The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-09-23
AN ACT
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TO CREATE A BOARD OF REGIsTRArIoN TO
sUpERINTEND THE REGISTRATION OF THE

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/ SEC. /. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Slate Of Lou
isiaaa in General assembly conreaed, That
the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, shall Immediately
after this act becomes "a law appoint a
Board, consisting of a chairman and two
other members, who shall constitute and
be known asa Board of Registration,
whose duty shall beato canse to lie regis
tered every qualified elector in the State.
in accordance with the provisions Of the
constitution thereof, and said Board shall
hold its meetings and have its place Of
business in the city of New Orleans. and
the term Of Office of said Board shall ex-
pire on the 18th day of December. 1868. 3
| SEC. 2 BE it further enacted, ETC., That
said Board of Registration is hereby re-
qnired to appoint a Unnecessary number of
supervisors of registration, not exceeding
three in each Parish, except the Parish of
Orleans, wherein said Board shall appoint
a number not exceeding three in each mu-
nicipal district in the city of New Orleans,
and not exceeding three for the right bank,
whose term of office shall commence on the
10th day Of September, 1868, Or as soon
thereafter as they may receive their APP
pointment, and expire OH the 10th day Of
November, 1868; that the registrars shall
each receive eight dollars per day for the
time they are actually employed, and the
supervisors shall receive Eve dollars per
day, and the supervisors shall also be re-
inbursed for all necessary actual travelling
expenses incurred upon producing sub
vouchers and making affidavit that the
expenses were incurred and were actually
necessary for the performance. of their .du-
ty, All accounts of the supervisors shall
be forwarded to the Board of Registration
for examination, and if found correct, shall
be approved by the chairman Of the Board
before payment. The said supervisors
shall, before entering upon the discharge
of their duties, take and subscribe the con-
stitutional oath, and shall transmit copy
of the same to the Board of Registration.
SEC. 3. BE 1T further enacted, etc, That
the Registrars shall each give bond with
good and solvent security in the sum Of
one thousand dollars, for the faithful per-
forn,ance Of the duties of their office, to be
approved by the Governor and fled In the
Office Of the Secretary of State. = -
SEC. A. Be 1t furthe, enacted, ETC., That
the supervisors of each Parish shall keep
their Office, except in the Parish Of Or
leans, at the Court House of the Parish,
and may establish such place for the regis
tration of voters other than the Court
House, not exceeding three in number. as
may be necessary to. enable, electors to reg
lister with as little inconvenience as posi-
Bile I; and in ali cases publication of the of
fees. of registration, as selected by the
| Registrars aud supervisors, shall be made
for thirty days in tho official journal. In
the Parish Of Orleans the Board Of Regis
tration win establish Offices in such dis
tricts at such places as will facilitate the
registering Of voters as far as possible. ,.,.
SEC. s. BE It further. enacted. etc, That
said Board of Registration, or the superyi-
sors SO appointed by. them as aforesaid. for
each Parish, shall require every, person, be-
fore he is registered as q voter, to take and
subscribe any of the following affidavits as
the. case may be required, and any member
of said Board of Registration or any Super
visor is hereby authorized to administer
said oaths; go .t,sui sfa.r se6f,s...lfesa
1, -, do solemnly swear Cor affirm, as
the case may be) that i am twenty-one
years of age, was born Cor naturalized. as
the case may be, in the United States,
and am subject to the jurisdiction thereof.
and have been q resident of the State Of
Louisiana since the, IT. day of % III -, anda
resident of this. Parish since the. ----- day
of ----, and that ! am not idisfranchised
for any of the causes stated in the first
paragraph. Of article ninety-nines Of tho
Constitution of this State. .,gt IA a.tl.f
And do further solemnly swear (or afs
firm, as the case may be,) that did not
Hold any office. civil or military, for one
year or more, underline organization styled
"the Confederate States of American" that
Inever registered myself as an enemy of
the United States; that i never acted as
leader of guerilla bands during the late re-
behion; that never, in the advocacy of
treason, wrote. or published newspaper ar
ticies or preached sermons during the late
rebellion; that Ineverevoted for and sign
ed an ordinances of secession in any State.
Z The last paragraph Of the above affidavit
shall be dispensed with, where the person
applying for registration shah produce and
exhibit to the Registrar or Supervisor the
certificate Of the Secretary of State, show
ing that he has relieved himself from the;
disability contained in the clauses of said.
affidavit, by voluntarily writing and sign
ling a certificate setting forth that lie ac-
knowledges the late rebellion to have been
morally and politically wrong, and that he
regrets any aid and comfort he may have
given it, and showing that such certificate
has been fled in the Office Of the Secretary
of State and been published In the official
journal, as is required by article ninety
nine of the Constitution, and the act of
this General Assembly prescribing the re-
anisite forms of such certificate, and the
registry and publication thereof. and If
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