New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-23
No. 80.
= AN ACT


Gers necessary therefor, and to prescribe
the duties, powers and compensation o.
the same: to prescribe certain duties fol
One sections of the cemeteries OF New Or.
leans; to prescribe penalties for the vic
lation OF the law. aud to provide for a
new registration IN certain parishes and
wards.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall, upon the
passage of this act, and every two years
thereafter, appoint a person to be known as
State Registrar of Voters, who shall hold
his office for two years from the date of his
appointment. The State Registrar of Voters
shall be the Supervisor of Registration for
the parish of Orleans, aud as such shall
perform all the duties and exercise all the
powers herein prescribed for the Supervisor
of Registration in a parish.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the said State Registrar OF Voters, be-
fore entering upon the duties of his Office,
shall take and subscribe to the oath required
for State officers, and give bond, with good
and solvent security, to the Governor of the
State, in the sum of ten thousand dollars,
for the faithful performance CT his duties.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the salary of the State Registrar of Voters
shall be three thousand dollars per annum,
payable quarterly out of the State treasury,
upon his own warrant.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the State Registrar of Voters shall
keep his Office open every day in the year,
Sundays and legal holidays excepted), until
further provided the State Registrar of
Voters shall. with the approval of the State
Treasurer and Finance Committee of the
Ganatp q ritohla nt4ina in ha cif >f
New Orleans, of which he shall give due
notice to the Auditor of Public Accounts
The Supervisors of Registration for
the parishes of Orleans and Jeffer-
son are empowered to rent or hire
such offices as may be necessary for the
registration of the qualified voters, with the
approval Of the State Treasurer and the
Finance Committee of the Senate, of which
they shall give due notice to the Auditor of
herein provided for shall be written in detail,
giving the time occupied and the amount of
rent per month, which account shall be
certified under oath by the Supervisor of
of the parish as true and cor
rect, and approved by the State Registrar of
Voters, the Treasurer of the State and the
Governor, and upon presentation Of any
such account. SO certified and approved, the
Auditor of Public Accounts shall issue his
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the State Treasurer, payable out of the
funds appropriated for the expenses of the
revision of the next registration and cleo
ton.
He shall have one clerk, who shall receive
a compensation of fifteen hundred (Sl5OO)
dollars per annum, payable quarterly upon
his own warrant, approved by the State
Registrar.
SEC 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
10 two. - dc -
present in the Office of the Secretary Of
State, shall be transferred to the Office of
State Registrar of Voters, as soon as said
officer ehall have been appointed and duly
qualified, and said records shall remain in
his possession for the purpose OF correcting
and revising the registration.
SEC. 6. BE it further enacted, ETC., That
it shall be the duty of the sexton Of each
cemetery i'll the parishes of Orleans and
after the passage of this act, list of
the names, ages and late residences
Of all males over twenty-one years
Of age, who have been inferred in
their respective cemeteries since the
day Of October, eighteen
hundred and sixty eight Q868), and Also"
Oh or before the fifth day OF each month,
ut the Office of the State Registrar of
Voters, list Of the names, ages and late
years of age, who have been inferred
N their respective cemeteries during the
preceding month, and in the event Of any
such sexton faiIinSor neglecting so to do,
40 shall be liable"tO fine of twenty-five
dollars, to be recovered before any court of
jurisdiction, for the benefit of the
Charity Hospital.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, ETC., That It
hall be the duty Of the State Registrar of
voters the names of all persons reported by
,he sections of the several cemeteries of the
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, as de-
ceased, and the names of any persons who
hall be proven in the manner hereinafter
o be established to have been fraudulentIy
registered in such parishes.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted ETC., That
t shall be the duty Of the State Registrar of
Voters to cause to be furnished. at the ex.
,ense Of the State, all such books, paper and
blanks as may be necessary 20 enable the
Supervisors of Registration to properly per.
oTm their duties in a uniform and regular
manner.
SEC 9. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
shall be the duty Of the State Registrar
II Voters to submit to the General Assem-
,ly. eaCn year, within ten days after the
commencement OF its session, full and de.
allied report of the work of registration for
he past year, showing the number regis
cred, the number OF native and foreign
BORN, how many sign their name and make
her mark; also a detailed statement, show
ng the number of names stricken from the |
iss of voters, with their nationality, and |
'ucL other particulars as may be desirable |
or the information of the General Assembly. |
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted. ETC., That |
lpon the passage of this act the registry |
Books for the parish of Orleans shall be de |
posted IN the office of the State Registrar |
Of Voters, and the registry books for each of |
she other parishes in the State shall be de- |
posted in the office of the District Clerk of |
.he court OF the parish; and said clerk shall |
deliver the books to the person who may be |
appointed Supervisor of Registration for the |
parish, when 80 requested, and during the !
line said registration books shall remain in |
he custody Of said clerk. He shall be |
for their safe-keeping, and shall |
lot permit the name OF any person to be |
ldded to or erased from the list of said |
registered voters, under penalty of FIVE |
hundred dollars for each ot1ense, recover
bic before any court Of competent iurisdic- |
ion, one.half to go to the informer and the |
,ther half to the school fund OF the parish. |
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
he Governor shall, six months previous to |
ny general election, appoint in each parish |
# the State, except the parish OF Orleans, !
me Supervisor OF Registration, who shall |
loid his Office for two years from the date |
# his appointment. The clerk or the court
hall deliver to such Supervisor OF Registra-
ion the books-of registration delivered to |
Lim by the last Supervisor of Registration. |
SEE. IL. Be it further enacted, etc., That |
t shall be the duty of the Supervisors OF |
ach of the parishes of the State, appointed |
g aforesaid, to cause to be registered every |
uslified elector III their respective parishes, |
Without expense to the elector, and IN such |
manner as to show separately the number
f qualified electors in each Police Jury
Yard of their respective parishes. That |