New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-21
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 81 1872

lowing: "when the votes were received
Adopted. 4
The section was then adopted as amended
as section thirteen.
Section twelve was then read as section
fourteen.
Mr.. O'Hara moved to strike out from
lines two to eight, inclusive.
Mr.. Smith moved to lay the amendment
on the table.
Adopted.
Mr.. Thomas moved to amend, by insert
ing after the word "that," in line two, the
words sin case the right of any person tc
vote is challenged" and strike out the word
''any" and insert 'the," and add "s" to
commissioner"
The amendment was adopted.
The section was then adopted as amend
ed, to be section fifteen.
Section fourteen was then adopted as
section sixteen.
Section fifteen was then read and adopted
as section seventeen.
Section sixteen was then read and adopt
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On motion, it was ordered that the SEQ
rotary commence with section seventeen of
the printed bill, and read through the entire
bill.
The bill having been read through, sec
ton forty-one was amended by striking out
the words ''and Jefferson" in lines four and
five.
Section fifteen, which had been adopted
as section seventeen, was then, on motion
of Mr.. McMillen, stricken out.
The following additional section, pre-
viously offered by Mr.. Campbell as section
three was then taken under consideration:
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That in such canvass and compilation the
returning officers shall observe the follow
ing order: They shall compile first the
statements from all polls or voting places at
which there shall have been fair, free and
peaceable registration and election. When
ever. from any poll or voting place, there
shall be received the statement of any SUI
pervisor of registration or commissioner of
election, in form as required by section -
of this act, of any riot tumult, acts of viO-
lence, intimidation or armed disturbance,
which prevented or tended to prevent fair
and free and peaceable vote of all qualified
electors entitled to vote at such polls or
voting places, such returning officers shall
not canvass, count or compile the statement
of votes from such poll or voting place I'M
til the statement from all other polls or vot-
ing places shall have been canvassed and
compiled. The returning officers shall then
proceed to investigate the statements of
riot, tumult, acts of violence, intimidation
or armed disturbance at any such poll or
voting place; and if, from the evidence of
such statement, they shall be convinced
that such riot, tumult, acts of violence, in
timidation or armed disturbance did not
materially interfere with the purity and
freedom of the election at such poll or
voting place, or did not prevent sufficient
number of qualified voters thereat from
registering or voting to materially change
the result of the election, then, and not
otherwise, said returning officers shall can
vass and compile the vote of such poll or
voting place with the previously canvassed
GERS shall not be fully satisfied thereof,
it shall then be their duty to forth
with send all the papers, statements
and aifiadavits to the --, which court
shall summarily try and examine the ques-
ton, and send for witnesses, as in any other
causes; and all such causes shall have pref
erence over all other causes on the docket
OF sad court. ii on such trial the court
shall find that the riot. tumult, acts of vio-
lence or armed disturbance charged did
occur and that such a number of the legal
voters entitled to be registered and vote at
such poll or voting place were deferred
from registering or voting at such election,
so as there was not fair and full express
sion of the will of the legal voters secured
at such election, the court may order the
returning officers not to canvass or compile
the statement of the votes of such poll or
voting place, and upon such order and judy
ment the returning officers shall not so can
yass or compile such votes. but shall exclude
them from the returns.
Mr.. Smith moved that the Senate take a
recess until seven o'clock this evening,
which the Senate refused.
ON motion of Mr. Campbell, the blank in
the foregoing section was filed by inserting
the following words:
District court of the parish in which the
ofenses charged occur, or if in the parish
OF Orleans, to any district court.
Mr.. Hunsaker, by unanimous consent
called up Senate bill No. 1i9, relative to the
New Orleans, Lafourche and Terrebonne
Railroad Company, which was made the
special order for tomorrow evening, after
the roll call.
On motion of Mr.. Harris, the Senate took
a recess until Z. NJ.