Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-20
THE LOUISIANA CONVENTION.
The Election Of Delegates Ordered.
APPOINTMENT OF DELEGATES, DO.

| Act of Congress, published in General Or
| jers No. IS. War Department Adiutant
Generals Office, current Reries, noti,e ia
hereby given that on election will be hold
| IN the State Of Louisiana on tho eth and
2Bth days of September next, TO determine
| whether Convention shall be held, and
| for delegates thereto, 'for tho purpose Of
| establishing n constitution and civil gov
eminent tor the State loyal to the Union !"
The Convention will DO composed of
| ninety eight members, that being the
number of the most numerous branch Of
| the. State Legislature in the year 1860.
| The total number Of registered voters in
| the State Ia 1871 500, which being divided
| by the number Of delegates, gives 1909 as
| the number of voters entitled to one dele
gate.
IL. Commencing fourteen days before
| the election, Boards Of Registrars will
after having given reasonable public notice
of the time and place thereof, revise for a
period of Ave days the registration lists,
aud upon being satisfied that any person
not entitled thereto has been registered ,
will strike the name Of such person from
the list, and such person shall not be al
lowed to vote. The Boatds will also, dur
ing the same period, add to tho registry
the names of all persons who ut that time
possess the qualifications required by law,
who have not already been registered.
No person shall be entitled to he regis
tered or to vote by reason Of any executive
pardon or amnesty Tor any act or thing
which, without such pardon or amnesty,
would dsqualiiy him for registration or
voting.
Ill. To secure gs nearly as praotible, an
equitable representation In the touven-
ton, the delegates are apro,donod among
tho several parsbes aud districts rs fol
lows:
Tho parish Of Ascension shall elect two
The parish of Assumption shall elect
two.
Tho parish of A voyelles shall elect two.
The parish Of Bast Baton Rouge shall
elect three.
The parishes Of West Baton Rouge and
Point Doupee shall elect three,
The parish Of Bienvile shall elect one,
The parish of Bossier shall elect two.
Tho parish Of Caddo shall elect three.
The parish of Culcassieu and Vermil-
lion shall elect one.
Tho parishes OF Caldwell and Ouiohita
shal slect two.
Tho parishes Of Carroll aud Morehouso
shall elect three.
The PARISH of Cathoule shall elect one
The parish Of Claiborne shul elect two
nc parish OF DnHepfIiH snail erect Two
The parishes Of De Soto aud Sabine
shall elect two.
Tho parishes Of East and West Feliciaua
The parishes of Franklin and Madison
aual elect two
The parish of 1berville shall elect two,
Tho parishes of jackson and VIM shall
elect two.
The parish Of Jefferson shall elect four.
The parish of Lafayette shall elect one.
The parish of Lafourohe shall elect two.
The parishes of Livingston, Washing
ton, st. Helena and st. Tammauy shall
elect three.
The parish Of Natobitoobes ehaIl eloot
two.
The parisb Of Orleans, First District,
shall elect nine.
The parish Of Orleans, Second District,
shall elect tivo.
The parish Of Orleans, Third District,
The parish Of Orleans. Fourth District.
The parish Of Orlaane, right bank, shall
elect one.
The parish OF Plsquemino and st. Ber-
nard, shall elect two,
The parish of Rapides shall elect throe.
The parishes Of st. Charles and st. John
Baptist shall elect three.
The parish of st. James ehnll elect two.
The parish Of St. landry shall elect four.
Thh parish of st, Martin shall elect two.
, The parish Of St Mary ahall oloot two.
The parish OF Tensas shall elect two.
The parish Of Terrebonne shall elect two.
The parish Of Union shall elect ooe
". The election will bo by ballot, and
will be conducted In the manner and ac-
cording to the rules governing ordinary
elections of similar character. Each
ballot bearing the name Of tho delegate
voted for, will have written or printed
upon II tho words "For Convention"
or. against n Convention" Two days
will be given for voting.
V. The Board of Registers within their
respective parishes will SOC that all tho
necessary preparations are made for prop
erly conducting tho election that the
Commissioners OF Elections in nil the vot-
ing precincts are properly quail fed and in
struoted in the performance of their du
ties s. that duo and sufficient notice is given
Of the time and object OF the election,
proper ballot boxes prepared, etc.
Each Board will designate some point
within its parish, convenient of access,
preferably the Courthouse, to which tho
ballot boxes of oil the precincts of the
phElSH bnhl re uFouEb iHlIheulHloly hltef
tho election. Tho Board will then care
fully count and make duplicate returns of
tho votes onst, aud will SEQ whether the
returns of each precinct correspond with
the record of tho Commissioners. Zach
member Of the Board will mako affidavit
to the correctness of tho returns, one copy
Of which will then be brought by some
member Of the Board to those hoaaquar-
ters, the other copy being retained by tho
Board until further orders.
VI. commissioners of Elections will be
responsible for the preservation of order ut
the polls during the election; they will zee
that full and fair opportunity is given
for dspositing his ballot, to every man ca
titled to vote; and will generally do every
thing that 10 requisite TO secure full and
impartial EXPRESSION OF the opinions aud
wishes of the people through the ballot
box.
To this end they are hereby authorized
and empowered to make arrests. and are
clothed, during the days of election, with
all the functions of civil executive officers,
All civil officers will promptly and fully
obey every demand made upon their Off
cisI aer yices nv thu Com nj ia4ion of Flee