The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-10-17

bdIll( fHlI1lOA du0 oiSucu d CcIt1uCdt0 /
setting forth that l acknowledge the
late rebellion to have been morally and
politically wrong, and that regret any
aid and comfort | may have given it,
and that | have caused such certificate |
to be filed in the office of Secretary of
State, and that it has been published in
the official journal, according to the
! requirements of article ninety-nine of
| the Constitution, and according to the
forms required by this General Assem-
| bly,, and THAI ! have either lost or mis-
| laid the certificate of the Secretary of
State showing the above facts.
That taking and subscribing the affi-
davits required by the preceding part
of this section shall not prevent the
Registrars or supervisors from receiv-
ing other evidence showing. that the
party applying for registration is not
entitled to register, and they shall have
right to examine under oath, to be
administered by themselves or other
competent authority, any witness to
prove any fact pertinent TO the right
of any one to register, and shall de-
eide from the evidence whether the
party SO applying is entitlad to regis
ter.
| Subject to appeal to the Board of
Registration, which Board shall have
power to hear and determine such ap-
peals.
That if any person applying to reg
lister claims TO be relieved from the
4 disabilities contained in the second
4 clause of the aforesaid affidavit under
: the provisO to article ninety nine of
the Constitution, he shall be required
to take and subscribe the following
affidavit:
r., do solemnly swear Cor affirm,
, as the case may be, that prior to the
lst of January, 1868, favored the exc
J cution of the laws of the United States
popularity known as the Reconstruction
Acts of Congress, and openly and act
lively assisted the loyal men of the
State to restore Louisiana to her posi-
ton in the Union.
J Any person who shall swear falsely
to any of the foregoing afidavits, OF
: any clause thereof, shall be deemed
+ guilty of perjury, and on conviction
: thereof, shall be punished as prescrib-
? ed by law.
Sec. 6. Be it further, enacted, etc.
That it shall be the duty of the super.
visors to record in good, substantial
: book, prepared for the purpose, the
! names of all duly qualified voters resi-
ding in their respective districts; tina
: the following particulars shall be re-
: corded, and in the following order
Date of registry, number, name, resi-
dence, ward or precinct, length of res
= idence, in the parish and State, wheth
Il er native born or naturalized, with thu
g signature or mark of the voter, and ii
y the event of the voter making his mark
II the Registrar shall attest the same
. and the Board of Registration shall
/ cause to be made duplicate copy o
: said registration, which shall be de
y posted in complete condition, befor
, the expiration of their term of office, il
l. the office of the Clerk of Court in eacl
y parish. except the parish of Orleans
70 and the original registration book shall
: be deposited as soon as said registra
10 ton is completed in the office of th
u Secretary of State
~ Sec. z. Be it further enacted, etc
u That every naturalized citizen shall b
required to produce certificate of hi
= naturalization from the court in whic
10 he was naturalized; and in the event {
IS his having been naturalized in an
re court of this State, and he has lost hi
IS certificate, it shall be the duty of th
oI Clerk of said court to furnish the cit
y zen, free of cost within one week, a dull
ID certified copy of his naturalization
+ and the clerk of any court so refusin
s. shall be liable to fine of not less tina
twenty five nor more than one hundre
H. dollars, recoverable before any cou
, of competent Jurisdiction.
"a Sec. s. Be it further enacted, etc
~ That should such applicant for regi
= try have been born without the limi
"a of the United States, and afterwari
Of became citizen thereof, other tina
by naturalization in the courts, the
10 he shall make affidavit, and set fort
a. the circumstances whereby he BEGAN
NJ a citizen, such as the naturalizatit
of his father, or, by his residence
or any State or Territory when the san
ia was acquired by or ceded to the Unite
". States. or any manner whereby, und
~ this laws of the United States, he wou
.os become citizen thereof. Proride
al That afidavits authorized to be mat
ed by this act, may be sworn to before tt
of supervisors, but in no case, or und
j. no circumstances, shall the supervise
of make any charge, or demand any fe
,er under the penalty ofremoval from offic
no Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, ett
ed That the supervisors shall issue
on every citizen, at the time he register
certificate exactly corresponding
a. number, name, residence ETC., with t
are original registry, and the presentati
on of such certificate to the COMMISSIONS
is of Election shall be full proof of fac
he therein contained, and of the electol
he right to vote at the date of grantil
tv of such certificate.
H. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, Ell
That it shall he tho dntv of all sune