New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-12
OFFICIAL.
pKOCLAMATION
DKOCLAMATION
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BY ]. MADISON WELLS, u
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-wit:
One District Attorney in and for the parish Of
Orleans. ..r
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 ths
parish of Orleans.
Four Assessors in and for the city of New
Orleans.
One Assessor in and for the parish of Orleans
right banR.
One Coroner in and for each parish.
An equal number Of Justices of the Peace anG
Constables according the districts and wards il
each parish, as established by law.
Four State Tax Collectors, one for each distric
in and for the city of New Orleans.
One State Tax Collector in and for the RICH
Bank, parish of Orleans.
One State Tax Collector in and for the parish o
Jefferson.
Now, therefore, do issue this my proclamation
| commanding all Sherffs, Commissioners Of E!ec
ton, and other officers therein concerned, to hole
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 fo'
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 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
shed by iaw:
Every white male who has attained the age o
twenty-pne years, and who has been resident OF
the State twelve months next preceding the cleo
ton and the last three months thereof in the
citizen of the United States shall have the righ
Of voting"
Id addition to the foregoing qualification, every
eeetor is required to produce the amnesty OATH
prescribed in the Presidents proclamation, either
u taS oi OF BeceinDeF, 1000, or Ihat OF Inc A5Jt
Of May, 1865, sworn to and subscribed by him
before competent authority. .
" do soemnly swear or affirm, in the presence
Of Almighty God that viii hereafter faithfully
defend the Constitution Ut the United States and
the Union OF the States hereunder, and that will
~ like manner, abide by aud faithfully support all
laws aud proelamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion with reference to the
emancipation of slaves, So help me Godn
This oath Is imperative on and after the Goth day
of May, 1865 and viii be rigidly enforced. It will
be understood, al the same time, that those who
IRE by any OF the list Sfexcepdons contained in the
| evaluded from the benefits Of this amnesty oath
proclamation, will not be allowed to vote unless
specially pardoned by the President.
Given under my hand ami seal of the State a
the city Of New Orleans. the sixteenth day o
March, A. D., 1868, aud Of the independence o
the United States the nineteth
]. MADISON WELLS
Ry the Governor
j. II. HARDY, seeretary OF State.