The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-09-13
REGISTRATION.
An a ct 60 Create n Board of Regfstr alton To
superintend the Respiration Of the essi-
ned Electors OF this state.

House OF Representatives. OF ue otute " tIV"Ss
ana in General Assembly conueaed, That tns
governor by and with the advice and consent OF
The Senate shall immediately after this act De-
comes q law appoint board, con ,isung Oh
cbsirmsn and two other members VINO sosiI CON
stitute and be known as Board OF Registration;
whose duty shall be to cause to be registered
every qualified elector in the State, IN accordance
with The provisions of the Constitution thereof,
end said board shall hold its meetings and hsveits
place of business in the city Of New Orleans, ana
he term of Office of said board shall expire on the
fifteenth day of December, 1905
SIC q And be IL further enacted, etc., That
said Board Of Registration is hereby required 10
appoint necessary number Of Supervisors o. seg
istration not exceeding three In each parish,
except the parish of Orleans, wherein said ooard
shall sppoint 8 number not exceeding tnree IN
each municipal district In the city OF New orleans,
and not exceeding three for the right Dsnk' whose
term of Office shall commence on the tenth day oil
September. 1865, or as soon thereafter as tney
NAV receive their appointment, and expire on the
tenth day of November, 1868 that the registrars
shall each receive eight dollars per day for time
they are actually employed, and the supervisors
sbs re ceve five dollars per day, and the supervl-
sors shall also be reimbursed for all necessary
actual travelling expenses incurred upon produc-
ing subvoucheTs and making affidavit that the ex-
penses were incurred and were actually necessary
for the performance of their duty. All accounts
Of the supervisors shall be forwarded to the Board
of Re gstraton for examination, and II found cor
rect, shsll be approved by the chairman OF the
shall before entering upon the discharge OF their
duties take and subscribe the constitutional oath,
and shall transmits copy of the same to the Board
Of Registration.
reesTrs n Ens escn give bona win good aud sol
vent sc curity in the sum of one thousand dollars.
for the faithful performance of the duties Of their
| Office, 10 be approved by the governor and neid
| in the Office Of the secretary of state.
SIC A. Be further enacted, etc.. That the SUI
peryisors of each parish shall keep their Office,
except in the parish of Orleans, at the courthouse
! of the parish and msy establish such place for the
registration OF voters other than the courthouse
pot ediDg three in number, as may be neces-
sary TO enable electors to register with as little In
convenience as possible; and in all cases publiea-
ton Of the Offices of registration, as selected by
| the registrars and supervisors, shall be made for
thirty days in the official journal. In the parish
| of Orleans the Board Of Registration will establish
Offices in such districts at such places as will facil-
iIate the registering OF voters as far as posslole:
SEC. 5. Be- further enacted etc, That SAID
| Board of Registration, or the supervisors so APP
| pointed by them as aforesaid, for each parish,
shall require every person before he is registered
as q voter, TO take ard subscribe any OF the fol-
lowing stfidayits as the case may be required, and
supervisor is hereby authorized to administer said
osihs:
Il, do solemply swear Tor affirm, as the case
may be) that am tw enty-one years age, was born
or naturalized. as the case may be- in the United
States and am subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
and have been a resident of the State of Louisiana
since the - day of -, and resident Of this
parish since the = day OF =, and that am
not disfrsnchised for any of the causes stated in
the first paragraph of article ninety.nine of the
Constitution of this State.
"And do further solemnly swear, (or affirm, as
the case may be- that did not hold any Office
civil military. for one year or more, under the
organization styled the Confederate States of
America , that never registered myself as an
enemy of the United States; that never acted as
leader of guerilla bands during the late rebellion
that never, in the advocacy OF treason, wrote OF
published newspaper articles or preached ser
mons during the late rebellion that never voted
for and signed an ordinance Of secession in any
State"
be dispensed with, where the person applying fol
registration shall produce and exhibit 10 the regis
trar or supervisor the certificate OF the secretary
of state. showing that he has relieved himself
from the disability contained in the clauses o.
said affidavit, by Voluntarily writing and signing
| a certificate setting forth that he acknowledge
the late rebellion TO have been morally aud politl
cally wrong, and that he regrets any aid and com
fort be may have given it, aud showing that suci
tsry of state and been published in the otiicia
journal, as is resured by article ninety-nine o
the Constitution, and the act Of this General As
| sembly prescribing the requisite forms Of sucl
certificate, and the registry and publication
thereof and If the party applying for registration
has lost or mislsid such certificate of the secretary
of state, he shall be required TO take and sub
scribe in lieu thereof, the folio wing affidavit:
al -, do solemnly swear (or affirm, a
the case may be- that have voluntarily writteI
and signed a certificate setting forth that / &C
| knowledge the late rebellion to have been morally
and politically wrong, and that / regret any al,
and comfort may have given it, and that hav'
| caused such certificate to be filed in the Office o
| the secretary Of state, and that it has been pub
shed in the official journal, according to the re
quirements of article ninety nine Of the Constitu
l 1fr,r To tho irad hu
| General Assembly, and that have either lost o
mislsid the certificate of the secretary OF stat
showing the above facts"
That taking and subscribing the afidavits re
CURED by the preceding part of the section sha
not prevent the registrars or supervisors from
! | receiving other evidence showing that the part
applying for registration is not entitled to regis
| ter and they shall have right to examine usde
} OATH to be administered by themselves or Othe
competent authority, any witness to prove an
fact pertinent 10 the right of any one to register
! and shall decide from the evidence whether tn
| party applying is entitled TO register.
Subject 10 appeal to the Board of Registration
which board shall have power to hear and d.
4 | termine such appeals.
That If any person applying to register claim
to be relieved from the disabilities contained
the second clause Of the aforesaid affidavit undo
the proviso TO article ninety nine OF the COnst
tuition be shall be required to take and subscrit
the following affidavit:
> L., do solemny swear Tor affirm, as the cas-
| may BEL that prior 10 the nrst OF Januar
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, favored Il
execution of the laws of the United States pol
ularly known as the reconstruction acts of Co
: gress, and openly and actively assisted the 10y
pen of the State in their efforts to restore Loui
ana to her position In the Union.
ANY person who shall swear falsely to any
! the foregoing sffdsvits, or any clause thereC
r shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on CO
viction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed
4 law.
A SEC. 6. BE ii further enacted, ETC., That it shi
. De the duty OF the supervisors TO record in goo
IL substantial book, prepared for the purpose, q
names OF all duly qualified voters residing in the
"a respective districts; that the following partic
lars shall be recorded, and in the following orde
Date of registry, number, name, residence wa
or precinct. length of residence in parish a.
T, | State whether native born or naturalized, wi
q the signature or mark of the voter, aud in q
event Of the voter making his mark, the regst
shall attest the same, and the Board of RegstT
II ton shall cause TO be made duplicate copy
said registration which shall be deposited in Col
"a plete condition. before the expiration of the
!, term of Office, in the Office OF the clerk of COT
u in each parish, except the parish of Orleans. a.
the original registration book shall be deposit
70 as soon as said registration is completed in {
Office Of the secretary of state.
Io n further pn1ofo6 Thar eve