New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
Supervisor of Registration,

| The Supervisor of Registration or the AS
sistaut Supervisor of Registration shall write
| the name OF the claimant in the proper
| places in the affidavit, and fill the other
/ blanks left therein with the proper names,
dates, words, and figures, before the claim
ant swears to or subsCribes the same. aud he
| shall sign his name to the jUrat; and if the
| claimant be an alien by birth, he shall make
such proof in all cases as is required by this
act, that he has been naturalized conforma-
bly, to the laws of the United States; and if
the Supervisor of Registration or the As
sistant Supervisor of Registration shall so
require, the claimant shall also prove his
residence by two qualified electors, as here.
matter provided; and upon the said atfiva-
Wits and proofs being made to the satisfac-
ton of the Supervisor of Registration or the
Assistant Supervisor Of Registration, he shall
register the name of the claimant on the
registration book as aforesaid.
SEC. 80. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Supervisor of Registration shall issue to
every citizen, at the time he is registered,
certificate, exactly corresponding in mum.
Der, name, residence, etc, with the original
registry, and the presentation of such GER.
tificate to the Commissioners of Election
shall be full proof of the facts therein con.
tanned, aud of the electors right to vote at
the date of granting such certificate. Such
certificate shall be on the same paper with
the affidavit required in the preceding Sec
ton, and in the following form, to wit:
IS.
This is to certify that Gnsert name and
occupation) a native of CiEsert State and
parish OF nativity, and citizen of Lou
isiana, was duly registered upon his personal
applcatlOn by the undersigned -, of the
insert parish or ward Of city or town as a
resident of the said parish, or of the -
election precinct of the said ward, on the
do, Of ANN ipI To
cases where the voter is resident of the
police jury ward such certificate shall also
state the number or name of such ward.
Supervisor Of Registration for the -.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted, etc, That
1t shall be the duty of every Supervisor of
Registration to issue to any registered voter
a duplicate certificate, upon his making
affidavit that the original has been lost or
destroyed; said affidavit to be made on the
back of the duplicate SO issued.
Sec. 50. Be it further enacted. etc , That
the Supervisor of Registration shall keep an
index book in which shall be entered alpha
beticaily the names of all registered voters,
with the number of their certificate; and also
asinlilar index book to the names of all per-
sons refused registration, with proper ref
erence to the folio or NJ nber of the same.
SEC. 33. Be it further enacted ETC., That
bEt OCClsiou VI any SuptI fIsOi VI ISeS lStEt-
ton On all questions of erasure from or add-
ton to the registry, and on ali questions rel
alive to the registry of voters, shall be final,
and shall not be subject to any revision or
correction by any parish or District Judge.
No parish or district Judge shall interfere
by writ of I'M junction, or mandamus or other
order of court, to compel any Supervisor, or
Assistant Supervisor of Registration to reg
lister, or prohibit him from registering any
person. Any Judge so interfering shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to fine of
not less than five hundred dollars, and i'm
prisonment for not less than six months
and shall be liable to impeachment and re-
moval from office ; provided, that nothing
herein contained snail be so construed as
to deprive any person of any right
OF action ne may lawfully have against
any Supervisor for any illegal or wrongful
refusal to register such person; and pro-
vlded further, that should the State Regis
trsr, or any Supervisor or Assistant Super
visor OF Registration willfully and mali
c1ously and with intent to deprive any citl-
zen Of his right of suffrage, he being en-
titled thereto, refuses to grant him registry
and certificate thereof after he shall have
Complied with the requirements of this act,
or If said State Registrar, Supervisor or
Assistant Supervisor Of Registration, shall
msllclously erase the name of any registered
voter, who is really entitled to vote, from
the lists or records of registered voters with
Ike intent, he shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and be liable to imprisonment in
the Penitentiary for term not exceeding
five years, or. to fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars, or both, and be likewise