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

SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the State of
Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall immedi-
atcly after this act becomes law appoint a
Board, consisting of a chairman and two
other members, who shall constitute and be
known as Board of Registration, whose
duty shall be to cause to be registered
every qualified elector in the State, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the consti-
tuition 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 expire on the fif-
teenth day of December, 1868
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
said Board of Registration is hereby re-
quired to appoint "a necessary 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 NUM-
cipal district in the city of New Orleans, and
not exceeding three for the right bank,
whose term of office shall commence on the
tenth day of September, 1865, or as soon
thereafter as they may receive their appoint.
ment, and expire on the tenth day of No
vember, 1868; that the registrars shall each
receive eight dollars per day for the time
they are actually employed, and The super.
viscrs shall receive five dollars per day, and
the supervisors shall also be reimbursed for
all necessary actual travelling expenses in.
CURED upon producing subvouchers and
were incurred and we're actually
necessary for the performance Of their
duty. 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 constitutional
oath, and shall transmit copy of the same
to the Board of Registration.
SEC. ). Be it 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.
Torrance of the duties of their office, to be
approved by the Governor aud filed in the
Office of the Secretary of State.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Supervisors of each parish shall keep
their office, except in the parish of Orleans,
at the courthouse of the parish, and may
establish such place for the registration of
voters other than the courthouse, not ex-
ceeding three in number, as may be neces.
sary to enable electors 20 register with as
little Inconvenience as possible; and in all
cases publication of the offices of registra-
tAN1AOAb 90 SClCCtSN ny buG 1hSBlblIdI6 anu
Supervisors, shall be made for thirty days
in the official journal. In the parish of
Orleans the Board of Registration will
Offices III such districts at such
places as will facilitate the registering of
voters as far as possible.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
said Board ofRegistration, or the Supervisors
so appointed by them as aforesaid, for each
parish, shall require every person, before he
is registered as voter, to take and sub
scribe any of the following af1idavits as the
case may be required, and any member of
said Board of Registration or any Supervi.
eor is hereby authorized to administer said
Oaths:
!, -, do solemnly swear Cor affirm, as
the case may bt,) that l am twenty-one
years Of age, was born Cor naturalized, as
the case may BEL in the United States, and
am subject TO the jurisdiction thereof, and
have been resident of the State of Louisi.
ana since the - day of -, and a res
dent of this parish since the - day of
-, and that am not DISTINGUISHED for
any of the causes stated in the first para.
graph Of article ninety.nine of the consti.
tuition of this State.
> And do further solemnly swear Cor at.
irm as the case may be,) that did not
aold any office, civil or military,
or one year or more, under the |
styled ''the Confederate States
II America" that never registered myself
Is an enemy Of the United States; that /
lever acted as leader of guerrilla bands |
Turing the late rebellion; that never, in |
he advocacy OF treason, wrote or published |
newspaper articles or preached sermons |
Turing the late rebellion; that never voted |
or and signed an ordinance of secession in |
my State.
The last paragraph of the above affidavit |
mall be dispensed with, where the person |
applying for registration shall produce and |
'xhlolt to the Registrar or Supervisor the |
certificate of the Secretary Of State. showing |
hat he has relieved himself from the disao |
,ility contained in the clauses of said atfi- |
lavit, by voluntarily wiring and signing a |
setting forth that he acknow-
edges the late rebellion to have been.
morally and politically wrong, and that |
lie regrets any aid and comfort ne may have
5tven it, and showing that such certificate |
las been filed in the Office of the Secretary of |
State and been published in the official |
ournal, as is required by article ninety
line Of the constitution, and the act of this
General Assembly prescribing the requisite
orms OF such certificate, and the registry
md publication thereof, and if the party an.
lying for registration has lost or mislaid
uch certincate of the Secretary OF State,
lie shall be required to take and subscribe
n lieu thereof. the following affidavit:
l. -, 90 solemnly swear Tor affirm, as
ne case may Del that have voluntarily
written and signed certificate setting forth
hat | acknowledge the late rebellion to
ave been morally and politically WronS
md that regret any aid and comfort MAY.
lave given it, and that have caused snch
certificate to be filed in the office ofthe
secretary OF State, and that 1t has been
in the official journal. according
0 the requirements of article ninety.nine
# the constitution, and according to she
orms required BY this General Assembly,
nd that have either lost or mislaid the
Of the Secretary of State showing
he above facts.
That taking and subscribing the affidagits
equired by the preceding part of this sec. r
ion shall not prevent the Registrars or 81.
eryisors from receiving other evidenced
howing that the party applying for regis
ration is not entitled to register. and they
hall have right to examine under oath, to
. administered by themselves or other
ompetent authoriEyj any witness to prove
ny fact pertinent to the right Of any one
0 register, and shall decide from the evil
ence whether the party soapplying is enti-
Subject to appeal to the Board Of Regis.
;atioD, which board shall have power to |
ear and determine such appeals
That II any person applying TO register
aims 20 pc relieved from the disabilities
Dntatned in the second clause Of the afore-
lid affidavit under the proviso to article
lnety.nine Of the constitution, he shall be !
'quired to take and Subscribe the follow
& affidavit. 4t
l. -, do uolomnly swear Cor affirm, as
e case may be-, that prior to the first Of
!nuargi eighteen hundred and sixty eight i
favored the execution Of the laws Of the
al.se sta.es pop1.arly known g the e.
d actively assisted the loyal men OF the
aLe u their e1arla % fallnrA flnnialA.nA %