New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-07
NoTICE OF ELECTION.
PROCLAMATION
II. C. Warmoth, Governor Of the State
of Louisiana. .t

WHEREAS. Representatives to NIL vacancies IN
the Forty first Congress- and Representatives tothe
Forty. second Congress- are to be chosen in this |
State on MONDAY, the seventh day OF November |
next as provided by law, as follows, to wit:
One Representative to the Forty second Congress-
and one Representative to serve the unexpred
term of the Forty-frs Congress- from the First |
Congressional District composed OF all that portion
Of the parish Of Orleans, on the night bank OF the
Mississippi river, and much Of said parish on the
left bank of said river, as is below and east Of
Canal street. in the city of New Orleans, compris
ing the Fourth, Fifth Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth Representative Districts OF the parish OF
Orleans, and the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaque
Mines st. Tammany, Washington, St Helena,
Livingston and Tangpahoa-
One Representative from the Second Congressional
District, composed of all that portion of the parish
of Orleans on the left bank of the Mississippi river
above and west of Canal street, in the city of New
Orleans. comprising the First, Second. Third and
Tenth Representative Districts, of the parish of Or
leans and the parishes OF Jefferson st. Charles, St.
John the Baptist St. James, Lafourche and Terre-
bonne.
One Representative from the Third Congressional
District composed of the parishes Of st, Mary, ST.
Martin Assumption, Ascension, Vermilion, Calca-
sieu Lafayette st. Landry, lberville Bast Peciana
East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Iberia and
Cameron.
One Representative from the Fourth Congress
sional District, composed of the parishes Of West
Feliciana, Pointe Coupee Avoyehes, Rapides, Sa
| bine, Natchitoches, Desoto, Caddo Bossier, Winn
| and Grant.
One Representative to the Forty-Second Con-
| rress. and one Representative TO serve the
| PRED term OF the Forty first Congress, from the
Fifth Congressional District, composed of the
marshes of Claiborne, Bienville, Jackson, Union,
| Morehouse. Carroll, Ouachta Madison, Caldwell,
! Franklin. Tensas Catahoula, ConcOrdia and Rich
| land.
WHEREAS, 1t is necessary on the day aforesaid,
| TINT there shall bc elected an Auditor OF Public
| Accounts to ill the place of George N. Wickde,
| impeached for naiieasance in Office and removed
| therefrom.
| whereas 1t is provided By Law. on the day afere
said that there shall be elected State Treasurer;
| and
| Whereas 1t is provided. by law that on the day
aforesaid there shall be elected State Senators from
each of the following Senatorial Districts to fill the
places of those whose term Of service has expired.
and the vacancies occasoned by the death Of Sena-
tors Bearcs and Francois, 10 Wit
! Three Senators from the district composed of the
First Second and Third Repre- sentative Districts of
New Orleans
One Senator from the district composed Of the
Fourth Fifth and Sixth Representative Districts of
| New Orleans.
| One Senator from the district composed of the
Seventh Eighth and Ninth Representative Districts
| of New Orleans and the parish of st. Bernard.
| One Senator from the district composed OF the
| Tenth Representative District OF New Orleans.
| One Senator from the district composed of that
portion of the parish OF Orleans lying on the right
l bnpI- If si,Siu
| Plaquemincs
| One Senator from the district composed Of the
parishes of Jefferson ST. Charles and St John
the Baptist
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Ascension and St James.
One Senator from the district composed Of the
parishes of Assumption, Lafourehe and Terre-
borne.
| One Senator from the district composed Of the
parishes of vermilion and st. Mary.
One Senator from the district composed Of the
parishes of Calcasieu, Lafayette, St Landry and
Cameron.
One Senator from the district composed OF the
parishes OF Pointc Coupce, East Felician and West
Feliciana.
| One Senator from the district composed Of the
| parish OF East Baton Rouge.
One Senator for the full term and one to serve the
| une Xpired term occas;oneI by the death OF Hon.
A. r. FRANCOIS from the district composed Of the
parishes OF West Baton Rouge, lbervlle st. Martin
and Iberia
One senator from the district composed of the
| parishes of Concordia and Avoyeiles
! One Senator from the district composed of the
| parishes OF Carroll, Madison, Morehouse and Rich
| land.
! One Senator from the district composed OF the
| parishes OF Bossier, Bienvlo and Claiborne.
| One Senator from the district composed OF the
parishes of DcSoto, Natchitoches and Sabine.
One Senator from the district composed OF the
parishes of CatalIoula and Vim, to serve the
| uucxpired term 'occasioned bv the death of Hon
]. D. Bcares;
And " hereas 1t is also provided by Law that on
the said first Monday OF November 1t there shall
be elected throughout the state Representatives, t0
serve in the Legislature for the term Of two years
| il is to be observed that from the new parishes OF
| Grant, iberia, Rich!and, Tanspahoa and Cameron
| one Representative each is to be elected whose
right to a seat in the House OF Representatives, will
be determined by that body;
And whereas 1t is also provided by law that OF
the aforesaid day Parish Judge shall be elected fol
each parish in the State except the parish Of Or
| leans;
| And whereas 1t is provided that on the same day
! Sheriff and a Coroner shall be elected IN eat u
parish of the State except the parish OF Orleans
where two Sherids and two Coroners are to II
: elected;
And whereas it is provided by law that Justicee
of the Peace and Constables shall be elected OF
the same day in the several parishes of the State
And whereas at the same time, certain amend
to the constitution Of the State are required
by law to be submitted the people for ratification
or rejection. to wit:
An amendment providing that no person who has
been officially defaulter to the State government
3 shall be eligible to Office until he shall have Oh
| tanned discharge from such liability.
The tickets of all persons voting on this pro
posed amendment shall have written or printed
! thereon the words:
.'Por the amendment making defaulters ineIli
gible 10 Office" or
Against the amendment making defauters in
| eligible to Office"
An amendment providing substitute for article
ninety whine of the constitution
The tickets of all persons voting on this PROPOSED
!. | amendment shall have written printed Thereon
, | the words:
+, ''For the amendment Of the ninety -ninth artcI'
: | CT the constitution" or,
p | Against the amendment of the nine ty-n1nIn az
I ticle OF the constitution
An amendment to the effect that article ffty o
| the constitution shall be atrosatcd and stricken
t | out.
The tickets of all persons voting this propose'
amepdIden Mt shall have written printed thereon
i the words
= "Abrogate and stricken out article fifty OF IN
constitution or
. Retain article fifty Of the constitution"
y An amendment limiting the debt of the Stat
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