The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-10-17
An Act
To Create Board of Registration 10
Superintend the Registration of the
Qualified Electors of this State.

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and House of Representatives of the
State of Louisiana in General Assem-
bly, convened, That the Governor, by |
and with the advice and consent of the |
Senate, shall Immediately after this
act becomes law appoint Board, |
consisting of q chairman and two other |
who shall constitute and be |
known as a Board of Registration,
whose duty shall be to cause to be reg
istered every qualified elector in the
State, in accordance with the provis-
ions of the constitution thereof, and
said Board shall hold its meetings and
have its place of business in the City
of New Orleans, aud the term of Office
of said Board shall expire on the 18th
day of December, 1868.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That said Board of Registration is
hereby required to appoint necessary
number of supervisors of registration,
not exceeding three in each parish,
except the parish of Orleans, wherein
said Board shall appoint number not
exceeding three in each municiple dis
trict in the city of New Orleans, and
not exceeding three for the right bank,
whose term of Office shall commence
on the 10th day of September. 1863,
or as soon thereafter as they may re-
ceive their appointment, and expire on
the 10Th day or November, 1868; that
the registrar shall each receive eight
dollars per day for time they are actu
ally employed, and the supervisors
shall receive five dollars per day. and
the supervisors shall also be reimburs-
ed for all necessary actual travelling
expenses incurred upon producing sub
vouchers and making affidavit that the
expenses we're incurred and were actu-
ally necessary for the performance of
their duty. All accounts of the super
visors shall be forwarded to the Board
of Registration for examination, and if
found correct, shall be approved by the
chairman of the Board before payment.
The said Supervisors shall, before en-
tering upon the discharge of their
duties, take and subscribe the consti-
tntional oath. and shall transmit copy
Of the same to the Board of Registra-
ton.
Sec. 3. Be it 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 performance 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 che supervisors of each parish
shall keep their office, except in the
parish of Orleans, at the courthouse Of
the parish, and may establish such
place for the registration of voters
other than the courthouse, not exceed
ing three in number, as may be neces
sary TO enable electors to register
with as little Inconvenience as possible
and III all cases publication of the off
ces of registration, as selected by th'
Registrars and supervisors, shall b,
made for thirty days in the official jour
nal. In the parish of Orleans th,
Board of Registration will establish
offices in such districts at snch place
as will facilitate the registering o
voters as far as possible.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.
That said Board of Registration, or tn
supervisors so appointed by them a
aforesaid, for each parish. shall requir
every person, before he is registered a
voter, to take and subscribe any q
the following affidav1ts as the case ma,
be required, and any member of sal
Board of Registration or any super
visor is hereby authorized to admins
ter said oath:
/. --, do solemnly swear Tor affirm
as the case may be1 that am twenty
one years of age, was born Tor natu
rallied, as the case may be, in tn
United States, and am subject to tn
jurisdiction thereof, and have been
: resident of the State of Louisiana sine
the--day Of, and resident {
this parish since the--day Of
, and that am not DISTINGUISHED for an
, Of the causes stated in the first para
, graph of article ninety-nine of the Con
stitution of this State.
And / do further solemnly swear e
affirm, as the case may BEL that di
, not hold any office, civil or militar,
for one year or more, under the organ
D izatiou styled 1.-THE Confederate State
f of America" that l never registere
myself as an enemy of the Unite
States; that never acted as leader !
: guerrilla bands during the late rebe
| lion; that l never, in the advocacy
L treason, wrote or published newspap'
J, articles or preached sermons durir
b the late rebellion; that l never vote
3 for and signed an ordinance of secessiC
q in any State.
III The last paragraph of the above af
davit shall be dispensed with, whe
t the person applying for registratiC
= I shall produce and EXHIBIT to the Regi
U trar or supervisor the certificate of Il
S Secretary of State, showing that
e has relieved himself from the disabilit
II contained in the clauses of said affid
It Wit. by voluntarily writing and signir
h certificate setting forth that he a
i knowledges the late rebellion to ha'
: been morally and politically wron
= and that he regrets any aid and col