The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-28

| in d good, substantial book, prepared for tht
| purpose, the following particulars and in tht
| following order:
Date Of registry, number, name, age. resi-
dence, occupation, ward or precinct. city ol
| town, length of residence in the parish anG
| state, whether native born or naturalZed. il
| naturalZed when, where and how, with the
| signature or mark of the applicant, over which
| shall be written or printed the oath rruuired by
section tWenty-four of this act and i'll the event
OF the voter making his mark the supervisor OF
assistant supervisor of registration shall attest
| the same.
| Sec. 26. Be it further enacted. etc, That
| should the applicant for registry have been
| born without the limits of the United States and
| afterward become citizen thereof other than
| by naturalization in the courts, then he shall
| make affidavit and set forth the circumstances
whereby he became citizen, such as the ma
tllranzatlon OF his father or by his residence i'll
| any state or Territory, when the same was ac-
| qulred by or ceded to the United States, or in
| any other manner whereby, under the laws of
| the United States, he would become a citizen
| thereof provided, that affidavits authorized to
| be made by this act may be sworn to before the
supervisor or assistant supervisor of registra-
;; tion; Dnt III no case or under any circumstances
Snttil the supervisor or assistant supervisor of
registration make any charge or demand any
fee under penalty of removal from office.
Sec H Be it further enacted, etc, That on
the personal application of any citizen of tie
state claiming to be registered as resident of
the parish or ward, and on due proof of citizen
snip and residence, in the manner prescribed
by this act, the supervisor of registration or as
sstant supervisor Of registration of the ward or
parish shall enter the full original and surname
OF the claimant IN the registration book of the
parish or ward lii which the claimant actually
resides, and the occupation and residence OF
every such person, and the name of the country
III which ne was born, shall be written thoIcln
opposite the name or every such person; and i'll
addition to any other proofs that may be re-
quired under this act, every person who claims
to be registered in said election precinct, shall
make and subscribe an affidavit before the said
supervisor of registration assistant supervisor
of registration.
First-His name, the place and country Of his
birth, his occupation and place of residence.
SecOnd-That he is a citizen Of Louisiana, and
will have resided i'll this State, on the day of the
next election, the full period required by the
constitution to entltle him to the rights of an
electOr, and that he is at least twenty-one years
OF age.
Thrd.That he Is resident of the election
precinct in which he claims to be registered,
and has no other place of residence, and the
said affidavit shall be in the form following, to-
wit:
In THE election precinct of the - par
lsh; be it remembered, that Oh the -- day of
the gneLisGy IN me year "a personally came before
pervisOrOf registration Ofsaid parish, who,
being duly sworn Tor affirmedl, doth depose and
say as follows, tO-wit: My name is -; was
Horn and ffs3ye tns at II S SceuR9ti"% l
town. number - street; I am a citizen of
Louisiana and have been residing in the State
ever sRe9 am new f. 1o in the year
he.-election precinct, i'll the parish of -,
tor if in a city or town in the - ward of the
city of -, in which now reside; have no
other place of residence, and did not remove
to the said election precinct for the purpose of
voting therein but for the purpose Of making it
my place of residence in pursuance of my law
full calling.
- and subscribed to this - day of -,
A; D., -, before me, --, supervisor of reg
istratiOn for the -.
supervisor OF registration shall write the name
or the claimant IN the proper places in the atfi
davit and I'LL the other blanks left therein with
the proper names dates, words, and figures, |
before the claimant SwealS to or subScribes the |
same, and he shall sign his name to the iurat |
and. II the claimant be an alien by birth, he |
snail make such proof in all cases, as is required
by this act, that he has been naturalized con |
formally the laws Of the United States and if |
the supervisor Of registration, or the assistant |
of registration, shall require, the |
claimant shall also prove his residence by two |
qualified electors, as hereinbefOre provided and
upon the said attidavits and proofs being made |
TO the satisfaction of the supervisor Of registra
ton, or the assistant supervisor of registration
he shall register the name of the claimant on |
the registration book as aforesaid.
Sec. %, Be it further enacted, etc. That the |
supervisor or assistant supervisor of registra@ |
ton shall issue to every citizen, at the time he
is registered, certificate exactly corresponding |
in number, name, residence, etc, with the or
igna4 registry, and the presentation of such GER
titieate to the commissioners of election shall |
be full proof of the facts therein contained and |
of the electors right to vote at the date of grant
ing such certificate. Such certificate shall be on |
the same paper with the affidavit required in |
the preceding section, and In the following form
& &. 81; 81
This is to certify that dnsert the name and
Dccupatton), native Of dnsert the State and |
parish or country of nativity and a citizen. of |
Louisiana, was duly registered, upon his per-
sOnal application, by the undersigned, -. of |
The 1insert parish or ward of city or town. as a
resident of the said parish or of the - elec-
lion precinct of the said ward On the - day
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