The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1868-10-03
An Act
To Create q Board of Registration to
Sspsrintend the Registratien Of the
Qualified Electors af this State.

and House of Representatives of, the
state Of Louisiana in General Assem-
hly convened, That the Governor, by
ana with the advice and consent Of the
Senate, shall Immediately after this
act becomes law appoint Board,
consisting of chairman and two other
members, who shall constitute and be
known as q Board of Registration,
whose duty shall be to cause to be reg
issered 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 It's place of business in the City
of New Orleans, and the term of Office
of said Board shall expire on the 18th
day Of December, 1868.
Sec. g. BE it further enacted, etc.,
That said Board of Registration is
hereby required to appoint a.neeessary
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. 1868,
or IS 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 Ave 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 were 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-
tutional oath. and shall transmit copy
"f the same to the Board of Registra-
tioM.
See. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the Registrars shall each give
boad with coed and solvent security in
the sam of one thousand dollars, for
the faithful performance Of the duties
of their ofiice, to be approved by the
Governor and fled in the Office of the
Secretary Of State.
Sec. I. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the supervisors of each parish
shall keep their Office, except in the
parish of Orleans, ut the courthouse Of
the parish, end may establish such
place for the registration of voters
Other than the courthouse, not exceed
ing three innamber. as may be neces-
ssry to enable electors 10 register
d. with as littleinconvenieRce as possibles
aud in all cases publication of the off,
ces Of registration. as selected by the
Registrars and supervisors, shall be
m&defor thirty days in the official Jour
nal. IN the parish of Orleans the
Board vt Registration will establish
Offices In sach districts at such places
81 will facilitate the registering Of
voters as Car as possible.
Soc. 5, Be it further enacted, etc.,
Thaa said Board Of Registration, OF the
supervisors so appointed by them as
aforesaid. for each parish, shall require
every person, before he is registered as
voter, to take and subscribe any Of
the following afidavIts as the case may
be required, and any member of said
Board Of Registration or any super
visor il hereby authorized to admins
ter said oath:
l. $500. do solemnly swear Tor affirm,
as the case may bel that am twenty
one years Of age, was born Cor natu-
ralised. as the case may be, In the
United States, and am subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, and have been a
resident Of the State of Louisiana since
Ghe-day Of, and resident of
hhis parish since the-day Of.
1and that | am not DISTINGUISHED for any
.of the causes stated in the first para
graph Of article ninety mine of the Con-
situation of this State.
And DO further solemnly swear Tor
'shrn, as the case May be- that I did
moth0ld any Office. civil or military.
dor one year or more. under the organ
ization- styled ..the Confederate States
of .America;" that ! never registered
myself as an .eaemy of the United
States; that never acted as leader of
guerrilla bands during the late rebel
Dion; that q newer, ia the advocacy OF
treason. wrOse,or published newspaper
articles or preached sermons duriag
the late rebellion; that / never voted
for and signed an ordinance of secession
in any State.
The last paragraph of the above aft
davit shall be dispensed with. where
che person applying for registration
shall produce and EXHIBIT to the Regis
trsr or supervisor the certificate of the
Secretary of State, showing that he
has relieved himself from the disability
contained in the clauses of said afida-
vit, BY voluntarily writing and signing
akertiHcats setting forth that he &C
kpOwledgss tbs late rebellion to have
been morally and politically wrong,