Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-04-19

" 0BEDIENCE to q proclamation from his
i ExcelIency, James Madison Wells. Governor
of the Stale of Louisiana, an election will be held
in this Parish, East Baton ouge, on the
FIRST MONDAY nv MAY NEXT,
A. D, 1896, Ut being the It'll day Of said monthly
between the hours of . A. N and 4 P n, for the
purpose OF Q Getting ore sheriff, one Clerk OF Dis
trict Court, one Recorder, one Assessor ar d one
20 oner for the Parish OF East Baton Rouge, and
one District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Dis
trict, composed Of The paIi,hes of East and West
Baton Rouge, lberviile and East Feliciana.
Said election to be holden at the places, and to
be supervised by the commissioners appointed by
the Police Jury as follows, to-wit:
LIST Precinct, Court House,, N. Wax, r. Trahan
and John 0'Connor, Commissioner.
I'd Precinct, (oity HaiD, J. D. Blouin, Joseph
Mccormick and B. Mecate, Commissioners.
4ih Precinct, lat Del ltt'sl, Tom Mills, Robert
Malloy and William Fields, Commission ers.
9th Precinct, tHighiapdsl Paul K'einr eter, DR..
J. Il. Huguet and Denis Daigre, Commission ers.
7th Precinci, tHaralson'sh A. Dixon, D. \. Bur-
nett and J. G. Foreman Commissioners.
10th Precinct, tBu ~linRton, removed to Nor
gan's storel, w. ]. Usher, u. Il. Graham and 4.
W. Greenwich ommiss ouers.
lIth Pre- ;inct, (sandy Creek, ]. o. Denham,
William Kelly and A. ienning, on, Commissioners.
For the information OF all voters l annex hereto
the qualifications of vo ers as established by law:
Every white mail who has attained the age Of
twenty.one years. and who has been a re sident OF
me SJale Twelve mOHi0s De8b pfeteuing the G &C.
ton, and the last three months thereof In the par
ish in which he Offers to vote, and who shall be q
riiige" Of The United States, shall have the right
Of v~oting.'
Ln addition to the foregoing qualifications,
every Q ector is required to produce the sm1esty
oath prescribed In the Presidents Proclamation,
either OF the 9Th of december, 1853, or that Of The
18th OF May, 1855, sworn 10 and subscribed before
competent authority.
81 do solemnly swear or off rm, In the presence
nf Aim 9htv F1+nd that I will hataaffar fatthfn1Iw
defend the Constitution OF The United States and
he Union of the States Hereunder, and that I
Will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully sup
port all law which have been made during the
existing rebellion with reference to the emancipa-
ton of slaves. 20 hep me God.'
This oath IL imperative on and after the goth
day ofM ay, 1865. and will be rigidly enforced. 1t
will be understood, at the same time, that those
who are excluded rom the benefits OF this amnesty
oa,h, by any of the list Of exceptions contained In
the proclamation, will not be allowed to vote un-
less specially p~ardoned by the Pres dent.
On the said 7th day OF May, 1865. there will also
be an election for the purpose of electing one JUS
tice OF the Peace and one Constable in and for
every Ward In said Parish. Said election to take
place c n said day between the hours Of A. M. and
l p. NJ, at the places and under the supervision
OF the Commissioner hereinafter mentioned, to-
wit:
Ward No /, court Hossel, P. A.. Kugler, y. A.
|ephler ard G. G Breckenridge, Commissioners.
Ward No. Q. (City Hall), Charles Week, Mich.
Berminyham and J NJ. Tracy, COMMISSIONER.
Ward No 3. (at Dunp's) s. X. Davis, j. G. FL
der and Wiley Blount, Commissioner.
Ward NO 4, lat East's), J. A. McHugh, W. Tate
and William shaw, Commissioners
Ward No. s, lat NeviIe's), Thomas Lilley, Jas.
J. Knox and s W Newport, Commissioners
Ward No. 6, (Hiehland's) W. O. Klelnpeter, W.
.. Brown and George Kleinpeter, Jr, Commis-
sionsfs
Ward No 7, lat Haralson'sl, Joseph Heard, T..
Dixon and X. l.. Knox, Commissioners.
Ward NO 8, lat HOPE Estate, h II Walsh, DR..
j. M. Williams and William Pierce, Commissioners.
Ward No. 9, (Mapchac Post 0fieehJ A. Lopez,
J. A Daigre aud z. v. Loaez, commissioner
Ward No 10, (Morgan's sto 81, Charles Hubbs,
+. BrpdtoId Bnd b.. q Brown, Comm sioners.
Ward No ii, (ssndy Cieek), lewis Kelly, Thos-
Felp5 and William stockweli, Comm i~ssiooers.
Ward No. IL, lat ~sharp's,, ". j. sh4rp, A. NJ.
Rean and David IL Penny, Comm ssiouers.
ED. COusINARD,
mar27 Sheriff of East Baton Rouge.