New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-08
NOTICE OF ELECTION
i PROCLAMATION
Fl. G. Warmoth, Governor Of the State
of Louisiana.


the Forty first Congress- and Representatives, to the
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 FOrtysecond Congress,
and Representative to serve the unexpired
term of the Forty-f Congress, from the First
Congressional District composed of all that portion
of the parish of Orleans OH the right bank of the
Mississippi river and SO 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. comprs-
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. Tanmany, Washington, st. Helena,
Livingston and Tanglpahoa
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-
bonnie.
One Representative from the Third Congressional
District composed OF the parishes of st, Mary ST.
Martin ASSUMPTION Ascension, Vermon Calca-
sieu LAFAYETTE St Landry Ibervile, East Feliciana
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, Avoyeles, Rapides, Sa-
bine, Natchitoches DeSoto, Caddo Bossier, Vim
and Grant
One Representative to the Forty -Second Con
gress and one Representative TO serve the unex-
pred term of the Forty-frst Congress, from the
Fifth Congressional District, composed of the
parishes of Claiborne Benville, Jackson, Union,
Morehouse, Carroll Ouaellta, Madison, Caldwell,
| Franklin, Tensas Catalonia, Concordia and Rich
land.
WHEREAS, 1t is necessary on the day aforesaid,
that there shall be elected an Auditor OF Public
Accounts to I'LL the place of George NJ. Wickfe,
impeached for mateasanee 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 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 Beares and Francois to wit
Three Senators from the district composed of the
FIRST Second and Third Representative 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 the right
bank Of the Mississippi river and the parish of
Plaqueinines
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles and ST. John
4he 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, Latourche and Terre-
bonnie
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of verlniEon and St Mary
One Senator from the distric. composed of the
parishes of Calcasieu, Lafayette, ST. Landry and
Cameron.
One Senator from the district composed Of the
parishes of Ponte Coupee, East Feliciana and West
Feliciaua.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parish of East Baton Rouge.
One Senator for the full term and to the
| uuexpired term occasioned by the death of Hon..
A. R. FRANCOIS, from the district composed of the
parishes OF West Baton Rouge. Iberviue, ST. Martin
| and Iberia.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Coneorda and Avoye1es.
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 Bossic-. B.envi.lc and Claiborne.
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of DeSoto, Natchitochcs and Sabine
One Senator from the district composed of the
parishes of Catahoula and VIM, TO serve the
une xpred term occasoned bv the death of Hon
J l.. Beares;
And whereas 1t is also provided by law that on
the said first Monday of November next there shall
be elected throughout the State Representatives to
serve in the Legislature FOR the term of two years
it is to be observed that from the parishes of
Grant, iberia, Rchland, Tansipahoa 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 on
the aforesaid day Parish Judge shall be elected for
each parish in the State except the parish CT Or
| leans;
And Whereas 1t is provided that on the same day
a Sheriff and Coroner shall be elected in each
parish Of the State except the parish of Orleans,
where two Sherifs and two Coroners are to be
elected;
And whereas it is provided by law that Justices
of the Peace and Constables shall be elected on
the same day in the several parishes of the State
And whereas ut the same time, certain amend
ments to the constitution of the State required
by law TO be submitted to the people for ratification
or rejection, TO wit:
An amendment providing that no person who has
been officially defaulter to the State government
shall be eligible to Office until he shall have OBJ
tanned discharge from such liability.
The tickets of all persons voting this pro-
| posed amendment shall have written or printed
| thereon the words:
"Por the amendment making defaulters inelf
! gibe to office" or,
Against the amendment making defaulters in
| eligible to Office"
An amendment providing q substitute for article
! ninety-nine Of the constitution.
The tickets of al persons voting on this proposed
| amendment shall have written or printed thereon
| the words
"For the amendment of the ninety ninth article
OF the constitution" or,
Against the amendment Of the nine ty ninth AZ
| te.e Of the constitution
Al amendment to the effect that article fifty Of
the constitution shall DC abrogated and stricken
out
The tickets OF all persons voting on this proposed
amendment shal! have written printed thereon
the words
"Abrogate and stricken out article fifty Of the
constitution, or
Retain article fifty Of the constitution"
An amendment limiting the debt of the State
to twenty-five million dollars prior to the first OF