The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-10-03

penses of said registration number Of
votes registering in each parish. and
any information that they may deem
proper at the next meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly.
! Sec. Is. Be it further enacted. etc.
That the said Board of Registration,
on the expiration of their term of Office,
shall deposite in the Secretary of State
all books and records pertaining to the
said Registrars. ss
Sec. IA. Be it further enacted. etc.
That the expenses authorized to be in
CURED by this act shall be paid out of
the Treasury of the State, upon proper
vouchers, duly certified to and approved
by the Board of Registration.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, etc. +,
That the registration of the voters of
this State shall be closed nine days
before the lst Tuesday after the Ist
Monday of November, A. d. 1868, and
it shall be the duty of the supervisors
of Registration in every parish in this
State to make out and furnish certified
copies of the registered voters in each
election precinct and polling place of
each parish to the Commissioners of
Election in each precinct or polling
place; to be used at the election TO be
hello in November, A. d. 1868, if any
such are ordered held, and at any sub
sequent election until otherwise pro-
vided for; and failure of the supervi-
sors to furnish such copies of register
ed voters, shall subject each of such
delinquent supervisors to fine of not
less than 100 or more than 500 dollars
to be recovered for the use of the par
ish in which the failure to perform the
duty occurred, to be sued for i'll the
name of the parish; and Int shall be the
duty of the District Attorney pro tenn
pore of such parish to institute suit
whenever any such delinquency shall
be brought to his knowledge by any
member of the Police Jury or Commits
sioners of Election, who ought to have
been furnished with the copies afore-
said, or is known to himself, or that he
has reasonable cause to believe from
other evi Hence to be true.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the supervisors of Registration
in each parish of this State shall d.
vide the same into as many precincts,
not exceed the number now established
by law. as to them may seem advisable.
and direct what number ofspolls or
voting places shall be established in
each precinct, and to fix the places of
holding thereof, and to appoint Com
missioners for each poll or voting pre-
cinct.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, etc,
That the Governor of the State shall,
previous to any general election, ap-
point in each parish of the State one
supervisor Of Registration, to whom the
Clerk of the Court shall deliver the
books of registration delivered to him
by the last supervisors of Registration,
and he shall receive the Same and
strike from them the names of voters
WHO have died or left the parish, or be-
come ineligible for any legal cause.
and to add thoreto the names of all
those who have removed into the par
ish since the last registration, or who
we're not then registered, and those who
have since come of age, and generally
to perfect the registration Of the parish,
and they shall close such registration
nine days before the general election
and furnish to the Commissioners of
Election of each voting place or poll
copies of tue registered voters of their
precinct, and within ten days after such
general election such Registrars shall
redeliver to the Clerks of the Courts
the books of registration, with all the
additions and amendments made there-
TO. rs herein provided.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted. etc /,
That it shall be the duty of the super
visions of Election in every parish of
this State. (exceptthe parish of Orleans)
to appoint one or more suitable persons
to attend at each voting poll, whose
duty 1t shall be to convey the box to
receive the votes to the place of hold
ing election, and to deliver the same
to the Commissioners of Election, and
to attend the Commissioners of EIec-
ton during the whole time of holding
the election, and to obey all legal or
! ders of such Commissioners, in Keeping
order at or near the polls, suppressing
riots, or disorder of any kind, and to
make all such arrests as may be or
dered by the said Commissioners
Amy person who may resist or oppose
such persons in the. discha, ge of their
said dutiess upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished, as is prescribed for
resisting an, officer,
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That all acts and parts of acts hereto.
fore passed touching the registration
of voters besand the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 90. BE it further enacted, etc..
That this act shall take effct from and
after its passage.
/ CHAS. w. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieut'Gov. and President of the Senate
FL. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana
n Approved September, 1868.
A true c0py;0
GEO. E. BOVEE,
SpprAfarv of State