The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-10-02

in 1t good, substantial book prepared for the
| purpose, the following particulars and in the
! following order;
| Date of registry, number name, age. resi-
dence, occupation, ward or precinct city or
| town, length of residence in the parish and
| State, whether native born or naturalized, il
naturaliZed, when, where and how, with the
| signature or mark of the applicant, over which
| shall be written printed the oath required by
section tWenty-fOur OF this act and in the event
| OF the voter making his mark the supervisor OF
assistant supervisor OF registration shall attest
| the same.
See. 26. BE it further enacted, etc, That
| should the applicant for registry have been
born without the limits OF the United States and
ifterWard become citizen thOreOf other than
by naturalization i'll the courts, then he shall
make affidavit and set forth the circumstances
whereby he became a citizen, such as the Ma
turallZatlOn of his father or by his residence i'll
any State or Territory, when the same was ac-
Quired by or ceded to the United States, or in
any other manner whereby, under the laws of
the United States, he would become Il citizen
thereof provided, that atfidavits authorized to
be made by this act may be sworn to before the
supervisor or assistant supervisor of regstra-
tOn but in no case or under any circumstances
shall the supervisor or assistant supervisor OF
registration make any charge or demand any
fee under penalty of removal from office
See. 27. Be it further enacted, etc, That on
the personal application of amy citizen of tie
State claiming to be registered as u resident of
the parish or ward and on due proof of citizen
ship and residence, in the manner prescribed
by this act, the supervisor of registration or as
slStant 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 i'll which the claimant actually
resides, and the occupation and residence Of
every such person, and the name of the country
i'll which he was born, shall be written therein
opposite the name of every such person; and in
addition to any other proofs that may be re-
quired under this act, every person who claims
to be registered i'll said election precinct, shall
make and subscribe an affidavit before the said
registration EnT
of registration.
First-His name, the place and country of his
birth, his occupation and place Of residence.
SecOnd-I,hat he is a citizen of louisiana and
will have resided in this State, on the day of the
next election, the full period required by the
constitution to entitle him to the rights of an
electOr, and that he is at least twenty-One years
of age.
Third-That he Is Il 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 i'll the form following, to-
wit:
LII THE election precinct of the - par
ish !; be it remembered that on the - day of
-, i'll the year -, personally came before
the supervisor of registration or assistant sll
pervisorof registration OF said parish -, who
being duly sworn (or aftirmed), doth depose and
born at---, in the year ---; my occupation
is and I reside at If in city or
Louisiana, and have been residing in the State
ever since the day of -, in the year
- l am now claiming to be registered in
the election precinct, i'll the parish Of,
Tor if III city or town in the - ward Of the
city OF -, III 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 i'll pursuance OF my law
ful calling.
- and subscribed to this - day of -.
A. D., --, before me, - supervisor of reg
istratiOn for the -.
The supervisor of registration or the assistant
supervisor of registration shall write the name
of the claimant i'll the proper places in the atti-
davit, and fill the other blanks left therein with
the proper names, dates, words, and figures,
before the claimant swears to or Subscribes the
same, and he shall sign his name to the jurat;
and, if the claimant be an alien by BIRTH he
shall make such proof, in all cases. as is required
by this act, that he has been naturalzed COIL
formally the laws of the United States; and if
the supervisor OF registration, or the assistant
supervisor of registration, shall so require, the
claimant shall also prove his residence by two
qualified electors, as hereinbefOre provided and
upon the said atfidavits and proofs being made
to the satisfaction of the supervisor of registra
ti0n 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 rCgiStra-
ton shall issue to every citizen, at the time he
is registered, a certificate exactly corresponding
IN number, name, residence, etc, with the or
ignal registry, and the presentation of5saeh Ger
tificate 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,
to wit:
Is. ST.
This is TO certify that (insert the name and
occupatiOn), native of Gnsert the State and
parish or country Of nativity and citizen of
Louisiana, was duly registered, upon his per-
sOnal application, by the undersigned, -, of
the fnsert parish or ward of city or town. as a
resident of the said parish or of the - cleo
tion precinct of the said ward, on the - day
of -. ammo dOmini-. FIG: