New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-08

United States Supervisor of Election at sal
Poll.
EXHIBIT III.
lNoTE-If the supervisor of registration fails
register duly qualified applicant as a voter HI
following blank affidavit must be made.
State Of Louisiana, parish of Rapides.-
On the third day of September, 1872. |, SaI
Brown, presented myself at the Office of J
q. z. HOOe, supervisor of registration 70
the paTith of Rapidea, located at AIexan
dria, in said parish, OF the opening and es
tablishment of which notice had been giveI
by the said officer, and during the legally es
tablished office hours, and offered and was
| prepared to perform all acts and to take al
oaths by the laws made prerequisite to en-
title me to registration as voter and wa!
| Wr0ngfully prevented from obtaining regis
tration by said supervisor of registration.
| further state that am citizen of the
| State, and for more than ten days a resi-
| dent OF the said parish Of Rapides, and am
in all things lawfully qualified and entitled
! to vote in said parish.
| Signed and sworn to, in presence O.
George !. kelso and II. J. Wright.
! his
SAM Y BROWN.
mark.
| Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day
| Of November, 1872, before me,
THOMAS ]. SEWERS,
Justice of the Peace.
MEMORANDUM: The foregoing being executed
the voter will present this whole paper to the
commissioners of election, the day of election
and offer to vote in compliance with the provisions
of the law below cited If refused his vote, he
wi execute the following affidavit, and deposit
this entire paper with the United States supervisor
of election-retaining cOpy-who will return to
F. a. Wooltiey chief supervisor. ..
State of Louisiana, parish of RaDides.-
On the fourth day of November, 1872, |,
Sam Brown, duly qualified voter, in the
parish of Rapides, presented myself at the
polling place located at Alexandria, Ra-
pides in said parish, which had been de-
slgnated by the supervisor OF registration
as poll, and claimed the right to vote
upon the foregoing evidence of having of
fered to do all acts prerequisite to eHtitle
me to register as a voter in said parish, and
of having been refused, denied or unable to
obtain registration by j. G. p. Hooe, super
visor of registration.
| further state that offered to the com
missioner Of election at said poll tor deposit
in the ballot box the ballot hereunto at
tached, and said commissioner refused to
receive said ballot, and illegally and wrong
fully prevented the ballot attached from
being placed in the ballot box and counted,
to the denial Of my right as a citizen and
legal voter. | further demand under the
IAN act to enforce the rights of citizens of
the United States to vote in the several
States Of this Union, and for other pur-
poses," approved May 81, 1870 that my
ballot be counted and returned for the sew
eral candidates named thereon, as provided
by said act.
ballot Attached.
Regular National Republican Ticket
Election November 4, 1872: For President,
General U. S. Grant For Vice President,
Henry Wilson.
Presidential Electors at Large-M. F.
BonzanO, Jules Lanabere, Charles E. Hal
stead. First District, L. G. Roudanez;
Second District, A. X. johnson; Third Dis
trict, Milton Morris Fourth District, Joseph
Taylor; Fifth District, John Ray.
State rehabilitation November T. 1872
For Governor, William Pitt Kellogg:
Lieutenant Governor, G. c. Antoine; for
Auditor of Public Accounts, Charles Gin
ton; Secretary of State. 2. G. Deslonde;
General, A. P Field; Superintend-
ent Pubhc Education, w. g. Brown; Con
gress at Large, P. b. S. Pinctbacl; Forty
second Congress- short term, Harry Lott;
Forty third Congress, Samuel Peters; for
District Judge, Ninth Judicial District, |
ohm Osborn; for District Attorney, \. A. |
Robinson; for Senator, Twenty-third Sen
tt0rial District, George Y. kelso.
Parish Ticket, Rapides Parish-Pali5h |
Judge, G.. v. Ledoux; Sheriff, John De
lacey; Recorder, v. NJ. Porter; Coroner. w |
L. Shadburn; Clerk of Court, William |
Iustmeyre; House of Representatives, |
Joseph CoDnaughtOn, Henry Worthy, John |
IayOn. Police Jurors-First. John Glenn
nts; Second, William Kelso; Third, 7. 6.
COMPTON; Fourth, Jesse Clifton; Fifth, NJ.
). Barbee. Justice of the Pcace-Alexan-
ria, T. j. Severns; Cotile, Louis Goldman:
w. L. Gray; Rapides, Henry
ling; Lamourie, Dawson Allen; Spring
ill, Robert Duke; Cheneyville; Jesse Ford.
or onstables-PinevilIe, Jacob Kennedy;
sapides, Jack Josiah: Cotile, John jackson;
Cesar Morgan; Spring Hill,
'urner Virgins; Cheneyville, David Jones.
SAM y BROWN.
Signatures of two witnesses who are
ognizant OF. the truth Of affidavit.
L. J. KENNEDY,
CARTER CARR.
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day
f November, 1872, before me.
THOMAS J. SEVERNS,
Justice Of the Peace
PARISH OF RAPGDEs,
November 4, 1872.
l certify that was at the polling place
bove mentioned, on the day Of election
ovember 4, 1872 and that the statement
Sam Brown, above subscribed to, is
'ue IN every particular
J. W. PORTER,
nited States Supervisor Of Election at said
Poll.
n act to enforce the rights Of citizens OF the
United States to vote in the several States OF
this Union, and for other purposes. Approved
May 81, 1870.
SEC 3. That. whenever, by or under the
uthority of the constitution or laws OF any
tate, or the laws of any Territory an act is,
r shall be required to be done by any citi-
N as prerequisite to qualify or eutitle him
vote, the offer of any such citizen to per
'rm the act required to be done as afore-
lid shall, if it fail to be carried into execu-
on by reason OF the wrongful act or omis-
on aforesaid OF the person or officer,
larged with the duty OF receiving or per-
lifting such performance or offer to per
rm, or acting thereon, be deemed and held
a performance in law OF such act; and
le person so Offering and failing as afOre-
nd, and being otherwise qualified, shall be
ltitled to vote in the same manner and to
lie same extent as if he had in fact per.
rmed such act; and any judge, inspector,
other officer OF election, whose duty it is t
shall be to receive, cOuutq certify, register 5
port or give effect to the vote Of any such
tiZen, who shall wrongiuiiy refuse or omit I
receive, count, certify, register,
port, or give effect to the vote OF such {
rizen, upon the presentation by him of his c
tidavit, stating such offer aud the time $
I'd place thereof, and the name OF the Of c
er or person whose duty it was to act :
treon, and that he was wrongfully pre-
nted by such person or officer from per
rming such act shall, for any such ohense c
rfeit and pay the sum of $500 to the per ]
n aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by |
action on the case, with full costs and @
CHI allowance for counsel fees as the court &