New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-23
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3d. 1872

dcrmsn, mayor judge or any STATE officer
who may be present at or have knowledge
of any di hiking saloon, dram shop, groggery
or place where liquor rs sold by the glass or
bottle, which ie open contrary to the pro
visions of the foregoing section within the
limits therein prescribed, may IN writing
order any police officer or constable to seize
anv such liquors, or any carriages or vessels
containing the same, or any booths or tents
erected within said limits for the purposeo
exposing such Intoxicating liquors for sale.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted, etc, Iha6
the constable or police officer to whom such
orders shall be delivered shall thereup0n
seize all such liquor carriages, vessels and
materials of any such tent or booth, and
| hold and detan the same until tWenty-tour
hours after the close of the election; then
to be delivered on demand to the owner or
the person from whom they were taken, on
the payment of ten dollars for the safe
keeping Of said articles.
SEC 80. Be it further enacted, etc, That
if these effects be not thus demanded, the
same shall be sold at public auction by the
police officer Or constable making the selz-
ure; and the proceeds Of such sale, after
| deducting costs of sale and safe-keeplng
shall be paid to the owner of the articles
sold or the person from whom the same
we're taken.
SEC 50. Be it further enacted, etc, That
no voter, whose name is registered ac-
cording to law, shall be challenged at the
nolIs on any question of residence, but it
Shall be the duty Of the commissioners OF
| election to require every person whose
name appears on the registration books to
| prove his identity if required by. the com
missiouers of election; and any commits
si0ner of election who shall receive a second
vote on the same day, by virtue OF the
same certificate of registration, and any
person who shall offer to vote second time
upon any certificate Of registration, shall
| be deemed guilty OF q mlsdemeanor, and
ON conviction thereof be fined or imprisoned,
or both, at the discretion of the court, but
| the fine shall not exceed one hundred dol
lars in each case, nor the imprisonment one
year, and the like punishment shall, on con
viction, be inflicted ON any commissioner Of
election who shall neglect or refuse to make
the Endorsement required as aforesaid on
! the said registration certificate
| SEC. 40. Be il enacted, etc, That if any
clerk of a court, or deputy of any such
court, or any other person shall aftix the
| seal of office, to any naturalization paper,
| or commit the same to be affixed, or give
| out, or cause, OF permit the same to be given
| out, in blank whereby it may be fra1du-
| lently used, or furnish naturalization
certificate to any person who shall not have
| been duly examined and sworn in open
court, 10 the presence of some of the judges
| thereof according to the asst of Congress, or
| shall aid in, COnnlye at, or IN any way permit
| the issue of fraudulent naturalization GER
titcates he shall be guilty of q misdemeanor,
or if any one shall fraudHlently use any
| such certificate of naturalization, knowing
| it to have been fraudulently issued, or shall
vote or attempt to vote thereon, or if any
| one shall vote or attempt to vote on any
| certificate of naturalization not issued to
| him, he shall be guilty Of misdemeauOr
and either or any Of the persons, their
aiders or abettors, guilty of either of the
| misdemeanors aforesaid, shall, on c0nvle-
| ton, be fined in sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars and imprisoned in the
| Penitentiary for % period not exceeding
| three days.
SEC. Al. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| if any person, on oath or affirmation in or
| before any court in the State or officer au-
thOrized to administer oath, shall, to pro
cure q certificate Of naturalization for hun
! self or any other person, willtully depose,
| declare or affirm any matter to be faCte0,
| knowing the same to be false, or shall, i'll
| like manner, deny any matter to be fact,
| knowing the same to be true, he shall be
| deemed guilty of perjury, and any GER
| titicate OF naturalization issued in pur-
suance of any such deposition or affirmation
shall be null and void; and it shall be the
duty of the court issuing the same, upon
| proof being made before it that it was fraud
ulently obtained, to take immediate meas
ures for recalling the same Tor cancellation;
and any person who shall vote or attempt
to vote on any paper So obtained, or VINO
| shall in any way aid in, eonnlye at, Or have
| any agency whatever in the issue, Circula
! ton or use of any fraudulent naturalization
certificate shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
! demeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
| shall undergo an imprisonment IN the Penn
| Tertiary for not more than two years and
| pay fine not more than one thousand dol
| lara and one Thousand dollars for every
such otfense, or either. or both, st the dis
| erection uf the court.
SEC 42. Be it further enacted, etc. That
at all general elections the names all can
| didates to be voted for in the city OF New
| Orleans shall be written or printed on one
| ticket or slip ct paper, and the number OF
| the ward and election precinct in which the
| ticket is to be voted for shall be printed OF
| written on the outside fold thereof.
SEC - Be 1t further enacted, etc. That
| Immediately upon the close of the polls on
tho day of election, the commissioners Of
the election at each poll or voting place
| shall proceed TO counts the votes, as provided
| in section thirteen Of this act, and after
| they shall have so counted the votes and
made list Of the names Of all the persons
| voted for, and the offices for which they
| were voted for, and the number OF votes
| received by each, the number of bal
lots contained III the box, and the number
rejected, and the reasons therefor, duplicates
I of such lists shall be made ont, signed and
sworn to by the commissioners of election
| of each poll, and such duplicate lists shall
be delivered, one to the supervisor OF reg
| istration of the parish, and ono to the
| clerk of the district count Of the parish, and
! in the parish Of Orleans, to the Secretary
Of State, by one or all such commissioners
| in person, within twenty four hours after
| the closing of the polls. 1t shall be the du-
| ty of the supervisors of registration, with
| in twenty four hours after the receipt Of all
| the returns for the different polling places
| to consolidate such returns to be certified
as correct by the clerk of the district
| court and forward the consolidated returns
| with the originals received by him to the
returning officers provided for in section
| two Of this act, the said report and returns
| to be enclosed in an envelope Of strong
| paper or cloth, securely sealed and for
| Warded by mail. He shall forward copy
| of any statement as to violence or disturb
anoe, bribery or corruption, or other ohenseg
specified in section twenty-six of this act,
| if any there be, together with all memo
| randa and tally lists used IN making the
| count, and statement of the votes.
| SEC. a. BE it further enacted, etc., That
| it shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of
| State to transmit to the Clerk of the House
| of Representatives and the Secretary of the
| Senate of the last General Assembly list
| of the names of such persons as, according
| 10 the returns, shall have been elected to
| either branch Of the General Assembly;
| and it shall De the duty of the said Clerk
| and 8ecressry 10 place the names Of the
| Representatives and Senators elect so fur
nished upon the roll of the House and Of
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