The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-31
mo. 1881
AN ACT RELATIVE TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
House Of Representatives Of he State Of Louisi
ana, IN General Assembly Convened That In
every year in which an election il to be held for
electors of president and vice-presdent of the
United States, such election shall be held on Tues.
day next after the first Monday in the month Of
November in such year, in accordance with an
act of the Congress Of the United States, ap.
proved January %, 1915, entitled "sn act to
establish q uniform time for holding elections for
electors Of president and vice-president In all the
States of the Union," and such elections shall be
held and conducted in the manner and form pro,
vided by law for general State elections.
SEC. 2. Be further enacted, etc., Tha,
every qualified voter in the State shall vote for
selected from the State at large and one person
shall be chosen from each congressional district
in this State; and in case any ticket shall contain
two or more names Of persons residing in the same
District Except the two chosen from the State
at large, the first Of such names only shall be con.
sidered as duly voted for.
SEC. 8. BE ii further enacted, etc., That no
person shall be an elector who is not qualified
voter in the district for which he 10 chosen. or In
case Of being selected for the State at LARGE then
of some parish of the State.
SEC. 4. Be IL further enacted. etc.. That i'm.
mediatey after the receipt of q return from each
parish, or on the fourth Monday Of November, If
the returns should not sooner arrive, the gov.
tHo
attorney general, district Judge Of the district
m which the seat Of government may be estab-
lished, or any two Of them, shall examine the re-.
turns and ascertain therefrom the seven persons
who have been duly elected electors.
SEC. 5. Be II further enacted, etc., That one
of the returns from each parish, Endorsed by
the governor, shall be placed on file and
preserved among the archives of the secretary Of
state.
SIC. 6. Be 1t further enacted. etc.. That the
Cf fhn al has -s& .
copy of the returns from the several parishes,
shall forthwith be published In the newspaper or
papers in which the laws Of the State may be di.
rected to be published.
Sec. z. Be IL further enacted, etc., That the
electors shall meet at the seat of government on
the day appointed for their meeting by the act OF
Congress, (the first Wednesday In December, }
and shall then and there proceed to execute the
duties and services enjoined upon them by the
Constitution of the United States in the manner
therein described.
SEC. 8. Be It f,atlse, enacted, etc., That II
any one or more Of the electors chosen by the
people shall fail from any cause whatever to
attend at the appointed place, Of the hour Of four
P. NJ, Of the day prescribed for their meeting. II
shall be the duty Of the other electors immedi
ately to proceed BY ballot to supply such vacancy
SIC. 9. Be 1t further enacted. etc., That each
elector shall receive the same daily compensation
and allowance which at that time shall be allowed
by law to the members of the General Assembly.
TO be paid by the treasurer or the State on war
rants signed by the governor.
SEC. 10. Be IL further enacted, etc., That all
laws conflicting herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed; that this act shall take effect
from and after Ito passage.
(Signed) CHAS. w. LOWELL,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieut.. Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved October 80, 1868.
(Signed) b. c. WARMOTH,
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.
true copy:
GEO. Z. BovEE,
Secretary of State.