New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-20


| only when SO approved, in such sums as
| may be convenient, of not less than iltty
| dollars nor more than one hundred dollars
| each.
SEC &c. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all elections held III this State to I'LL any
vacancies shall be conducted and managed,
| and returns thereof shall be made III the
same manner as is provided for general
| elections.
| SEC. 81 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Supervisor o. Registration for the parish
shall conduct all city, town, parish or char
ter elections, which may be held in his
| parish, and forward statements thereof to
| the returning officers in the same manner
and form as is prescribed for general cleo
tions.
| SEC. %. Be it further enacted, etc. That
| the Governor shall commission all officers
| elect, except members of the General As
sembly and the Governor.
! SEC. 90 Be it further enacted, etc, That
in any parish, precinct, ward. city or town
in which during the time OF registration or
revision OF registration, or on any
day of election, there shall be any
| riot, tumult, acts of violence, intimida-
ton, armed disturbance, bribery or corrupt
| Influences, at any place within said parish,
or at or near any poll or voting place, OF
place OF registration or revision OF reglstra-
ton, which riot, tumult, acts OF violence,
| lullUiudLlOU, armed uISLurD3NCt, DIIbci j.
| or corrupt Influences shall prevent, or tend
to prevent. fair, free, peaceable and full
! vote of all the qualified electors Of said
parish. precinct, ward, city or town, It shall
be the duty OF the commissioners OF cleo
| ton, if such riot, tumuit acts of violence,
| intimidation, armed disturbance, bribery,
or corrupt influences, occur on the day OF
election. or OF the Supervisor OF Registration
| or any Assistant Supervisor of Registration
| M bn If
| of registration or revision of registration, 10
make in duplicate, and under oath, clear
| aud full statement of all the facts relating
thereto, and of the effect produced by such
| riot, tuDlult acts of violence, intimidation,
armed disturbance, bribery or corrupt in
| huences in preventing q fair, free, peace
| able and full registration or election, and of
the number of qualified electors deferred
| by such riot. tumult. acts of violence. in
limitation, armed disturbance, bribery, or
| corrupt Influences, from registering or
voting. which statement shall also be cor
roborated, under oath, by three respectable
citizens, qualified electors of the parish.
When such statement is made by a Com
| missioner OF Election or Assistant Super
visor of Registration, he shall forward both
copies to the Supervisor of Registration,
| immediately on the close of the election
The Supervisor OF Registration shall for
ward one copy of all such statements,
whether made by himself or by a Commits
sioner of Election, or by An Assistant
Supervisor of Registration, to the Governor,
| aid shall deposit one copy with the clerk OF
| a District Court Of the parish.
SEC. 30. Be it further enacted, etc, That
no Parish or District Judge shall inter-
| fere, by writ of Injunction or manda-
| mus or order of court to compel any
commissioner of election to do any act or
prohibit him from doing any act in his Off
| cial capacity rs commissioner OF election, or
relating in any manner TO the conduct OF the
| election. ANY judge so interfering shall be
guilty of misdemeanor in office, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by q
| fine of not less than one hundred dollars
and Imprisonment in the Parish Prison for
not less than three months: Provided, That
nothing in this section shall be SO construed
| as to exempt any Commissioner from q suit
for damages or prosecution for violation Of
| the law.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| it sha be the duty of the GoyerDorso cause
the Attorney General, or in case of his fail
ure or refusal, to employ competent counsel
to prosecute any judge who shall violate the
provisions of the foregoing section of this
act. In the parish OF Orleans SUCH prosecu-
tions shall be before the District Court hav-
ing criminal jurisdiction. Whenever the
Judge OF a District Court having u-
risdiction of such prosecutions shall be
prosecuted for such an otfense, the Govern
or shall appoint some pracliCing attorney
to prosecute the cause. Any attorney so
employed, as above directed by the Gov
ernor, shall, for each successful prosecution
in which he shall have been engaged, re-
ceive as compensation a sum to be fixed by
the Governor, the Judge of a District Court
and two Judges OF the Supreme Court, which
shall be paid to him upon the warrant of the
Governor aud such Judges ont of any funds
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 80. Be it further enacted, etc That
all general elections for members of Con.
gress shall be held AT the same time, and
conducted in the same manner, as is pro.
yided for the general elections.
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, etc, That
as soon as possible after the expiration of
the time OF making the returns of the cleo
ton for Representatives in Congress, GER
titcate OF the returns Of the election for such
Representatives shall be entered on record
by the Secretary of State and signed by the
Governor, and copy thereof subscribed by
said officers. shall be delivered to the person
SO elected, and another copy transmitted to
the House of Representatives. of the Con.
gress of the United States, directed to the
Clerk thereof.
SEC. "a Be it further enacted, etc., That
in case of vacancy, by death or other
wise, in the said office of Represent
alive in Congress between the general
elections, it shall be the duty of tie
Governor, by proclamation, to cause an
election to be held according TO law, to fill
the vacancy.
SEC. 35. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
in every year III which an election shall be
held for electors of President and Vice Presi.
dent of the United States, such election shall
be held on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, in &C
orln u;tl, ~ I,nI No.
United States, approved January twenty.
third, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-fve, entitled IAN act TO establish a
uniform time for holding elections for cleo.
tors of President and Vice President, in all
States of the UnioD;' and such elections
shall be held and conducted, and returns
made thereof in the manner and form pro-
vided by law for the general elections.
SEC. 36. Be it further enacted. etc., That
whenever the seat of any Senator or Repre-
sentative shall become vacant, and there
shall be session of the General Assembly
before the next general election, it shall be
the duty of the Governor, within five days
after being officially informed of such vacan-
cy, to issue his writ of election, directed to
the Supervisors Of Registration in and for
the parish or parishes in which such
vacancy may exist, whose duty it shall be,
within three days after its receipt, to give
public notice that an election will be held
to fill such vacancy on day to be named by
them, which day shall not be less than eight
nor more than fifteen days after the publica
ton OF such notice, if such election be held
during or within fifteen days next preceding
session of the General Assembly, but if
not, then the election shall be held not less
han twenty nor more than thirty days after
the publication of such notice, and shall be
held and conducted, and the returns thereof
made in the manner and form provided by
law for general elections.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted. etc, That
in all future elections for Senators Rppre-