New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-13
[Extract.l

3. WHEREAS, A convention recently as.
sembled at New Orleans, Louisiana, in COM
pliance with special orders No. l66, from
these headquarters, dated October q, 1867,
did, in pursuance of the acts of Congress
mentioned in said order, proceed to frame a
constitution and civil government for the
state Of Louisiana; and
Whereas, The acts of Congress provide
that the election for the ratification of said
constitution shall be conducted by the off.
GERS or persons appointed or to be appointed
by the commanding general; said election
will be held in the state of Louisiana, from
I A. NJ. to 7 P. NJ, on the seventeenth and
eighteenth days Of April, 1868, at which the
registered voters of said state may vote for
or against the constitution submitted to
them by said convention.
l. Commencing fourteen days before the
election, boards ofregistrars will, after hay.
ing given reasonable public notice, revise,
at the places where the boards are in ses-
sion, for period Of five days, the registra-
tion lists, and upon being satisfied that any
person not entitled thereto has been regis
tered, will strike the name of such person
from the list. The boards will also, during
the same period, add to the registry the
names of all persons who at that time pos
sess the qualifications required by law, and
who have not already been registered. (See
section seven, supplementary act of July 10,
Is67.)
Upon completion of the revision of regis.
tration the boards of registrars will imme-
diately proceed to make up their precinct
poll books. For this purpose they will use
precinct books used at the last election,
making the necessary corrections. They
will also forward to these headquarters a
tabular statement, giving the number OF
persons registered (white and colored) dur
ing the revision the number rejected
| (white and colored); the names of persons
refused registration and stricken from the
rolls will be given with statement showing
the causes therefor.
II. Thepolls will be opened at every vot.
ing precinct in each parish at the places
designated by law. No person will be al
lowed to vote whose name does not appear
on the registry list The election will be by
ballot. Those voting in favor of the con.
stitution shs' have written or printed on
the ballots u which they vote as aforesaid
the words For the constitution and those
voting against the constitution shall have
written or printed on such ballots the
words Against the constitution" Each
ballot presented by cOlored voter will be
marked "coloredn by one of the judges of
election. Poll books will be kept of the
names of the voters as at ordinary elections
in the state. As each voter presents his
certificate one of the judges will indorse on
it, ''Voted, with the date, and signed by
one of the commissioners.
III. The board ofregistration of each par
ish will be superintendents Of, and will
conduct the election, and will see that all
the necessary preparations are m ade for
properly conducting the same; that due and
sufficient notice is given of the time and OBJ
ject of the election, commissioners ap.
pointed, proper ballot boxes prepared, etc.
II, from any cause, any of the registrars Of
parish fail to perform the duty incu mbent
upon them, either at the revision directed
| III pdAh5Aop OuSY VI ab hhG OACOklOIg luOAA
places will be filed by the clerk of the dis
trict court, or recorder of the parish, or as
SCISSOR OF the parish court, in the order
named, provided they can qualify according
to law. Ifvacancies can not be thus filed,
the remaining portion of the registration
board will fill them with person, who Can
duly qualify, notifying this Office of the
same.
". The election at each precinct will be
presided over by the three commissioners,
who will be sworn in the same manner as
the registrars.
Should only two of the commissioners be
present they shall appoint third should
only one be present he shall appoint an
other, and they together shall appoint
third.
To carry out this commissioners are au.
thorized to administer the required oath.
! V. At the close of the election the com
missioners will carefully count and make
duplicate returns of the result of the cleo
tion, stating, also, in four separate lists, re
spectively, the number of white voters for,
the number of colored voters for, and the
number of each against the constitution.
The ballots will then be replaced in the bal
lot boxes, which will be sealed, and toge tn.
| erwith the registration and election records
win be carried by one of the commissioners
to the courthouse. or place designated, and
turned over to the board of registrars.
The board will then carefully count and
make duplicate returns of the votes cast, in
the manner prescribed for commissioners of
election, and will see whether the vote Of
each precinct corresponds with the record
of the commissioners.
The ballots will then be replaced in the
ballot.boxes, which will be sealed, and to-
gether with the registration and election
records, will be turned over to such parish
oficer or member Of the registration board
as said board may select, who will receipt
therefor, and viii be held responsible for
the same. Each member Of the board will
make afRdavit 70 the correctness of the re-
turns, one copy Of which will then be
brought by some member Of the board to
the commanding general Of the 9Th military
district, at New Orleans, the other copy win
be retained by the board until further or
ders.
VI. The boards Of registrars and com.
miaslcner wiz ase that q inll and lair op-
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