New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-30

cording to law, of the right of any person
named therein to hold and exercise the
office to which he shall BY such return be
declared elected. The Governor shall,
within thirty days thereafter, Issue com"
sions to all officers thus declared elected.
who are required by law to be commissioned,
"SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
in such canvass and compilation the return
ing officers shall observe the following order:
They shall compile, first, the statements from
I'll polls or voting places at which there
shall have been fair free and peaceabIe
registration and election. Whenever, from
any poll or voting place, there shall be re-
ceived the statement OF any supervisor Of
registration or commissioner of election, in
form as required by section twenty-slx ef
this act, on affidavit of three or more citi-
zens, of any riot, tumult acts of violence,
intimidation, armed disturbance, bribery or
| corrupt influences, which prevented, or
tended to prevent, a fair free and peaceable
vote of all qualified electors emitted to vote
at such p9ll or voting place, such return
ing officers shall notcanVas7. count or com
pile the statement of votes from such poll
or voting place until the Btatem-nta from
all other polls or voting places shall have
been canvassed and compiled. The return
ing officers shall then proceed to investigate
the statements of riot, tumult, acts OF
violence, intimidation, armed disturbance,
| bribery or corrupt influences at any such
poll or voting place; and if, from the evil
dence Of such statement, they shall be CON
WINGED that such riot, tumult, acts Of
[ violence, intimidation, armed disturbance,
! bribery or corrupt influences did not mate
rally interfere with the purity and freedom
| of the election at such poll or voting
place, or did not prevent a sufficient num-
Der of qualified voters thereat from regis
tering or voting to materially change the
| result Of tire election, then, and not other
! wise, said returning officers shall canvass
and compile the vote of such poll or voting
place with those previously CanYassed and
| compiled; but il said returning officers
shall not be fully satisfied thereof ii shall
! be their duty to examine further testimony
| in regard thereto, and to this end they shall
| have power to ReRd for persons and papers
! IT, after ouch examination, the said return
| ing officers shall be convinced that Baid
! riot tumult, acts of violence, intimidation,
| armed disturbance, bribery or corrupt in
| fuenoes did materially interfere with the
purity end freedom Of the election ct such
| poll or voting place, or did prevent e suth
| cient number Of the qualified voters thereat
from registering and voting to materially
| change the result Of the election, theR the
said returning officers shall not c&nSass or
| compile the statement OF the votes OF suck
poll or voting place, bat shall exclude it
! from their returns; provided, thsr any per
| son interested in said election by reason Of
| being candidate for Office, shall be alUgeu
% hearing bttore said retuin ming officers upon
| making application within the Tune allowed
| for the forwarding ct the returns Of said
| election"
\ Section twenty-five provides, That 1t
| shall be the duty Of the Governor to com
| mission all officers elect except members OF
the General Assembly, the Governor and
7 the members Of the police iury."
| 20 enable person 10 enter into an elect
| i've Office, three f4c,s must concur. namely,
! First, an election; feeUndiy, q return Of the
| result Of tho election and thirdly, the quail
| flying for the o1Iius by taking the oath, etc.
1t has been suggested that provisions Of
| the law approved on the sixteenth March,
1870, entitled 1An act to extend the liIuits
| of the parish Of Orleans, and TO change the
| boundaries of the parishes OF Orleans and
Jefferson, etc" control she election OF She
Mayor and Administrators OF the city of
New Orleans. The only sections of that
law in which any reference is made at all TO
the election of these otijc rs are the fourth,
fifth and sixth, which are az follows:
"SEC. 4. That the government of the city
OF New Orleans, ana the administration Of
its affairs shall be vested in . Mayor and
seven Administrators, to wit: One of
Finance, one Of Commerce, one Of Improve
ments, one of Assessments, one OF Police
who shall be ex-ottitio a member OF the
Board of metropolitan Police, one o. Pub
lie Accounts, end one of the Waterworks
and Public Buildings, with administration
and executive functions; and said Mayor
and Administrators shall Do appointed or
elected as hereinafter provided, and shall
form q Council of the city OF New 0rlea%s
The Governor shall, by and Aith tho advice
and consent Of the Senate, app0inb the
Mayor and the seven Administrators, who |
shall hold their offices until the first hOn- |
day OF November, 1871. 3here Shall be an |
election for the Administrators Of Finance, |
Improvements, Public Accounts, Water !
works and Public Buildings, and every swo |
years thereafter; said officers, when e!PC- |
tive, shall be elected at large By the quail /
fed voters OF the Gig of New Orleans. az |
constituted By this act.
''SEC s. Be it further enacted. ETY., That |
the qualifications Of the MaToy and Of the !
Administrators Of departments shall be %
follows: They shall 10 qualified electlrs,
and shall be SitIz rs Of the State. and for /
one year residents 0t the city Of New Or |
leans: they shall, before entering upon the |
dutIes Of thefr offices. respectively take aud |
su5acribe before the Court having probate
jurisdiction il tho parish Of Orleans, or be-
fore The judge thereof in cham bers, she oath
prescribed by article 100 of the eOnstitu
1ion OF che State; else. that they possess
the qualifications above yequised, and will I
faithfully perform the duties and discharge
LuS bSDRhtAtlS lulpUSeO upon tEtA GY LHlS
act. amt, with ths exception OF the Mayor, !
shall moreover give bond, as hereinafter !
more particularly prescribed and 6reeted.'
''SEC 6. Be it further enacted, etc. That
on the second Monday following the day
of their appointment or election, The Coun-
Gil shall hoid it's first meeting in the City
Hall. at which che Mayor and Admiuissra-
tors of departments elect, having presented
and flea theig certificates cf election and
qualifications as herein provided, sAaI!
Gnter upon the discharge OF theiS duties as
specified il this act. and their predecessors
shall turn over 30 them all books, papers,
fnoney and accounts pertaining
to theiE offices and TO the cityOs Nsw Or
leans"
These sections, ic is seeo, only refer % IRE
SINE when the election shall take place, to
the qualifications of the Mayer, and tho
period when they shall enter into oAice.
ahis act vas amended by ''aR act TO
amend an act to extend the limits "a She
parish Of Orleans, etc. approved March J6,
1870, and to prescribe additional regulations
for the government of the corporation Of
the city of New Orleans, approved March
Ii, 1871" IN the second section Of this taEs
it is provided that
""The elections for the Rayor snd ire sew.
aral Administrators shall be held biennial |
y, at the time of the elections tog members
IT the General Assembly: and they shall be
chosen at largo by tho qualified voters of |
curing BY resignation, death, or any diaa-
oiIity, at any other time than the general
election. shall be filed by appointment OF
he Governor, by and with the consent of |
he Senate. when in session, OF submitted |
10 auch advice and couseng ne its next !