New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-07
LAWS OF THE STATEOF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRA aESSION.
No. IS.
AN ACT

70 amend act No. 9, entitled an act Reviv-
ing and Continuing in Force the acts ap-
proved March tn enty fifth, one Thousand
eight hundred and thirty-one, and March
twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hun
dred and forty, incOrpo! ating the Congre-
cation of the Roman Catholic Church of
st. Mary Pamela, in the parish of La
fourche. approved February fourteenth.
one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
four.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That it shall be competent for any voter re-
siding within the limits of the congregation
to challenge the vote of any person Offering
to vote, and to require the Trustees or
Commissioners of Election to put the voter
under oath to ascertain whether he is q
Legally qualified voter according to the pro-
visions OF the charter; and the said Trustees
or Commissioners shall be and they are
authorized to receive or reject the vote &C
cording to the decision they may reach as
to the qualification of the voter.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted. etc,
That each and every Trastee or
Church Warden shall be bound, be-
fore he enters upon the duties
of his office, to take and subscribe an oath
that he is legally and truly qualified to act
and in conformity to the charter of the con-
gregation, which oath shall be recorded in
the minutes of the congregation, and pre-
served among the archives of the church.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
any person who shall vote or any person
who shall act as trustee or warden without
being legally entitled SO to do shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall
be liable to prosecution and punishment
according to the laws OF the State OF Louis
lana.
SEC. L. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
the present trustees and church wardens,
to wit: Evsnste A. Lepine, President,
Evaniste Lepine, Sr., Benjamin Folso, 10
seph Walker. Cyprien Gulioy, Marcellln
authorized and required to give public no
tice of an election to be held for seven
trustees or wardens, in conformity to the
said charter. on the first Monday OF April,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine,
whose term of Office shall expire on the
first Monday of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, but continue until
their successors are duly elected, qualified
and installed.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
in the interval between the first publication
of the notice Of election and the day of cleo
ton, the said trustees or warden5 shall open
poll books at the vestry room of the church,
and register, in due and proper form, all
persons legally entitled to vote. These poll
books shall be opened from nine A. NJ. to
twelve O'Clock M. each day, and shall be
closed at twelve o'clock NJ, on the Saturday
preceding the election. At each successive
election the came rule shall be followed. to
enable those who may not have been regis
tered, to do so.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
none but those who shall have been duly
registered as aforesaid, shall be entitled to
vote.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
this act shall have effect from and after the
date of its passage.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
[Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved March Is, 1870.
(Signed) II. G. WARMOTH,
Governor OF the State of Louisiana.
& true copy:
GEO. Z. BovEE,
Secretary of State.