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


the prisoner to place at least q quarter OF
q mile from the polls, any dlsorderiy person
or persons for q term not to e2tenu Deyono
the hour of closing the polls, provided he be
permitted to vote before being imprisoned.
| 1t shall be the duty OF the commissioners OF
elections or any Of them, TO issue war
rant forthwith for the arrest Of such per-
son or persons, and the the officer making
| the arrest shall commit such person or per-
| sons as above provided until the cisse OF the
polls. Such warrant may be directed 10
any sheriff, constable. or police ofhcer, ana
| shall be executed Immediately by such OH
Ger. AS soon AS practicable alter the closing
of the polls such person or persons shall be
brought before the proper magistrate for
| examination, who shall proceed forthwith
| to examine the case.
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| it shall be the duty Of the commissioners or
| Election at each poll or voting place to keep
list OF the names OF the per
sons voting at such poll or voting place,
| which list shall be numbered from one to
the end, and said list of voters, with their
| names and number as aforesaid, sig ned and
| sworn to ~ correct by such commissioners,
shall be delivered to the Supervisor OF Regis.
| tration az the same time the box containing
! the ballots is delivered to him.
| SEC H. Be it further enacted, etc, That
any Commissioner of Election shall naVe
power to administer oathS and afhrmalIons
| to persons Offering to vote at any election
conducted by them, and to examine such
persons under oath touching their right to
vote at such election, and IN all cases the
Supervisor OF Registration for the parish
shall appoint one OF the Commissioners OF
Election TO keep d recCrd0f the voters during
the election, and another TO receive the votes,
ard whenever a vote Is received the Com
missioner Of election keeping tie record
shall call the name of the voter aloud, aud
shall mark the letter ''V'' opposite said name
on the record.
SIC. 49, Be it further enacted, ETC., That
all Supervisors Of registration, Assistant Su-
pervisors OF Registration, commissioners OF
Election and officers attending Supervisors
of Registration or Commissioners Of Fec
ton snail be free from arrest during the
time of registration or OF the revision OF the
registration, or Of holding the elections, or
In going to or returning from the place OF
registration or poll or voting place, unless
he or they shall be charged with an OtIense
punishable with death, or imprisonment in
the Penitentiary.
SEC. Ia. Be it further enacted, etc.. That
each Commissioner of Election SHALL receive
as compensation the sum OF i've dollars per
day for the number of days he is actually
employed in the discharge OF the duties OF
his office for which he shall make written
and specific account, which shall be eX-
anined, and if found correct shall be ap-
proved and countersigned by the Supervisor
of Registration of the parish and by the
the Governor, and upon presentation OF
such account 20 the Auditor OF Public Ac-
counts, said Auditor shall issue his warrant
upon the Treasurer for the amount named
therein. All proper expenses incurred for
the rent of polling or voting places, and the
hire of such furniture and incidental eXpen-
ses necessary for the holding an election
shall be paid by the city or parish author
tiles in which the elections are held, upon the
presentation of detailed account duly
sworn to and approved by the Supervisors
of Registration OF the parish.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
any person duly appointed as Commits
sioner of Election who shall refuse or fail to
serve as such, shall be fined in the sum Of
one hundred dollars, to be recovered by
prosecution before any court OF competent
jurisdiction.
SEC. is. Be it further enacted, etc., That
no person shall be permitted TO vote ut any
election TO be held i'll this State, who has
not been duly registered as qCallned voter
in accordance with the law.
SEC. Il. Be il further enacted, etc, That
any voter shall vote III the parish wherein
he resides. except IN the parishes of Or
leans and JtGerson, wherein he shall vote at
the election precinct in which he shall be
registered voter.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
all the names of persons voted for by each
voter shall be written or printed on one
ticket, On which the names of the persons
voted for, together with the office for which
they are voted for, shall be accurately
specified: and should two t2) or more tick
els be folded together, the tickets so
folded shall be rejected. The Commission
ers of Election shalt require every person
Offering to vote 10 eXhibis his certificate of
registration, and, when the vote OF such
person is received the Commissioners of
Election shall write on or stamp on such
certificate or affidavit The word "voted,"
and the date OF the vote shall be signed By
one OF the commissioners, and any person
beiEg guilty of eraslLg or altering any
stamp or mark thus made by the Commits
sioners of Election, or any one of them,
shall upon conviction be deemed guilty Of u
misdemeanor and fined aud imprisoned at
the discretion of the court.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the Commissioners shall have the right
to require that any person attempting to
vote snail be put on his oath and made to
declare whether he has voted at another
poll or voting place, and in case sucn per-
son shall make false oath, he shall be SUBJ
iected to the penalties provided by law for
perjury. And 1t is hereby made the duty of
quest of any voter, to administer the oath
herein required, and any Commissioner of
Election refusing or neglecting to admins
ter the oath, when SO requested, shall be
deemed guilty of q misdemeanOr, and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not less than one hundred dollars
and by Imprisonment for term OF not less
than three months.
SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
on ntf n m ha
by the commissioners to make oath aud de-
clare that he Is the person to whom was
issued the registration certificate or other
paper upon which he offers to vote, and that
he has not voted at any other poll or voting
place, and in case he shall make false
oath, he shall be liable to the pains and
penalties Of perjury prescribed by law.
SEC. q. Be ii further enacted, ETC., That
the Supervisor of Registration for each
parish throughout the State shall furnish to
the Commissioners of Election at each poll
or voting place within his parish, a written
or printed list, in alphabetical order, of all
the registered voters and the number of the
certificate of registration of each voter of
the precinct in which the poll or voting
place may be situated, and it shall be the
duty of the Commissioners of Election, as
soon as voter has deposited his vote. to
erase his name from said list. Any person,
except Commissioner OF Election, who
shall mark, disfgure or erase any part OF
said list, shall be Immediately arrested and
confined until the close of the polls. It is
made the duty of all Supervisors and As
sistant Supervisors Of Registration, Commits
sioners of Election aud public officers, to
enforce the penalty of this section.
SEC. 81 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Police Jury of each parish in the State,
except the parish CT Orleans, shall furnish
to the Supervisor of Registration as many
ballot-boxes as may be requisite for the
holding Of all elections in the parish; and in
the parish of Orleans it shall be the duty of
thn Conc mon Council of the CITY of New Or