The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-09-23
HREVEPoRT LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1868
New Registration Act

le New Registration Act.
An Act to Create Board of Registration to Super
II tend the Registration Of the Qualified Electors
s. this State
,s SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou
" of Representatives of the State OF Louisiana III efef
v Assembly convened That the Governor, by and wit
the advice aud consent of the Senate shall immediate
al after this act becomes law appoint Board, conss
o ing of chairman and two other members, who sha
o constitute and be known Board of Registration
Q whose duty shall be to to be registered ever
qualified elactor il the State, in accordance with th
provisions OF the constitution thereof and said Boar
shall hold its meetings and have its place of busines
in the city Of New Orleans, and the term of Office
said Board Shall expire the fifteenth day of Decen
: ber, 1868.
SEC. 81 Be it further enacted, ETC., That said Boar
of Registration is hereby required to appoint neces
sy number of supervisors ofregistration not exceed
ing three in each parish except the parish Of Orleans
wherein said Board shall appointa number not ex
ceeding threein each municipal district in the city o
New Orleans, and not exceeding three for the righ
bank, whose term of office shall commence on The
tenth day of September, 1868, or as soon thereatte
as they may receive their appointments and expire Oh
the tenth day of November, 1861 that the registrars
shall each receive eight dollars per day for the time
they actually employed, and the supervisors saa
receive five dollars per day, and the supervisors shall
also be reimbursed or all necessary actual travelling
expenses incurred, upon producing sub vouchers and
making affidavit that the expenses nearrel aud
were actually necessary for the performance of their
duty. All accounts Of the supervisors shall be for
warded to the Board Of Registration for examination,
and if found correct shall be approved by the chair
man of the Board before payment. The said Super
vlsors shall before entering upon the discharge OF
their dnties take and subscribe the constitutional
! oath and shall transmit copy OF the same to the
/ Board of Registration. &
z Rp Thaf
trars shall each give bond with good and solvent
cuisy in the sum OF one thousand dollars, for thefah
ful performance Of the duties of their Office to be ap-
proved by the Governor and fled in the Office of the
Secretary of State.
SEC. A. BE it further enacted, etc. Thatthe Super
vsors Of each parish shall keep their office, except in
the parish ofOreans at the courthouse Of the parish
and may establish such places for the registration of
voters other than the courthouse exceeding three
IN numbers as may be necessaryto to enable electors to
register with as little Inconvenience as possible aud
IN all cases publication Of the Offices of registration
selected by the Registrars and Supervisors, shall be
made for thirty days in the official Journal In the
parishof Orleans the Board Of Registration will esab-
lsh offices in such districts such places will acili
tate the registering OF voters as far possible.
SEC. 5. Belt further enacted etc. That said Board of
Regstration, or the Supervisors appointed by them
as aforesaid foreach parish shall require every per-
son, before he is registered voter, to take and
snbscroeany OF the following adavits the may
oe ieluiieu anu any member OF SAID board OF Re5-
tstion or any Supervisor is hereby authorised to ad
minister said oaths ~ Il rs--~ ~
: - do solemnly swear )or affirm, the case
may be,) that am twenty-oue years of age was born
Tor naturallzed as the may be- in the United
States and am subject to the jurisdiction thereof and
have been resident of the State of Louisiana since
the - day of -, and resident of this parish
since the day of -, and that am not disran-
chised for any Of the Causes stated in the first para
graph OF article nnety-nne Of the constitution Of this
State.
And do further solemnly swear for affirm as the
case may be- )tha did not hold any Office civil or
military for one year or more under the organization
styled the Confederate States of AmeIca;" that |
never registered myself as an enemy of the United
States that never acted leader of guerrilla bands
during the late rebellion that never in the advocacy
OF treason wrote published newspaper articles or
preached sermons during the late rebeion that I |
never voted for and signed ordinance of secession
in any State
The last paragraph Of the above affidavit shall be
dispensed with, where the person applying for regis
raton shall produce and exhibit to the Registrar or
the certificate of the Secretary Of State
showing that ne has relieved himself from the disab-
ty contained Ill the clauses of said affidavit BY youn-
tay writing and signing certificate setting forth that
ne achno"iedses the late rebellion to have been
ally aho potcay wrong, and that he regrets any aid
and comfort he may have given it, and showing that /
such certificate has been flied in the office of the Se,
reary OF State and been published in the official Jour
nal as Is required by article ninety of the consti
uuon, ana the act of this General Assembly prescrib
ng the requisite forms of such certificate and the reg
stry and publication thereof and if the party applyng
or registration has lost misia such certificate O!
he Secretary OF State he shall be required to take and
IN lieu thereof, the following affidavit:
i, - do solenlnly swear (or affirm, as the ease
nay be) that have voluntarily written and signed a
ertlhcate setting forth that acknowledge the late re-
'elllon to have been morally and politically wrong
md that regret any aid and comfort NAV have given
t, and that have caused such certificate to be
lied in the Office Of the Secretary Of State and that it
las been published in the official Journal according to
re requirements OF article ninetynine of the consti
ution and according to the forms required by this
General Assembly and that have either lost or mis-.
aid the certificate OF the Secretary of State showing
he above facts. z-a e
That taking and subscribing the aHidavits REQUIRED
y the preceding part Of this section shall not prevent
he Registrars Or Supervisors from receiving other ey
lcnce showing that the partyapplyins for recistrtan
not entitled to register, and they shall have right
cxainae nnder oath to be administered by them
elves Or other competent authority, any witness to
rove any faet pertinent to the right of any one 10
Pgister, and shall decide from the evidence whether
be party so applying is entitled to register a
SUBJECT to appeal to the Board of Registration which
oard shall have power to hear and determine such 4
ppeals. 49, ...y ---.-,. 9
That If any person applying to register claims to be
elieved from the disabilities contained in the second
rtice ninety of the constitution he shall be re-
nired to take and subscribe the following affidavit: +"
|, -, do soemnly swear Cor affirm, as the ease %
,ay be that prior to the first of Januarv eighteen
undred and sxty-eght, favored the execution of $
ne laws OF the United States popularity known as the
acts OF Congress- and openly ard active
assisted the loyal men of the State in their efforts
restore Louisiana to her position in the Union II
Any person who shall swear falsely to any Of the
oregoins adaHits any clause thereof shall be IL
eemed guilty of perjury, and conviction thereof,
hall be punished as prescribed by law 49, g
SEC. 6, Be further enacted etc. That 1t shall be
nc duty of the Supervisors to record in good sub tt
antial book prepared for the purpose the Of
4 duly qualified voters residing in their respective
strcts that the following particulars shall be record al
J. and in the following order Date Of registry num- II
er name, residence, ward precinct length of res
ence in the parish and State whether native born or
aturazed, with the signature or mark of voter, and p
theeve of tile voter making his mark, the Reg d.
shall attest the same, and the Board of Regstra tt
on shall cause to be made duplicate copy of said al
gisraon, which sbalbe deposited in mpete con 81
ton, before the expiration of their term of Office in
lie Office Of the Clerk of Court in each parish EXCEPT
lie parish of Orleans, and the original registration e
ook shall be deposited as said registration is
,mpleted in the office Of the Secretary of State c.