New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-09
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SEC. %. That whenever any person shall
be defeated or deprived of his election tt
any office, except elector of President o.
Vice President, Representative or delegate
in Congress, or member of q State Leglsla
ture, by reason of the denial TO any citizer
| or citizens who shall offer to vote Of tht
right to vote on account of race, color OF
previous condition of servitude, his r1gh
to hold and enjoy such office, and the emoI
uments thereof, shall not be impaired by
such denial; and such person may bring
any appropriate suit or proceeding to re
cover possession of such Office, and in cases
where it shall appear that the sole question
touching the title to such Office arises out 0.
the denial of the right to vote to citizens
who so offered to vote on account Of race
color or previous condition OF serYItude
such suit or proceedings may be Instituted
in the Circuit or District Court Of the United
States of the circuit or district in which
such person resides. And said circuit OF
district court shall have, concurrently with
the State courts, jurisdiction thereof 50 tat
as to determine the rights Of the parties to
such office by reason Of the denial OF the
right guaranteed by the fifteenth article Of
amendment Of the constitution OF the
United States and secured by this act.
EXHIBIT ".
INOTE-lf alter
the superv sor wrOugfully strikes the name OF
such person from the registration list or if for any
other reason the vote OF a duly quaHhed voter is
refused fill out the following affidavit and deliver
same to United States supervisor Of the poll where
the vote was refused who viii return same to +.
a. WUofey, chief supervisory
State of Louisiana, parish of Orleans,
seventh ward.-On the fourth day Of No
vember, 1872, |, Eugene Charles, a duly
qualified voter in the parish of Orleans,
seventh ward, presented myself at the poll
ing place located at Frenchmen, seventh
ward, in said parish, which had been desig-
mated by the supervisor of registration as a
poll. and. claimed the right to vote; that |
exhibited to the commissioner of election at
said poll a certificate of registration fur
nished me during the registration OF 1870, a
copy of which is attached, showing me to
be entitled to vote in the aforesaid parish.
That the commissioners alleged that my
name did not appear upon the registration
list.
IEoTE.-Or if the voter has lost his certificate,
here state the fact, giving the year it WAS issued
I further state that l offered to the com
rnissioners Of election at said poll for de-
post in the ballot box the ballot hereunto
attached, and said commissioners refused
to receive said ballot, and illegally and
wrongfully prevented the ballot attached
from being placed in the ballot box and
citizen and legal voter; further demanded,
under the provisions Of the act Of Congress
entitled "An 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, that my
ballot be counted and returned for the sew
eral candidates named thereon, as provided
by said act. .......,
ballot Attached.l
T9nr1-IiIoor +snlyn+-
Election November 4, IS72.-For President,
General .. S. Grant; for Vice President,
Henry Wilson.
Presidential EIectors-At large, NJ F.
Bonzano, Jules Lanabere. Charles E. Hal
stead: first district, L. G. RoudaneZ; second
district, A. K Johnson; third district, Mil
ton Morris; fourth district, Joseph Taylor;
fifth district, John Ray.
State Tcket-GOVernor, William Pitt
Kellogg: Lieutenant Governor, {. g. An
tome: Auditor OF Public Accounts, Charles
Clinton; Secretary Of State, ?. &. Deslonde;
Attorney General, A. ?. Field; Superin-
tendent OF Public Education, w. G. Brown;
Congress at large, ?. B. S. Pinchback; For
ry-third Congress, first district, J. H. Sy-
pher; General Assembly, Senator, Third
Senatorial District j. A. Mascot; House
of Representatives, seventh ward, l.. 3.
Rodriguez john Barrow.
Parish Ticket, Orleans Parish-Civil sher-
if, C. S. Sauvinet; criminal sheriff, j. l..
Herwig; district attorney, f. G. Chamber
lain. District judges-First District Court,
NJ A. Dooley; Second District Court, S.
Belden; Third District Court, E. Meunier;
Fourth District Court, B. L. Lynch; Fifth
District Court, j. w, GurleY; Sixth Dis
trict Court, Alfred Shaw; Seventh District
Court, Samuel R. Walker; Eighth District
Court, H. c. Dibble. Clerks of courts
First District Court, A. T. Lynd; Second
District Court, +. Pace, Jr.; Third District
Court, Charles a. Baquie; Fourth District
Court, Edward DeBlois; Fifth District
Court. Joseph Presas; Sixth District Court,
John Kaiser: Seventh District Court, j. o.
Lainez; Eighth District Court, Thomas
LYNNE: coroner, Second and Third Dis
tricts, A. Cagnolatti; fourth Justice Of the
peace. Fred ToebeImann: constable, fourth
Justice court, Jules Gomez.
City Of New Orleans municipal ticket
Mayor w. R. Fish; Administrator Of Fl
nance. Felix Labatut; Administrator Of Pc
lice, C,J.Adolpl; Administrator OF Improve
ments James Lewis; Administrator OF Com
merce, G. w. Ringg0ld: Administrator Of
Pablo Accounts. S. y. Moody; Administra-
tor Of Assessments, T. IiienthaI; Admins
traitor Of Water@orks, ?. GGoyle.
EUGENE u CHARLES.
Attest: =. A. w.
Derbigny. between St Bernard and -
streets. Inquire of John Langhouse. sew
enth ward.
+. Signatures of two witnesses who are cog
INFANT Of the truth OF the affidavit.
Subscribed and sworn to this fourth day
OF November, 1872, before me.
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