The Opelousas courier., 1868-10-17
AN ACT.
To Create Board of Registration to Su-
perintend the Registration of the Quail
iHed Electors of this Stat9.

To Create Board OF RegIstrallOn to Su-
perintend the Registration of the Quail
flied Electors of this State.
Sec. /. Bel enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State of
louisiana IN General assembly conuened,
That the Governor, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, shall i'm
mediately after this act becomes law
appoint Board, consisting of chair
man and two other members, who shall
be known as a Board of Registration,
whose duty shall be to cause to be regis
tered every qualified elector in the State,
in accordance with the provisions of the
constitution thereof, and said Board shall
hold its meetings and have its place of
business in the city of New Orleans, and
the term of Office of said Board shall ex-
pire on the fifteenth day of December,
1865.
Sec. 2. Belt further enacted, ETC., That
said Board Of Registration is hereby re-
quired to appoint necessary number of
o. supervisors of registration, not exceed
ing three in each parish, except the par
ish of Orleans, wherein said Board shall
appoint number not exceeding three in
each municipal district in the city of
New Orleans, and not exceeding three
for the right bank, whose term of office
shall commence on the tenth day of Sep
i tember, 1868, or as soon thereafter as
they may receive their appointment, and
expire on the tenth day of November,
1868; that the registrars shall each re-
! ceive eight dollars per day for time they
are actually employed, and the supervi-
sors shall receive five dollars per day,
and the supervisors shall also be re1m-
bursed for all necessary actual travelling
expenses incurred upon producing sub
vouchers and making affidavit that the
expenses were incurred and were actual
" necessary for the performance of their
duty. All accounts of the supervisors
shall he forwarded to the Board Of Reg
istration for examination, and if found
correct, shall be approved by the chair
man of the Board before payment. The
said Supervisors shall, before entering
upon the discharge of their duties, take
and subcribe the constitutional oath, and
shall transmit copy of the same to tie
Board of Registration. N.ss-sE
See. 8. Belt further enacted, etc., That
the Registrars shall each give bond with
good and solvent security in the sum OF
one thousand dollars, for the faithful per-
formance of the duties of their Office, to
be approved by the Governor and filed
in the office of the Secretary of State.
. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Supervisors Of each parish shall keep
their office, except in the parish OF Or
leans, at the courthouse, not exceeding
three in number, as may be necessary to
enable electors to register with as little
inconvenience as possible; and in all
eases publication of the Offices of regis
tration, as selected by the Registrars and
Supervisors, shall be made for thirty
days in the official journal. In the par,
isl Of Orleans the Board of Registration
will establish offices in such districts al
such places as will facilitate the register
ing OF voters as far as possible.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., Thai
said Board of Registration, or the Super
visors so appointed by them as aforesaid
for each parish, shall require every per
# son, before he is registered as voter
a5s to take and subcribe any of the following
affidayits as the case may be required
and any member of said Board OF Reg
istration or any Supervisor is hereby au
thorized to administer said oaths.
st 81 /, --, do solemnly swear Tor affirm
as the case may be} that am twenty-on
Il years of age, was born Tor naturalized
as the case may be, in the United States
an am subject to the jurisdiction thereof
and have been resident OF the State Q
Louisiana since the day of -, -, an
resident of this parish since the - -
day of -, and that am not disfran
chised for any of the causes stated In tn
first paragraph OF article ninety nine {
the Constitution of this State.
HUI And / dc further solemnly swear Tor a.
firm, as the case may be,) that did nc
hold any office, civil or military, for on
year or more, under the organizatio
STYLED ssthe Confederate States of Amel
ica." that never registered myself
an enemy of the United States; that
never acted as leader OF guerrilla bant
during the late rebellion; that | neVe
in the advocacy OF treason, wrote !
published1newspape articles or preacl
sa ed sermons during the late rebellion
that never voted for and signed an Q
dinance of secession In any State.
The last paragraph of the above al
xlayit shall be dispensed with, where q
s person applying for registration sh;
nroduce and exhibit to the Registrar
supervisor the certificate of the Secret
~ of State, showing that he has reliey'
himself from that disability contained M
lie clauses of said affidavit. by yoluns
a.sI rE writing and signing q certificate q
ting forth that he acknowledges the "a
rebellion to have been morally and
litically wrong, and that he regrets al
aid and comfort he may have given
and showing that such certificate q
u been fled in the Office OF the secreta
of State, and been published instiie< O
hs cial journal, as is required by artl'
Ea ninety-nine of the Constitution, and
act of this General Assembly prescrlbl
the requisite forms of such certlfica
and the registry and publication there
and if the party applying for reglstl
ton has lost or mislaid such certified
sof the Secretary of State, he shall be
squired to take and subcribe, in lieu the
of. the following affidavit: III
do solemnly swear lor afilr
as the case may bel that have Folun
rily written and signed q certificate 8
ting forth that acknowledge the Il
rebellion to have been morally and
litically wrong, and thatI regret any
and comfort I may have given Il, 2
Illaye caused such certificate TO pc a
In the Office of the Secretary OF sta
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