of
| Jefferson. .
| Now, therefore, I do issue this my proclamation
commanding all Sheriffs, 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 fol
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 proyi
sions of the Constitution and laws in such case.
made and provided.
For the guidance and Information of voters
annex hereto the qualifications of voters as estab
Iished by law
every white male who has attained the age o
twenty-one years, and who has been resident 0
the State twelve months next preceding the cleo
ton, and the last three months thereof in tn
parish in which he offers to vote, and who shall b
citizen of the United States shall have the RICH
of voting"
In addition to the foregoing qualification, ever.
elector is required to produce the amnesty oat
prescribed in the Presidents proclamation, eithe
Of the sth Of December, 1868, or that of the 29t
of May, 1865, sworn to and subscribed by hin
! before competent authority.
81 do solemnly swear or affirm, in the presenc
, of Almighty God, that viii hereafter faithful
defend the Constitution of the United States an
the Union of the States Hereunder, and that will
in like manner, abide by and faithfully support al
laws and proclamations which have been mad
during the existing rebellion with reference to tn
emancipation Of slaves. So help me God.'
This oath is imperative on and after the 29th da
of May, 1865, and will be rigdly enforced. It wi
! be understood, at the same time, that those VIII
are by any of the list ofexceptions contained in tn
excluded from the benefits of this amnesty oath
proclamation, will not be allowed to vote unles
, specially pardoned by the President
Given under my hand and seal of the State a
the city of New Orleans, the sixteenth day q
March, A. D., 1866, and of the independence O
I the United States the ninetleth.
J. MADISON WELLS
By the Governor
]. FL. H iRDY. Secretary of State.