The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-10-09
AS, La, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1874.

| the opening until the close thereof.
! See. IS. Be it further enacted, etc, That eacl
! supervisor Of registration and 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 time
| he shall open his office until the time he Shal
| complete his statement Of election. Each super
! visor and assistant supervisor of registration
snail make ont Il specific account for his com
penSatlOn, sworn to and subscribed by him. t
which shall be appended an authenticated copy
! OF his appointment; said account shall be eX
anlncd ana II correct approved by the State
registrar OF voters and the Governor and tho
treasurer OF each parish and in the parish OF
Orleans the Administrator Of Finance shall pay
the same III cas- N upon presentation; provided
that 10 supervisor of registration shall receive
any compensation for his services until he has
c0mpned with all the provisions of this act.
See. IL. Be it further enacted, etc That each
supervisor and assistant supervisor of rcgistra
tl0n shall have two clerks, " hO 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
the assistant supervisor of registration for the
parish or ward may receive pay, to he paid in
the same manner as isprOvided for the payment
or supervisors and assistant supervisors Of reg
lStratiOn by this act.
Sec. II. Bet it further enacted, etc, That any
supervisor or assistant supervisor of rcgistra-
ton who shall swear to Il false account shall he
deemed guilty OF perjury, and upon conviction
thereof shall he subject to all the pains and pcll-
AltleS by law provided for perjury.
Sec Is. BE 1t further enacted, ETC., That be-
fore each and every parish, city, town or ward
clectlon, other than the general election, the SUI
perylS0r OF registration for the parish III 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
fed electors who may have become such since
the last revision of the registration, and by
striking thcrefrOm the names OF all persons who
may have ceased to be qualified electors of such
parish; and such registration shall be conducted
III the same manner and subject to the same
provisions as are herein laid down for registra-
ton before the general election except as to the
time. In the city of New Orleans the offices of
registration shall be open fifty DAYS, commence
ing sixty days before any such election In each
parish, except the parish of Orleans, the offices
of registration shall be Open commencing TWEEN
ty days before such election All offices of reg
lstratiQn shall close nine days before any cleo
tl0n. The supervisors of registration III each
parish shall give notice by publication to all vo-
telS, VINO 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 i'll a newspaper in the parish if there
he one printed, and Shall he posted at as many
public places i'll the parish aSiS reasonably Drac-
tlcable, and i'll New Orleans to be continuously
in English i'll at least two daily news
papers, and in one each in the French and Ger
man language: All accounts for such printing
snail ne PAID Ill 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 it further enacted ETC. That fine
respective supervisors and assistant Supervisors
Of registration shall each have the power to ad-
minister oaths to any person claiming the right
20 he 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
willtul false swearing by any person in relation
to any matter or thing concerning which they
shall be interrogated by any of said officers shall
be punished as perjury.
Sec. 20. Beitfurther enacted, etc, That every
person Of foreign birth claiming a right to be
registered SHALL in addition to the proof of resi-
tcnce, prove that he has been natilr:liZed con
formally to the laws of the United States and
as evidence thereof he shall produce a certificate
Of naturalization under the seal of the court in
which naturalization took place, duly attestcd
by the clerk OF said court, in his own proper
hand writing, and shall prove by the oath of
.wO qualified electors Of the election precinct
hat lie is the person named in the said certiff-
ate, and the person to whom it was issued, and
shall further answer upon oath to the satisfac-
ion of the supervisor or assistant supervisor of
registration before whom the said certificate
nay be produced, when and where he was born
md when and where he obtained the certificate.
md from whom; and the said certificate shall
lot ne evidence that the person presenting it is
| naturallzed citizen unless his answers be con-
istent with the facts certified and the proof of
lis identity be satisfactory to the supervisor or
assistant supervisor of registration, and upon
uch proof being made to the satisfaction of the |
supervisor 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 certifcatp
# naturalization the word Registered" with |
he number and precinct of the ward or parish |
nd the date OF registry and add thereto his Off |
ial signature.
Sec. 21 Be it further enacted, etc, That the |
upervisOr of registration for each parish shall |
arefully examine the registration books, and |
/. upon due inquiry and investigation, he shall |
md 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 a line in red |
nix through the same; that the name of no ner-
stricken pa SIR i'm 11,npl
n his absence, except upon the testimony of at
EAST two respectable citizens, qualified electors
the parish, whose names appear upon the
aid registration books, to be given under oath
I affirmation, that such person is not a resident
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
is parish or ward of the city Of New Orleans,
nd shall strike therefrOm the names of all per
pms who are not residing in the parish or pre-
met on the ninth day before the election, and
ne names remaining on said books OF registrsl-
on, as corrected by the supervisor of registra-
on and assistant supervisor of registration, as
fOresaid, shall constitute the registry of citizens
ualified to vote in the said parish or ward at
ne next election.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted. etc. That the
lid book of registration shall be the only evi-
ence that persons whose names are found there
have resided for ten days Immediately pre-
ading the said election in the said parish or
ard.
See. 23 Be it further enacted, etc, That the
egistratiOn OF the voters of this State shall he
Osed nine days previous to any election; and
shall be the duty of the supervisor of regis
alton, in every parish in this State, to make
1T and furnish certified copies, written or print
|, of the lists of the registered voters to the
of election of each precinct or
Olling place, to be used at the election or cleo
ons to be held therein, and failure of the sll-
1rYisor or assistant supervisor of registration
furnish such copies of the list of registered
oters before the hour of opening the polls shall
1hipPt HnIInnupnT n1sos
lpervisOrs of regis stratiOn to a fine of not less
ian one hundred, nor more than five hundred
)llars, to be recovered for the use of the parish
which the failure to perform the duty occur
d. to be sued for in the name of the parish; and
shall be the duty of the district attorney pro
mpore 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 ia known to himself.
Sec. "a Be it further enacted, etc, That the |
IperVlsor OF registration OF each parish shall
,ep his office, except in the parish of Orleans,
the courthouse of the parish, and may es-
blsh such places for the registration of voters
her than the courthouse, not less than three
more than twelve, as may be necessary to
liable electors to register with as little incon-
,nience as possible, and, in all cases publica-
Oh OF the office Of registration, as selected by
e supervisor or assistant supervisor of regis |
alton, shall be made for thirty days in the
ficial journal of the parish. In the parishes
Orleans and Jefferson, the supervisor or as |
stant supervisor of registration shall estab-
III offices at such places as Will facilitate the
gistering of voters as far as possible. The
pervisOr or assistant supervisor of registra-
)n for each parish precinct shall require {
cry person, before he is registered as n voter,
take and subscribe the following affidavit
Id the supervisor or assistant supervisor of |
gistration is hereby authorized to administer {
id oath:
- do solemnly swear Tor affirm, as the !
Sc may be-, that l am twenty-one years of i
e, was born Tor naturaliZed, as the case may {
J in the United States, and am subject to the |
Il Ii.4fn thrpaof a111 1aa a |
the State of Louisiana since the - day of s
-, and a resident of this parish since the I
- day of -, and that l am not disfran-
Used for any of the causes stated in article t