The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-25

supervisor OF registration ana assistant super
visor of registration shall receive as cOmpensa
ton five dollars per day for each day he shal
discharge the duties of his office, from the TIM
he shall open his office until the time lie shal
complete his statement of election. Each super
visor and assistant supervisor of registration
shall make ont a specific account for his com
pensatiOn sworn to and subscribed by him, Il
which shall be appended an authenticated copy
Of his appointments said account shall be eN
amined and If correct approved by the STATE
registrar Of voters and the Governor and tnt
treasurer OF each parish, and in the parish o
Orleans the Administrator OF Finance Shall pay
the same in cash upon presentation; provided
that no supervisor of registration shall receive
any compensation for his services until he haE
complied with all the provisions of this act.
Sec Ii. Be it further enacted, etc, That eacl
supervisor and assistant supervisor of registra
ton shall have two clerks, who shall each re
ceive three and Onc-half dollars per day for the
time they are actually employed, not to exceed
the length of time for which the supervisor OF
parish or ward may receive pay, to be paid in
the same manner as is sprOvided for the payment
Of supervisors and assistant supervisors Of reg
istratiOn by this act
Sec. IT. Bet it further enacted, etc, That any
supervisor or assistant supervisor of registra
tlOn who shall swear to a false account shall be
deemed guilty OF perjury, and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to all the pains and pen
alties by law provided for perjury.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, etc. That be
fore each and every parish, city, town or ward
pervis0r of registration, for the parish i'll which
such election shall be held, shall open his office
for the purpose OF revising the list of registered
voters, by adding thereto the names of all quail
ned electors who may have become such since
the last revision of the registration and by
striking thCretFOm the names of all persons who
may have ceased to be qualified electors of such
parish; and such registration shall be conducted
In the same manner, and subject to the same
provisions as are herein laid down for regstra-
ton before the general election except as to the
time. In the city of New Orleans the offices of
shall be open fifty days, COmmenC-
ing sixty days before any such election. III each
parish, except the parish of Orleans, the offices
of registration shall be open. commencing twell-
ty days before such election. All offices of reg
lStrat1Qn shall close nine days before any cleo
ton. The supervisors of registration i'll each
parish shall give notice by publication to all vo-
tiers, who desire to be registered TO come forward
and cause the same to be done, which notice
giving the hour and place of appearing, may be
published in a newspaper in the parish, if there
be one printed, and shall be posted at as many
public places i'll the parish asis reasonably praC-
tleable, and in New Orleans to be continuously
in English in at least two daily news
papers, and in one each in the French and Ger
man language. All accounts for such printing
shall be paid in the same manner and at the
same rates as are provided for the publication
Of the laws OF the State, upon the approval of
the State registrar of voters.
Sec. 10. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That the
respective supervisors and assistant SuperyiSOrS
lf registration shall each have the power to ad-
minister Oaths to any person claiming the right
to be registered or in regard to any other mat
ter or thing required to be done or inquired into
BY any OF said officers under this act, and any
Tillful false swearing by any person in relation
to any matter, or thing concerning which they
shall be inteTogated by any of said officers shall
be punished as perjury.
Sec. 90 Be itfurther enacted, etc. That every
person of foreign birth claiming q right to De
'egstered shall, in addition to the proof of resi-
tence, prove that he has been naturalized. con
fp Of ha 4
Is evidence thereof he shall produce certificate
)f naturalization under the seal of the court in
which naturalization took place, duly attested
~ the clerk OF said court, in his own proper
land writing, and shall prove by the oath of
wO qualified electors of the election precinct
hat lie is the person named in the said certifi-
ate, and the person to whom it was issued, and
hall further answer upon oath to the satisfac-
registration before whom the said certificate
nay he produced, when and where he was born
md when and where he obtained the certificate,
md from whom; and the said certificate shall
lot be evidence that the person presenting it is
naturalized citizen unless his answers be con-
istent with the facts certified and the proof of
lis ldentlty De satisfactory to the supervisor Or
assistant supervisor Of registration, and upon
uch proof being made to the satisfaction of the
upervis0r or assistant supervisor of registra-
ion, but not otherwise, he shall register the
lame of the claimant on the registration book
md shall stamp or write on the said certificate
# naturalization the word registered" with
he number and precinct of the ward or parish
md the date of registry and add thereto his Off
ial signature.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, etc, That the
uperyisOr of registration for each parish shall
arefully~ examine the registration books, and
{, upon due inquiry and Investigation, he shall
ind the name or names of any person or persons
herein not entitled to vote in his parish at the
eXt election, he shall strike the name of every
uch person therefrom by drawing line in red
nix through the same; that the name of no per-
on shall be stricken from the registration books
n his absence, except upon the testimony of at
east two respectable citizens, qualified electors
f the parish, whose names appear upon the
aid registration books, TO be given under oath
+ affirmation, that such person is not resident
t the precinct or parish, or is otherwise dis
ualitied by law from voting at said election
nd the said supervisor of registration shall also
xamine and revise the books of registration of
lis parish or ward of the city Of New Orleans,
nd shall strike therefrom the names of all per-
Ons who are not residing in the parish or pre-
met on the ninth day before the election, and
he names remaining on said books of registra-
ion, as corrected by the supervisor of registra-
ion and assistant supervisor of registration, as
foresaid shall constitute the registry of citizens
ualitted to vote in the said parish or ward at
he next election.
Sec. o. Be it further enacted, etc, That the
aid book of registration shall be the only evi-
ence that persons whose names are fOundth
4 have resided for ten days Immediately pre-
eding the said election in the said parish or
Tard.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted, ETC., That the
egistratiOn of the voters Of this State shall be
losed nine days previous to any electi0n and
shall be the duty of the supervisor of regis
ration, in every parish in this State, to make
ut and furnish certified copies written or print
d, of the lists of the registered voters to the
of election of each precinct or
OlhHg place, to be used at the election or elec-
ions to be held therein, and failure of the SUI
erViS0r or assistant supervisor of registration
0 furnish such copies of the list of registered
0ters before the hour nf opening the polls, shall
ubieet such delinquent supervisors or assistant
upervisors OF registration to q fine Of not less
han one hundred, nor more than five hundred
ollars, to be recovered for the use of the parish
which the failure to perform the duty occur
ed, to be sued for in the name of the parish; and
shall be the duty of the district attorney pro
1mpOre of such parish to institute any suit,
'henever any such delinquency shall be brought
} his knowledge by any commissioner of cleo
on or when it is known to himself.
Sec "a Be 1t further enacted, etc, That the
lpervis0r of registration of each parish shall
eep his office, except in the parish of Orleans,
t the courthouse of the parish, and may es-
lbish such places for the registration of voters
ther than the courthouse, not less than three
+ more than twelve, as may be necessary to
nable electors to register with as little incon-
enieHce as possible, and, in all cases publica-
on OF the office of registration, as selected by
ne supervisor Or assistant supervisor of regis
'atiOn, shall be made for thirty days in the
Efical journal OF the parish. In the parishes
Orleans and Jefferson, the supervisor or as
stant supervisor of registration shall estab-
sh offices at such places as will facilitate the
egistering of voters as far as possible. The
Ipervisor or assistant supervisor of fegistra-
on for each parish or precinct, shall require
very person, before he is registered as a voter,
, take and subscribe the following affidavit,
nd the supervisor or assistant supervisor of
egistration is hereby authorized to administer
bid oath
/, 49,, do solemnly swear Tor affirm, as the
lse may bel, that | am twenty-0ne years of
ge, was born Tor naturaliZed, as the case may
e) in thu United States, and am subject to the
lrisdiction thereof, and have been a resident
the State of Louisiana since the - day of
-, and resident of this parish since the
day of =, and that am not disfran
hsed for any Of the causes stated in article |
inety-ni1le of the constitution of this State.
The taking and subscribing the af1idavfts re-