Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
BOARD OF REGTsTRARs,l
PARISH or EAST Baron RoueE, :
August Esd, 1867

August Esd, 1867 J
IN COMPLIANCE with Special Order
No. 119, dated Headquarters Fifth Military
District, New Orleans, La, August 18th
1867, there will be an election held in this
Parish, ON the
27th and 1sth days Of September next.
to determine whether u Convention shall
be held, aud for Delegates thereto, for the
purpose Of establishing Constitution and
Civil Government for States loyal to the
Union. The election precincts will be
eight in number and at the following
named places
let Precinct, at tho Court House.
I'd Precinct, at the City Hall.
| 3D.. At Plains Store.
4th. Redwood, at the house of Henry
| Knox.
9Th. Kelly's, (sandy Crock J, at Kelly's.
9Th Burlington, at Mahen's Store.
| 7th. Manchnc, near tho house Of Mr.. II.
| B. Haralson.
sth. Highlands, at the store Of Mr.. For
| tin
Voters are required TO deposit their votes
! In the precinct for which they have been
| registered, ~ their names only appear
upon that precinct book.
The parrish oi East Baton Rouge shall
elect three delegates.
The election will be by ballot, and will
| be conducted IN the manner and according
TO the rules governing ordinary elections
| of q similar character. Each ballot bear
ing the name Of the delegate voted tor,
will have written or printed upon it the
words For a Convention,n or, "Against
a Convention" Two days will be- given
for voting.
Commissioners Of elections will be re-
sponsible for The preservation Of order at
the polls during the election; they will
see that d foil and fair opportunity is
given for depositing his ballot, TO every
man entitled to vote; and will generally
do everything that il requisite to secure
full and impartial expression Of the opin-
IONS and wishes OF the people through tho
ballot box.
To this end they are hereby authorized
and empowered to make arrests, and arc
clothed, during the days OF election, with
all the functions Of civil executive off,
GERS. All civil officers will promptly and
fully obey every demand made upon their
official services by the Commissioners Of
Elections in the turtheranee Of these OBJ
.jeets during the days of election, under
penalty Of dismissal from their offices, and
such other punishment Us may be inflicted
by military commission.
AT the close of the election, the Com
missoners will carefully count the votes
und record the result in duplicate; The bal
lots will then be replaced in the ballot
boxes, which will be sealed and carried,
together with one copy of the record made
by the Commissioners, to the Courthouse
at Baton Rouge, and there turned over to
the BoaLd of Registers.
Should violence or fraud be perpetrntsd
at any voting precincts on the days Of
election, the offenders will be punished in
the sevorest manner, and the election
within these precincts will be held over
again under the protection Of United States
troops.
Commencing fourteen days before the
election, Boards Of Registrars shall revise
for period Of five days the registration
lists, and upon being satisfied that any
person not entitled thereto has been reg
istered, will strike the name Of such per-
son from the list, and such person shall
not be allowed to vote. The Boards will
niso add to the registry the names Of
all persons VINO Mt that time possess the
qualifications required by law, and who
have not already been registered.
The following Commissioners of Elec-
tion have been appointed by the Board of ,
Registers Of this Parish, subject to the ap-
proval of the supervising officer:
Commissioners of Elections.
1st Precinct, at the Couyt House. e.-MARoUs
WIeHT, Jr., JOEL b. ADAMS, b. T. BEAU
REGARD.
I'd Precinct, at Tie City HN.-DEWmToa
LUCAS, VIM. +. HATCH, CHAs. G. PAeEs.
Piaias Stoye.--J. L. BaowN, w H. BEN
TON, EDWARD d. TRIPLKT.
Redwood, at Henry Knar'.-L. II. Mon
TANYE, A. I. CONVERSE, Lewis a. FULLER.
helty's, Sandy Creeb. "A uo usrus MILLxa,
Dir. CHARLES A. DEAN, SMITH WALKER.
Burlangtoe, MaAen's Stoge.-H. G. BLESS
ING, JOHN W .HAnRisoroa, JAS. A. KNIGHT.
NancAac, near II. b. Haralson's. HENRY
}. PuoxEr, JoHs Oar, RICHARD DousK.
Highlands, at FoatiD's .Store.-EDwARD f.
PHtLBHooK, LUc1us II. BURD1cK, Robert
LANCE.
q. M. Hustled, Chairman.
s. WROTNOWsKI,
II. v. BABIN.
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