New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-05
NOTICE..
OFFICE STATE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS,
New Orleans, November 3, 1870.

OFFICE STATE REGISTRAR VOTERS,
New Orleans, November 3, 1870.
VYNHE ATTENTION OF ALL KEEPERS OF no
l. tells, restaurants bar-rOOms, cOtieehouses,
groceries, etc. is, hereby direetrdtOthe provisions
of the following sections Of IAN. act to regulate
the conduct and to. maintain tho. freedom and
purity of elections" etc, approved March lS 1919:
SECTION Al. Be it further enacted, ETC., That the
Supervisors Of Registration, or Commissioners of
Election SHALL on the day of election close all
drinking saloons, dram shops, groggeres or places
where liquor is sold by the gass;or bottle, situated
within radius OF two miles of any poll or voting
place. And said SupervtsOrsOr Commissioners of
Election shall have the power to call amy Sheriff,
constable police officer to enforce this regula-
ton. IT such Sheriff, constable or police officer
shall refuse to obey any order issued under tho
authority OF this section, the Commissioner o. SUI
and imprisOn such Sheriff constable or police
officer, such imprisonment not to extend beyond
the hour Of closing the polls. And such Sheriff,
order shall be deemed guilty Of a mislemeanor i'll
office, and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun
ished by imprisonment for term not to exceed
six months nor less than three months, and by q
fine of not more than five hundred dollars {$500),
nor less than one handred dollars : l0o).
SEC A. Be it further enacted. etc, That the
Governor, any justice of the peace. alderman,
mayor. Judge, or any Stat, officer who may bs
loon. dram shop, GROCERY, or place where liquor
is sold by the glass or bottle, which is open con-
tr;iry to the provisions of the foregoing section,
within the limits therein prescribed may, III writ
ing, order any police officer constable to seize
any such liquors, or any carriages vessels con
tanning the same or any h4OthS or tents erected
within said limits for the purpose Of exposing such
intoxicating liquors for sale
SEC. 43. Be it further enacted. etc. That the
constable or police officer to whom such order
shall be delivered, shall thereupon seize all such
liquor, carriages vessels, and the materials of any
such tent or booth, and hold and detain the same
until twenty-fOur hours after the close of the
election, then to be delivered on demand to the
owner or the person from whom they taken,
on the payment OF ten dollars for the safe keeping
OF said articles.
SEC. Al. Be it further enacted etc. That if these
effects be not thus demanded the shall bs
sold at public auction by the police officer or con-
stable making the seizure, and the proceeds of
such sale, after deducting costs of sale and safe
keeping shall be paid to the of the articles
sold, or the person from whom rhe same were
taken.
In accordance with the above recited sections,
all persons keeping places where liquor is sold by
the glass or bottle in the parish OF Orleans, are
hereby notified to close their places of business
MONDAY November :, 1870, at five o'clock A. NJ,
and to keep them closed until hafpast six o'clock
?. NJ, under penalty OF the law, which win be
rigidly enforced. B. p. BLANCHARD,
State Registrar of voters, and Supervisor of Regis
tration, parish OF Orleans nos At