Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1869-08-07

modifying the result of The election, one cor
e Of which they shall transmit 10 the 0cycfpol
aud the osher 10 the Judge Of lhSslistric, cou,
IN and for the parish, ii i. be outside Of Ne,
Orleans, and one 10 one 81 the judges q III
u Fourth, Fifth, Sixth or Seventh Dis,rjc, Cour
V of New OIleans.i ...Fa w
n And If the Governor shall deemfihe al'eca
lions made in said statement sufficient if i'm,
to invaIiada'e the election Of AM. person o
i. persons who may appear by reason Of the vol,
. returned from said parish, ward, precinct. cit,
or town to have been chosen 10 any Office OF
! offices, he shall notify at once the Judge afore
SAID of The same, aud said Judge shall at once
proceed to make inqnisition thereof snmmalil,
and without awaiting HE coming of a term Of
court IN said parish if 1 be in vacation. ard if he
be holding court in another part of his dis, ric, he
shall then and there make such inQuisiliou, or
may repair to such parish 10 make il, aud may
summon any person or persons to come before
him to give testimony, and to bring with them
any papers or records giving light thereon; and
he shall hear aud determine such questions as
may arise therein in preference TO ali other
causes before him. And the said dis,ric, Judge
shall examine into the allegations made in said
statement by said supervisors and commission-
ers OF elections as 10 how far they are ,rnr.
and how far untrue, aud whether the acts
done did or did not cause the election 10 be
determined contrary 10 The real wall. Of HE
voters who did and those who Were desilou- 10
vote a, said cl, lection, but were prevented from
so doing, and OF this lie shall cause a record 10
be made IN the minutes OF the dist4lct conlts
OF the parish in question, and transmit a
duplicate copy TO tie Governor who, # The
finding OF the court is tla, the election was
'nvallta'ed by reason of said unlawfuI acts,
may disregard all telurns made from said
InvalIdaied parish. ward, precinct, town or
city, aud If the same We're pat cn'y Of the
constituency Of an officer 10 BE- elected. award
commission accordingly TO whom wuuld be
elected If those reinrns be thrown ont: or if
such officer be solely elected by the parish or
subdivision complained of, then the Governor
shall order a new election, and no, more than
fifteen nor less than ei.h, days notice If The
Nv ~" Si'fi Ny tHP returning
officer Of The parish, by publication. n, lcas,
twice, III two or more newspapers, if there be
such published in the parish or city, and be
posted up in at 'eas, fonr public places therein.
X shall be the right Of those who deny the
correctness If the made by tn,
election, 10 appear and con,es, the same, and
the witnesses and written or published evi-
dence ~protiered by them, shall be called for,
heard and examined by the Judge ai ,rcsail
equally with that preferred by such supervisors
or commissioners prorii,d, that until the tnl.
ing OF the Judge IA such cases as above pro.
v'ded shall have been officially Transmitted to
the Governor, no returns thus had in question
Shall he counted for any candidate, and ,ha, i
such Indlng shall not be 50 transmitted unit
after the expiration of the time prescribed by
for HE official ptomnlga'ion of the resnl,
OF The election, no reinfns 50 questioned shall
be included in such prcmulsatiou. bu, such
re inrns shall he held null and void: and be il
further preceded, that nothing ia this act con,
tanned shall be construed so as to preven, The
any ~ hly tdltldhie WIN
may claim to have been lawfully and rish,fnly
elected TO any office, but tina, sncl. person may
tmplead his opponent ia any couI, Of compr
tent jurisdiction of the parties and subject
and demand that he be adJndged 10 be
duly elected thereto, and il the court, after the
OF all the facts and considering the law
in the case, shall render Judgment linal in lii,
favor, and there be no appeal, or il appea'ei Z
from this be affirmed, the said claimant, shall !
be indicted into the office which he claims and
The commission TO the incumbent shall be
annuiled and revoked and another 5
granted 10 The claimant. nor Shall anything in !
his act contained be construed so as to take
snght from the power given each House Of The {
General Assembly 10 be judges of the qnat.i.
,alions of the me nj bers thereof.
SEC. 9. Be il further enacted, etc, Tia,
my person or persons who shall counsel. aid, {
AZ, abet, encourage or participate in !
my riots, ,nmults or acts Of violence, or armed
disturbances al or near the office of any board $
# registration in any dis,ric, or parish, shall
'e deemed guilty of a felony, aud on convic. 5
ION thereof shall be punished by a fine no, I
exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than
me hundred dollars, and by imprisonment. in a
he pen'tentiary for a period not exceeding two .
ears, nor less than six months. a
SEC 10. BE il further enacted. ETC., That II
ny person or persons who shall purchase or Y
to be purchased the registration papers $
r certificate Of registration Of any person duly ,
eg's'ered according to law, shall be deemed
guilty OF a felony, and on conviction thereof, i
nan De punished ny a fine not exceeding FIVE ,
dollars nor less than one hundred q
|o@Ilars, and by imprisonment in The p~eni,en. a
larry for a term not less than one year nor
more than three years. i;
Sec. H.. Be il further enacted, ETC., That i,
ny person who shall knowingly, wiIlfuIIv n
nd corruptly vote, or attempt 10 vote on any !,
alse Or fraudulent paper or certificate Of regis. r
ration, or uDOn any nj nAr mr. cariiGc,,o ofl.I