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

many public places in the parish, as is
reasonably practicable, and in New Orleans
| shall be continuously published IN English
at least in three daily newspapers, and in
| one each, in French and in German.
| Sec 81. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the respective Supervisors and Assistant
| Supervisors of Registration, shall each have
| the power to administer oaths to any person
claiming the right to be registered, or in
| regard to any other matter or thing required
| to be done or inquired into by any or said
| officers under this act and any wiilful false
swearing by any person, IN relation to any
matter or thing, concerning which they shall
be Intercepted by any Of said officers, shall
be punished as perjury.
| SEC. %. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
every person of foreign birth claiming a
right to be registered, shall, in addition to
| the proof of residence, prove that he has
| been naturalized conformably to the laws of
| the United States, and as evidence
thereof he shall produce certificate
! of naturalization, under the seal of the court
| in which naturalization took place, duly
attestea by the clerk OF said cour;
| in his own proper handwriting, and
shall prove by the oath OF qualified elector
| of the election precinct, that he is the per
| son named in the said certificate, and the
person to whom it was issued, and shall
| further answer upon oath 10 the sat-
| isfaction of the Supervisor or Asssis-
| tant Supervisor OF Registration be.
| fore whom the said certificate may be pro-
duced, when and where ne was born, and
when and where he obtained the certificate,
and from whom, and the said certificate
shall not be evidence that the person pre-
sentipg it is naturaliZed citizen, unless his
answers be consistent with theio facts
certified, and the proof Of his identity be sat
isfactory to the Supervisor or Assistant Su-
pervisor of Registration, and upon such proof
being made to the satisfaction OF the Super
visor or Assistant Supervisor OF Registration.
but not otherwise, he shall register the
name of the claimant On the registration
books, and shall stamp or write On the said
certificate of naturalization the word reg
istered," with the number and precinct of
the ward or parish and the date OF registry.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted ETC., That
the Supervisor of Registration tor the parish
shall carefully examine the registre ton
books, and if upon due inquiry and investi-
gati~n he shall fnd the name or names of
any person or persons therein, not entitled
to vote in his parish at the next election,
he shall strike the name OF every such per-
son therefrom, by drawing line in red ink
through the same, but the name OF no per-
son shall be stricken from any registration
book in his absence, except upon the
testimony of at least two reputable citizens,
qualified electors of the parish, whose names
appear upon the said registration books, to
be given under oath or affirmation, that
such q person is not d resident OF the pre-
cinct or parish, or is otherwise disqualified
BY law from voting at said election, and the
said Supervisor of Registration shall also
examine and revise the book of regstra-
ton of his parish, and shall strike there
from the names of all persons who are not
residing in the parish or precinct on the
tenth day before the election, and the names
remaining on the said book of registration,
as corrected by the supervisor OF Registra-
ton as aforesaid, shall constitute the regis
try of citizens qualified to vote in the said
parish at the next election.
SEC. "a. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the said book of registration shall be the
only evidence that the persons whose names
are found therein, have resided for ten days
Immediately preceding the said election, in
the said parish.
Sec. 25 Be it further enacted, ETC.. That the
registration OF the voters of this State shall
be closed niue days previous to any election;
and it shall be the duty of the Supervisor of
Registration, in every parish IN this State,
to make out and furnish certified copies OF
the lists of the registered voters, provided
for in section eighteen, to the Commits
sioners of Election of each precinct or poll
ing place, to be used at the election or cleo
Supervisor of Registration 10 furnish such
copies of the lists Of registered voters before
the hour of opening the polls, sha all subject
such delinquent Supervisors of Registration
to a fine of not LEES than one hundred nor
more than five hundred dollars, to be reCov-
cred for the use of the parish in which the
failure to perform the duty occurred, to be
sued for in the name Of the parish; and it
shall be the duty of tie District Attorney,
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any such suit whenever any such delin-
quency shall be brought to his knowledge
by any Commissioner of the election, or
when it is known to himself.
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Supervisor Of Registration of each
parish shall keep his Office, except in the
parish of Orleans, at the court house of
the parish and may establish such places
for the registration of voters other than
the court house, not exceeding three in
number, as may be necessary to enable
electors to register with as little incon-
venienCe as possible; and ia all cases pub.
LEGATION of the Offices of registration, as
selected by the Supervisor of Registration,
shall be made for thirty days in the official
journal. In the parishes of Orleans aud
Jefferson the Supervisor of Registration
shall establish offices at such places as will
facilitate the registering of voters as far as
possible.
The Supervisor of Registration for each |
parish shall require every person, before he
is registered as a voter, to take and sub |
scribe any of the following aflidayits as the |
case may require, and the Supervisor of |
Registration is hereby authorized to ad- |
minister said oatns:
/, -, do soiemnly swear (or affirm. as
the case may beg, that I am twenty one |
years of age, was BORN Cor naturalzed as |
Z no HOY in TTpit
am subject to tie jurisdiction thereof, and |
have been resident of the State of Louisi |
ana since the - day Of -, and resident |
Of this parish since the - day of -. and |
that am not disfranchised for any of the |
causes stated in the first paragraph of article |
Of the constitution Of this |
State.
And | do further solemnly swear Tor |
affirm, as the case may beg, that did not |
hold any office. civil OR military, for one |
year or more, under the Organizati styled |
'the Confederate States Of America that I |
never registered myself as al enemy Of the |
United States; that never acted as leader
OF guerrilla bands during the late rebellion,
that l never, in the advocacy of treason,
wrote or published newspaper articles or
sermons during the late rebellion;
that l never voted for or signed al ordi-
nance of secession in any State.
The last paragraph Of the shove affidavit
shall be dispensed with where the person
applying for registration shall produce and
exhibit to the Supervisor of Regis
tration the certificate Of the Score
tary of State, showing that he has re
Iieved himself from tue disability con
tanned in the clauses OF said affidavit, by
writing and signing certificate |
setting forth that he acknowledges the late
rebellion to have been morally and politi-
caiy wrong, and that he regrets any aid |
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