New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-10

of the foregoing afidavits, or any clause
thereof shall be deemed guilty of perjury,
and on conviction thereof, shall be punished
as prescribed by law.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That it
shall be the duty of the Supervisors to re-
cord IN good, substantial book, prepared
for the purpose, the names of all duly quail
lied voters residing in their respective dis.
tricts; that the following particulars shall
be rec rded, and in the following order:
Date of registry, number name, residence,
ward or precinct, length of residence in the
parish and State, whether native born or
naturalized, with the signature or mark of
the voter, and in the event Of the voter
making his mark, the Registrar shall attest
the same, and the Board of Registration
shall cause to be made duplicate copy of
said registration, which shall be deposited
in complete condition, before the expiration
of their term Of office, in the office of the
Clerk of Court in each parish, except the
parish OF Orleans and the original registra-
tion book shall be deposited as soon as said
registration is completed in the Office of the
Secretary of State.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
every naturallzed citizen shall be required
to produce certificate of his naturalization
from the court in which he was naturalized:
and in the event of his having been natural.
lied in any court of this State, and be has
the clerk of said court to furnish to such
citizen, free of cost, within one week,
duly certified copy of his naturalization;
and the clerk of any court so refusing shall
be liable to fine!of not less than twenty
five nor more than one hundred dollars, re.
coverable before any court of competent
jurisdiction.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
should the applicant for registry have been
born without the limits of the United
States, and afterwards became citizen
thereof, other than by naturalization in the
courts, then he shall make affidavit, and
set forth the circumstances whereby he be-
came citizen, such as decentralization of
his father, or by his residence in any State
or territory when the same was acquired by
or ceded to the United States, or any other
manner whereby, under the laws of the
United States, he would become citizen
thereof. Provided, That afidavits author
lied to be made by this act. may be sworn
to before the Supervisors, but in no case, or
under any circumstances, shall the Supervi-
sors snake any charge, or demand any fee,
under penalty of removal from office.
Sec. 0. Belt further enacted, ETC., That the
Supervisors shall issue to every citizen, at
the time he is registered, a certificate ex-
actly corresponding in number, name, res
idence, etc., with the original registry, and
the presentation of such certificate to the
proof of the facts therein contained, and of
the electors right to vote at the date of
granting of such certificate.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted, etc, That
it shall be the duty fall supervisors to issue
to any registered voter, a duplicate certificates
upon his making affidavit that the original
has been lost or destroyed, said affidavit TO
be made on the back of the duplicate SO
issued.
Sec. IL. De it further enacted, ETC., That
the Supervisors shall each keep an index
book in which shall be entered alphabet
cally the names of all registered voters, with
the number of their certificate; and also q
similar index book to the names of all per-
sons refused registration, with proper ref
erence to the folio or number of the same.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc, That
on or before the fifteenth of December, 1858, |
that said Board OF Registration shall pre-. |
pare and submit full and complete report |
of the cost and of expenses of said registra- |
ton, number of votes registering in each |
parish, and any information that they may
deem proper at the next meeting of the |
General Assembly.
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted ETC., That |
the said Board OF Registration, on the expi- |
ration of their term of office, shall deposit |
in the office of the Secretary of State all |
books and records pertaining to the said |
Registrars.
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the expenses authorized to be incurred by |
this act shall be paid out of the Treasury
OF the State, upon proper vouchers, duly
certified to and approved by the Board Of
Registration.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the registration of the voters of this State |
shall be closed nine DAYS before the first |
Tuesday after the first Monday of November |
A. D. 1865, and it shall be the duty of the |
Supervisors of Registration in every parish |
in this State TO make out and furnish cert. |
fed copies of the registered voters in each |
election precinct and polling place of each |
parish to the Commissioners of Election in |
each precinct or polling place, to'be used at |
he election or elections to be held in |
November A. D. 1865, if any such are
ordered held, and at any subsequent election
until otherwise provided for, and failure
Of the Supervisors to furnish such |
copies of registered voters, shall subject |
each of such delinquent Supervisors to a
fine of not less than one hundred or more
Than hve hundred dollars, to be recovered
Tor the use of the parish in which the |
failure to perform the duty occurred, to be
sued for in the name of the parish; and it
shall be the duty of the District ATTORNEY
pro tempore of such parish to institute any |
such suit whenever any such delinquency |
shall be brought to his knowledge by any
member OF the Police Jury OF Commissioners
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furnished with the copies aforesaid or is
known to himself. or that he has reasonable
cause to believe from other evidence to be
true.
SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, etc., That
The Supervisors of Registration in each
parish of this State shall divide the
same into as many precincts, not to ex.
iced the number now established by law,
Is to them may seem advisable, and direct
what number of polls ar voting places shall
De established in each precinct, and to fix
he places of holding thereof, and to an.
ooint Commissioners for each poll or voting
precinct.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
he Governor Of the State shall, previous
20 any general election, appoint in each
parish of the State one Supervisor of Reg
stratieI., to whom the Clerk of the Court
hall deliver the books of registration de-
iyered to him by the last Supervisors of
and he shall receive the same
md strike from them the names of the
Toters who have died OF left the parish,
n become ineligible for any legal cause,
md to add thereto the names of all those
Fho have removed into the parish since
he last registration, or who were
lot then registered, and those who
AVE since come of age, and generally to
,erfect the registration of the parish, and
hey shall close such registration nine days
'efore the said general election and fur
fish to the Commissioners of Election of
ach voting place or poll copies of the
egistered voters of their precinct, and with
n ten days after such general election
UGH Registrars shall redeliVer to the Clerks |
{ the Courts the books Of registration.
nth all the additions and amendments
made thereto, as herein provided.
SIC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
shall be the duty of the Supervisora NJ |