New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-22
NOTICE OF ELECTION,
PROCLAMATION
IL. c. Warmotb, Governor of the State
of Louisiana.

WHEREAS Representatives to fill vacancies In
the Forty trs Congress and Representatives, to the
Forty-second Congress, are to be chosen i'll this
State on MONDAY. the seventh day of November
| next, as provided by law, as follows, to wit:
One Representative to the FortysecO Congress
and one Representative to serve the unexpired
term of the Forty-frst Congress, from .the First
Congressional District composed of all that portion
of the parish of Orleans, on the right bank of the
| Mississippi river and much of said parish OH the
| left bank of said river as is below and east of
| Canal street i'll the city of New Orleans, comprs.
ing the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth. Seventh, Eighth and
| Ninth Representative Districts of the parish of
| Orleans and the parishes of St. Bernard PLAGUE
mines, st. Tammany. Washington st. Helena,
Livingston and Tanglpahoa.
One Representative from the Second Congressional
District composed of all that portion of the parish
of Orleans on the left bank of the Mississippi river
| above and westo Canal street, in the city of New
| Orleans comprising the First Second, Third and
Tenth Representative Districts of the parish of Or
leans and the parishes of Jefferson, st. Charles St.
John the BAPTIST, St James Lafour chc and Terre-
| bonnie.
| One Representative from the Third Congressional
| District composed OF the parishes of st, Mary st.
| Martin. Assumption, Ascension, yermilion, Csca-
sieu Lafayette. st. Landry Iberye, East Felicana,
| East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge Iberia and
! Cameron.
! One Representative from the Fourth Congress.
sional District, composed OF the parishes of West
| Feliciana Pointe Coupe, Avoyellcs Rapides Sa-
| bine Natchitoches DcSoto, Caddo Bossier VIM
| and Grant.
| One Representative to the Forty Second Con
| gress and one Representative TO serve the unex-
PRED term OF the Forty first Congress- from the
| Fifth Congressional District. composed OF the
! parishes of Claiborne, Bienville, Jackson Union
| Morchouse, Carroll, OIachta Madison, Caldwell
| Franklin, Tensas, Catahoula Coneordia and Rich
| land.
| WHEREAS. It is necessary the dag aforesaid
| that there shall be elected an Auditor of Public
| Accounts to fill the place of George NJ Wickhft
| impcached for ralteasancc in Office and removed
| thtrefrom.
| Whereas II is provided by law on the day afort-
said that there shall be elected State Treasurer
| and
| whereas 1t is provided by law that on the day
aforesaid there shall be elected State Senators from
each of the following Senatorial Districts to fill the
places Of those whose term of service has expired
and the vacancies occasioncd by the death OF SeIa-
| tors Beares and Francois ~ wit:
Three Senators from the district composed of the
First Second and Third Representative Districts Of
| New Orleans
| one Senator from the district composed of the
Fourth Fifth and sixth Representative Districts of
| New Orleans.
One Senator from the district composed of the
seventh Eighth and Ninth Representative Districts
| OF New Orleans and the parish of st. Bernard.
One Senator from the district composed of the
| Tenth Representative District OF New Orleans.
| One Senator from the district composed of that
portion of the parish OF Orleans lying on the right
| bank of the Mississippi river and the parish of
Plaqucnii1.es.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Jefferson, St Charles aud S. John
the Baptist.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Ascension and st. James.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes OF Assumption, Laourche and Terrc
boune.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Verm!lion and ST. Mary.
One Senator from the district composed of the |
parishes of Calca5eu, Lafayette, ST. Landry and
Cameron.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Ponte Coupce East Feiiciana and West
Pelc.ana. 4
One Senator from the district composed Of the |
parish OF East Baton Rouge.
One Senator for the full and to the !
unexpired term occasioDed by the death of Hon. |
A. K. FRANCOIS from the district composed of the
parishes OF West Baton Rouge, Tberville st. Martin
and iberia
One Senator from the district composed Of the |
parishes of Concordia and Avoyelles.
One Senator from the district composed of the |
parsLce of Carroll, Madison, Morthouse and Rich |
land.
One Senator from the district composed OF the |
parishes of Bossier, Bienve and Claiborne
One Senator from the district composed of the |
parishes of DeSoto, Natchitoches and Sabine.
One Senator from the district composed of the !
parishes of Citahoula and Vim, to serve the |
unexpred term occaeioned bv the death of Hon. !
J. D. Beares;
And whereas. II is also provided by law that on
tho said first Monday of November next there shall
be elected throughout the State Representatives to
serve III the Legislature for the term Of two years
it ID to be observed that from the parishes of
Grant, Iberia, Richland, Tangipahoa and Cameron !
one Representative each ID to be elected. whose
right to seat in tho House of Representatives will
BIO determined by that body;
And whereas, 1t is also provided by law that on
the aforesaid day Parish Judge shall be elected for
each parish in the State except the parish of Or
leans
And whereas 1t is provided that on the same day
Sheriff and Coroner shall be elected in each
parish of the State except the parish of Orleans
where two Sheriifs and two CorOners to be
elected;
And whereas it is provided by law that Justices
Of the Peace and Coustables shall be elected on
the same day in the several parishes of the State;
And whereas at the time certain amend
ment5 to the constitution of the State required
By law to be submitted to the people for ratification
or rejection, to wit:
An amendment providing that person who has |
been officially defauter to the State government
shall be eligible to office until he shall have OBJ
tanned discharge from suck liability.
The tickets of all persons voting this pro-
posed amendment shAu have written printed
thereon the words:
For the amendment making defaulters inelli-
gble to office" or
Against the amendment making defaulters in
eligible to Office
An amendment providing a substitute for article
ninety-uine of the constitution.
The tickets of all persons voting this proposed
the words:
of the constitution or,
Against the amendment of the nine ty ninth ar
ticle of the constitution
An amendment to the effect that article fifty of
the constitution shall be abrogated and stricken
out.
The tickets of all persons voting on this proposed
shall have written printed thereon
the words
AbrOgate and stricken out article Fifty of the
or
Retain article fifty of the constitution"
An amendment limiting the debt Of the State