The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1868-03-21

registration, the boards Of registrars
win Immediately pr9eeed to make up
their precinct poi books fof this put
pose they win use the precinct books
used at the last election, making the
necessary cOErecio1g They viii also
forward 10 these headquarters tabular
statement, giving the number of persons
registered white and colored) during
the revision tine num5e2 rejected white
and cOlofed) the names Of the persons
refused registration and stricken from
the rolls, viii be given with statement
showing the causes therefor.
q. The polls viii be opened at every
voting precinct in each parish 1T the
places designated By law. No person
win be allowed to vote whose name does
not appear on the registry list. The
election win be By ballot. Those
voting in favor of the Constitution,
shall have written on printed on the
ballots, by which they vote as aforesaid,
the words, For the Constitution, and
those voting against the Constitution,
shall have written ST printed on such
ballots, the words Against the Consti-
tuition. !" Each ballot presented BIZ q
cclored voter shall be marked g Col
ored, by one Of the Judges of election
Poll books win be kept Of the names of
the voters as at ordinary elections I'M the
State. AS each voter presents his certi-
ficate one Of the judges win indorse on
it " Voted, with the date, and signed
by one of the commissioners.
B The boards of registration of each
parish will be superintendent of, and
win cC1lduct the election, and win see
that all the necessary preparations are
made ion properly conducting the same J;
that due and sufficient notice is given
of the time and object Of the election,
commissioners appointed, proper ballot
boxes prepared, etc.
III, from any cause, any Of the regis
tTars of parish fail to perform the du-
ty incumbent upon them, either at the
revision directed ID paragraph I, or at
the election, their places viii be filed
by the clerk Of the district court, or
recorder of the parish, or assessor of
the parish court i'm the order named, pro-
vided they can qualify according To
law. H vacancies cannot be thus filed,
the remaining portion of the registration
board viii fill them with persons who
can duly qualify, notifying this Office of
the same
4. The election at each precinct viii
be presided over by the three commits
sioners, who viii be sworn ia the same
manner as the FegistraTs
Should only two of the commissioners
be present, they shall appoint third !;
should only one be present he shall APP
point another, and they together shall
appoint third
10 carry out this, commissioners are
authorized to administer the required
oath.
5. At the close Of the election, the
commissioners win carefully count and
make duplicate returns of the result Of
the election stating, also, In four separ-
ate Lists, respectively, the number of
white voters for, the number Oh cOlored
voters for, and the number Of each
against the Consultation. The ballots
VIII then be replaced in the ballot boxes,
which will be sealed, and together with
the registration and election records,
will be carried by one of the commits
sioners to the Court House, on place
designated, ard 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 COM
missioners Of election, and will see
whether the vote Of each precinct COR
responds with the record OF the commits
si0neFs.
The ballots viii then be replaced in
the 0t-boxes, which will be sealed,
and together with the registration and
election records, win be turned over to
such parish officer or member Of the
registration board IS said board may
select, who will receipt therefor, and
Will be held responsible for the same.
Each member Of the board viii make
affidavit to the correctness Of the re-
turns, one copy Of which viii then be
brought by some member OF the board
to the commanding general Of the fifth
military district. at New Orleans, the
other copy will be retained by the board
until further orders