New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-20
NO. DC.
AN ACT


scribe the mode Of making, and designate
the officers who shall make the returns
thereof: to prevent fraud, violence, in
timidatlon, riot, tumult, bribery or cor
ru9tiOn at elections or at any registration
or revision OF registration; to limit the
powers and duties of the Sheritfs Of the
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson; 20 pre-.
scribe the powdrs and duties of the Board
and officers of the Metropolitan Police in
reference to elections; to prescribe the
mode of entering on the rolls of the Senate
and House of Representatives the names
of members; to empower the Governor
to preserve peace and order, to enforce
the laws: to limit the powers and duties
of the Mayors cf the cities of New Or.
leans and jefferson with regard to cleo
lions; to prohibit District or Parish Judges
from issninG certain writs to Commits
sioners of Election; to make an appropria-
ton for the expenses of the next revision
of the registration and of the next cleo
ton; and 70 enforce article one hundred
and three of the constitution.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the SEN
ate and House of Representatives. of the
State of Louisiana in General Assembly
convened. That all elections for State, par
ish and judicial officers, members of the
General Assembly, and for members of Con.
gress shall be held on the first Monday in
November, and said elections shall De styled
the general elections.
They shall be held in the manner and
form, and subject to the regulations herein
after prescribed and no other.
SEC .. Be il further enacted. etc. That
elections Tor Representatives. in the General
Assembly Sshall be held on the first Monday
of November, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy, and every two 90 years there
after; and all elections to supply the place
Of Senators in the General Assembly, whose
terms of service shall have expired, shall
be held at the same time as herein provided
for the election of Representatives.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
all elections shall be held in eachearish at
the several election polls or voting places to
be established rs is hereinafter prescribed
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
all elections shall be completed in one day,
and the polls shall be kept open at each poll
or voting place, from the hour of six in the
morning. until six in the afternoon.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
each parish in this State, except the
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, is
hereby fixed as an election precinct, and
tho Supervisor OF Registration in each of
said parishes shall direct what number of
polls or voting places shall be established
in each precinct, fix the places of holding
the election, and appoint commissioners of
election for each poll or voting place in the
city Of New Orleans, each ward shall con-
stitute a precinct. and in the remaining part
of the parish of Orleans and Jefferson, the
Supervisor Of Registration for the said
parish shall fix both the precincts and
voting places in each precinct, and in the
parish of Jefferson the Supervisor of Regis
tration shall fix both the precincts and
the voting places in each precinct; in the
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, the Su.
pervisor of Registration of each parish shall
appoint Commissioners of Election therefor
as in the other parishes. Amy duly regis
tered voter may vote at any poll or voting
place within his precinct.
Sec. 6. BE it further enacted, etc, That
the elections at each poll or voting place
shall be presided over By three Commission
ers OF Election, residents of the parish, who
shall be able u read ana write, to be ap-
pointed by the Supervisor Of Registration
for the parish, who shall: before entering
upon the discharge of their duties, take and
subscribe the oath or oaths prescribed Tor
State officers. Should only one of the COM
missicners appointed be present, he shall
appoint another, and both together shall
appoint 8 third, and the commissioners so
appointed shall take the oath, and perform
all the duties of Commissioners of Election
III the same manner as if they had been ap-
pointed by the Supervisor of Registration.
SEC: Z. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
1t shall be the duty of the Commissioners of
Election to receive the ballots of all legal
voters who shall offer to vote, and deposit
the same in the ballot-box TO be provided for
that purpose. The commissioners shall de-
post the ballot of each voter in the ballot
box in the full and convenient view OF the
voter himself.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
in all cases the vote of the person offering
to vote shall be taken from the hand of the
voter by one of the commissioners of cleo
ton, and any commissioner of election re-
ceiving vote from the hands of any pers on
other than the voter, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than one hun
dred dollars nor more than three hundred
dollars; and any person taking vote
from q voter for the purpose of hand.
ing the same to the Commissioners
of election, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than three hundred dollars;
provided, that any voter shall have the right
to deposit his own vote in the ballot-box
with his own hand.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. etc, That
any commissioner OF election, constable,
police officer or election officer who shall
see any person taking from the hands of
VOtGE Ills OdllOt Will tAC 1utCut " pass ~ W
the Commissioners of Election, or attempt.
ing go to pass such ballot, shall forthwith
arrest such person and convey him at least
one quarter of mile from the polls, and
keep him there under guard until the close
Of the polls. y
SEQ. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Commissioners of Election shall pre-
serve order and decorum at the election, and
shall commit e prison, or II At any