New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-26

possible. and, in all cases publication Of the
offices of registration. rs selected by the
supervisor or assistant supervisor OF regis
tration, shall be made for thirty days in the
official journal of the parish. In the
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, the snper'
visor or assistant supervisor Of resietra
ton shall establish Offices at such places 81
will facilitate the registering OF voters az
tar as possible. The supervisor or assistant
supervisor Of registration for each parish or
precinct. sh.ll require every person. oei"re
he is registered "a voter, 70 take ana
subscribe the following affidavit, and the
supervisor Or assistant supervisor OF regis
traticn is hereby authorized to administer
said oath:
do s0lemnly swear Tor affirm, as
the case may be), that | am twenty-one
years of age, was porn !0r naturailzed, az
The ease NAV bel in the United States, and
am subject to the Jurisdiction thereof, and
have been q resident of the State of Louis.
lana since the d av of -, and a
resident of this parish since the day
of and that l am not disfranchised
for any of the causes stated in article
ninety nine Of the constitution of this
State.
The taking and subscribing the affidavits
required by the preceding part of this
section, shall not prevent the supervisors
or assistant supervisors of registration from
receiving other evidence showing that the
party applying Tor registration is not en-
titled to register; and they shall have right
to examine under oath, to be administered
by themselves or other competent authority,
any witness to prove any facts pertinent to
the right OF any one to register, and shall
decide from the evidence whether or not
the party SO applying is entitled to register.
Any person who shall swear falsely to the
foregoing affidavit, or any clause thereof,
shall be deemed guilty OF perjury, and on
prescribed by law for perjury.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted. etc, That
it shall be the duty of the supervisor or as
sistant supervisor of registration in regis
terlng the qualified voters of the parish or
ward to record in . good, substantial book.
prepared for the purpose, the following
particulars, and in the folio wing order:
Date Of registry, number, name, age, resi-
dence, occupation, ward or precinct, city or
town, length IF residence in the parish and
State. whether native born or naturalized,
if naturalized, when, where and bow, with
the signature or mark OF the applicant over
which shall be written or printed the oath
required by section twenty-fcur of this
act; and in the event of the voter making
his mark the supervisor or 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 afrerward become citizen thereof
other than by naturalization in the courts,
then he shall make affidavit and set forth
the circumstances whereby he became q
cIfivan snah he tnr oe1
father. or by bis residence in any State or
Territory, when the same was acquired by
or coded to the United States, or in any
other manner whereby, under the laws of
the United States, be would become citi-
zen thereof; provided, that atfidavits au-
thorized TO be made by this act may be
sworn to before the supervisor or assistant
supervisor Of registration, bat in no case or
under any circumstances shall the auper-
visor or assistant supervisor of registration
make any charge or demand any fee under
penalty of removal from Office.
Sec. q. Be it further enacted, etc, That on
the personal application of any citize of the
State claiming to be registered as a resident
of the parish or ward, and on due proof of
citizenship and residence, in the manner
prescribed by this act. the supervisor of
registrat ton or assistant supervisor of reg
istration OF the ward or parish shall enter
the full original and surname of the claim
ant in the registration book of the parish or
ward in which the claimant actually resides,
and the occupation and residence of every
such pessOn, and the name of the country
in 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 required 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 or assistant supervisor of reg
istration.
First-His name. the place and country
of his birth, his occupation and place OF
residence.
Second-That lie is a citizen of louisiana,
and will have resided in this State, on the
day of the next election, the full period re-
CURED by the constitution to entitle him to
the rights of an elector aud that he Is at
least twenty-oDe years OF age.
Third-That he is . resident of the cleo
ton precinct in which he claims TO be reg
istered, 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
-pari,h; be it remen bered, that on the
-d day of --, in the year -, per
sonally came before the supervisor OF regis
tration or assstan, supervisor of registration
of said parish -, who, being duly sworn
Tor atfirlned). doth depose and say as fol-
lows, to wit: My name is was born
att, in the year -; NY occupation
is s., and reside at - iii in city
or town. number street: l am
citizen of Louisiana, and have been residing
in the State ever since the day OF
inc Gs in the the am no" ee ss%
precinct, in the parish of -, Tor II Ia
city or town. in fhe - ward of the city
of -, in which / now reside: l have no
other place of residence, and did not re-
move to the said election precinct for the
purpose of voting therein, but for the pur-
pose Of making it my place Of residence
in pursuance of my lawful calling.
and subscribed to this - day
of -, A. D., -, before me, --,
supervisor of registration tor the -.
The supervisor of registration or the as
sistant supervisor of registration shall write
the name of the claimant in the proper
places in the affidavit, and fill the other
blanks left therein with the proper names,