The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-10-07

or against MN, but they cannot examine
any other person as to it, or consider any
testimony whatever upon the subject.
The act in question empowers them to
make such inquiries Of witnesses only as
to the preceding qualifications and disqual-
ifications, and no others. a qa 2ni
You should therefore be careful to enter
into no explanations with these registrars
OF supervisors, but offer to take such oath
as you can of those prescribed below, and
refuse to answer any question whatever as
| to yonr present or past opinions, actions,
votes or anything whatever.
They have no right to demand anything
Of you but the oath prescribed by the law,
| OF to see your certificate Of naturalization
or of recantatioD, ifyou belong to either
| class which mnst have snch. ~ /
Here is the law which governs them:
SEC. S. Be it tiuthe, enacted, etc., That
said Board of Registration OF, the supervi-
sors so appointed by them as aforesaid, for
each parish, shall require every person, be-
fore he is registered as u voter, to fake and
subscribe any of the following afiidavits
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h,s ,,oon s1ad in ,ha ef,,o,. 80 .h.,
of st,+o and ,,oo,, ,,,,,,;s,,oa :, a.. Ct,
;onrn,, os "a rean;re5 Inv ,rt;.I, ninstr.
n;na oftha oons.;t,,,;on .n1 ~ 80 e
tl,is General Assen,h,v mas or;,,;na 40 -,
on;s;to f,r,,s of su.h oa.t;ao,ta .a 49,
rea;strv ana r,,I;..+;on ,,,or.of .n1 e 49,
,arty annli vin.. far 4sec;strat;on h,s 1ost -,
1n;s,a;,, snch cert;ticat. ~ tbc seerct.rv ~
Stat. he shall he rconired to t.l,c apd sn,,-
scribe in Iieu thereof thu fnllow;ng of,do-
VIII.
- 10 solcmn,v swear for ,fsr,,
40 tha ooso nov In ,t,,,4 ,,.vo ,,,,,rt,,
i,v written and signed = certificate setting
fortl, that aclsunwledge the late rebellion
70 have hcen morallv and nn,;t;callv
wropo and that 7 regret onv nil aud com.
fort T may have given r.. and tl,ot, II have
cansed sucl certificate to he ti,cd in, the
of,,cc If the Secretary If state. ma that e.
has been npb,isbod i, tb,os ofic;., ;ournol
.ccordina & the reo,,;rnc,nents Of article
n;nety nine &c Tho const;tpt;on aud Accord.
inc "a. the forms reou;,ed nv this General
Assembly and that have either lost ~,
mislaid the certificate Of the Secretary of
State showing the above facts 7at1i'
That taking and subscribing rhc .fida-
Wits reonired Inv t,,e rreccd;no nart of this
section shall NOT nrcyent tl,e registrars or
SUPERVISORS from receiving other evidence
showing that the ,,arty sw,yino for reois-
tratiop is not entitled, to reyister', an,i they
shall, have n r;ght, tn ,cxan;ue nnder oath
TO be administered bv themselves or other
conpetcnt AUTHORITY. any witness to nrove
any fact pertineut to tbo ri,,l,t of any one