The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-11-21
Louisiana Election Law.

IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
AND TO ENFORCE ARTICLE 103
OF THE CONSTITUTION OF, THE
STATE
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-.
tives of the State of Louisiana in
General Assembly convened, That
elections for representatives in the
General Assembly shall be held
on the 1st Monday of November,
1870, and every two years there
after; and all elections to supply
the place of Senators in the Gen
eral Assembly, whose terms of ser
vice shall have expired, shall be
held at the same time as herein
provided for the election of frepre-
sentatives.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
etc., That in the years in which a
Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor are to be elected, the elec
tion for such officers shall be held
at the time and place herein pro-
vided for the election of Senators
and representatives.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That elections for sheriffs and
coroners of the several parishes OF
this State shall be held at the
same time herein before provided
for the election. of members of the
General Assembly.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted,
ETC., The elections shall be held in
each parish at the several election
precincts now or hearafter to be
established by law, until otherwise
directed by the supervisors of reg
istration. lnfla yt3
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That ALL elections shall be
completed in one day, and the
polls shall be kept open at each
precinct from the hour of seven in
the morning until six in the after
noon.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted,
etc., That the elections at each
precinct shall be presided over by
three commissioners of elections,
to be appointed by the supervi-
sors of registration, who shall be-
fore entering upon the discharge
of their duties, take and subscribe
the oath or oaths prescribed for
State officers. Should only 1 of the
commissioners appointed be pres
ent, he shall, Except in such cases
as the commissioners of election
are hereinafter required to close
the polIs,) appoint another, and
both together shall appoint a 3rd,
and the commissioners so appoint
ed shall take the oath, and per-
form all the duties of commission
ers of election in the same manner
as if they had been appointed by
the supervisors of registration.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That the commissioners of
election shall preserve order and
decorum at the election, and shall
have power to commit to prison
any disorderly person for a term
not to extend beyond the hour of
closing the polls, provided he be
permitted to vote before being
imprisoned.
Any person or persons who shall
obstruct, hinder, or by violence or
threats of violence, abusive Ian
guage, or other species Of intimi-
datlon, interfere with supervisor
of registration or commissioner of
election, or with any person or
persons duly appointed to execute
the orders of the supervisors of
registration or commissioners of
election, in the discharge of their
duties, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding $500 nor less
than S100, and by imprisonment
for a period not exceeding three
months nor less than one month.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That in any parish, precinct,
ward, city or townin which on any
day of election there shall be any
! riot, tumult, acts of violence or
armed disturbance at or near the
polls, which riot, tumult, acts Of
| violence or armed disturbances shall
| prevent or tend to prevent a fair,
peaceable and full vote of all the
qualified electors of such parish,
precinct, ward, city or town, ii
shall be the duty of the commits
sioners of election or the supervi
sors Of registration for the said
parish or district to continue to
hold and complete the election by
them begun, Ii possible, and tC
make d clear gandd full statement
| in dilDIicate. Of all the facts relat,