Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-09

zach candidate for The Office ~ represent |
tatiya 6r dets9atas IN Congress shall obtain |
the benefit Of every vote for bin cast the said
supef yisnrs of election are ami each oil them ~,
hereby required, in their on bis respective
,leetion districts or voting pfecints, ~ persons
aim srufinise count and oanrass ehcll aud every
baIlut I'm their or his election district or
voting precinct cast. whatever may he the
Endorsement on said ballot, or IN whatever
box IL NAV have been placed or be found TO
make and forward 10 the officer who, In ac-
cor1anee with the provisions OF section
thirteen of this act, she'll have been designated
"a the chief supervisor of the judicial dis
triets in which the city or town wherein they
or he shall serve shall be, such certificates and
returns of all snch ballots ms said officer may
direct aud require, and 10 attach to the regis
fry lists any and all copies thereof, and
b. any certificate, statement, or return, Wheth.
~ the same, 0r any part of portion Thereon
W. reHuired by any law OF The bnlted hiales
Or of any staf0, territorial, or municipal law,
any statement touching the Truth OF accuracy
of The registry, 90 the truth 90 fairness OF thh
sIeetion and canvass, which The said sapefyi-
som Ut election, 90 Fifhfr IT them may desire
g. make ~ attach ~ which should properly
| and honestly boz made 90 attached, ~ ORDER
that the faeIs may become known, any law ~
any State % Territory 10 the contrary not
WlthsiaHaing
This IL the law, and here n the pen
aity for dis6beyibg or violating II, as
tho we are informed the registrar OF
| this parish has done IN several ibstaii'
COS, reports Of which are or will be t0f'
wardcd to tho proper authority.
SEC. TO- And be IL further enaoted. That
whoever. with or without any antliori-
ty power or process, or pretended an
thofity. power or process, Of any State, terri
torial, or municipal authority, shall Obstrnct,
1 hinder assault or by bribery solicitation, or
otherwise, interfere with or prevent the
supervisors of election, or either of them. or
the marshal or his general or special deputies,
or either OF them, In the performance OF any
duty required of them, or either Of them, or
which he or they, or either of them, may be
authorized to perform by any law of tho
United States, whether in the execution of
process or otherwise, or shall by any of the
means before mentioned hinder or prevent the
free attendance and presence at such places
Of registration or at such polls oil election, or
full and free nccess and egress to and from
any such place of REGISTRATION poll of cleo
ton, or in going to and from any such place
of registration or polls of election, or to and
from room where any such registration or cleo
ton or canvass of votes, or of making any re-
turns or certificates th reof, may be had, OF
shall modest, interfere with, remove, or eject
from any such place of registration or polls OF
election, or of canvassing votes cast theTcat
or of making returns or certificates thereof
any supervisor of election, the marshal, or his
general or special Deputies, or either of them
or shall threaten, or attempt, or offer so to do
or shall refuse or neglect 10 aid and assist dhS
supervisor of election, or the marshal or bis
, general or special deputies, or either of them
. in the performance of his or their duties wheT
! required by him or them, TO such aid ana
{ assistance. he shall be guilty of lnisdemean
or, and liable to instant arrest without pro
cess, and on conviction thereof shall b'
r punished by imprisonment not more thar
r two years. or by fine not more than thre'
q thousands dollars, or by both such fn'
and Imprisonment, and shall pay the costs o
( the prosecution.
e We have thus given the laws on th'
subject as far as relates to the few on
Q Of the many instances in which they
have been contemed and disregarded,
+ to say nothing of the hundreds of col
: ored men who have been unable t.
register in consequence OF the prede
6 termined resolve Of the registrar t
prevent their from doing so, resolv
r proclaimed in advance, and acted NJ
:. TO all through the registration, whicl
II was closed several days before it legal
2 ly should have been done, and W
/ think that all reasonable law abiding
and disinterested citizens, will agre
e with us in saying, that if the farce o
n an election in Rapides is not set asid
Il and declared null and void, by Stat
S or Federal authority, laws are useles
n and the days of notification are agai
IS dawniug upon us.