The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1874-10-31

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ballot box iu full view of the voter
Any person taking a vote from
voter, for the purpose Of handing
.it to the Commissioners of election,
shall 30 conviction, be fned not
less than one hundred dollars nor
more than three hundred dollars
Such person may also be arrested
and conveyed atleast > auatter
of a mile from the polls, and b6
Kept under guard till tlo polls ars
closed.
The following e4tracs from tlis
election Law are specially inlpor7
taht.
ct shall be the dntr 0f ths
commissioners Of election 81 each
poll Oh voting place to keep list
of tha names Of the persons ro-
ting 1T such poll Of voting place
which list shall 1a numbered from
one to the end and said list of
voters. with theit names and nuul-
bers as Aforesaid, shall ID signed
and sworn to is correct III Tie
commissioners Immediately on the
closing oE the POLLS and before
leaving the place, and before opeu
ing the box. I'LL NO Judge or JUS
tice of the peace. or other person
authorized t0 administer such
oatb, be present ID do So. it may
| be administered by any voter The
votes shall be counted bY tha
commissioners at each voting
place immediately attar closing
/ THE election and without moving
/ tie boxes IRON tbe place where
4 the votes were received. and The
counting must be- done ia the
Il presence 0f any bYstander Cr citiI
i zen WHO may be present TALLY
4 lists shall be kept of the connti
anil after tha count the ballHta
counted shall BE- put back iuto
TO box and preserved until sitter
the next term of the criminal or
+ district court, as the casa may he
aud in The paiishes, except or
leans. tie commissioners of elec-
/ tion, or any one of them selected
for that purpose shall cagy the
box aud deliver ii to tile clerk of
Tie district court, who shall pre-
serve the same as above required ;
and Id the parish of 0reans the
box shall ha delivered "a the clerk
of tiie First District Court for the
\ parish of Orleans, and be kept bT
him as above directed
That inmediata upon the
close of the polls o tls cay oE
election, tho c0n CRers of
| the electioh III aach palL III voting
place shall proceed ta count the
\ v6ie as provided lii section tEsir-
\ teen oi this net. and aEsaE they
shall have a0 counted The votes
ana made liss of tha names of
all ihe persons voted lid, and the
I number of votes ra vad bY each.
G the Number of hal lis contained iii
she box, and the nUmb bsr TeiHctads
l aad the reasons therefor. dupAi-
Gates 81 such lists shall be made
out, signed aud swofu to hY the
commissioners of election 0f each
poll, and such duplicate lists shall
he delivered, ono I'd she sapeRYisnt
Vi registration of tha pari ahi
Que to TIE clerk III tha dlssrice
court Of the parish, ana III tha
parish III Orleans, ID the asa-
INV of State. lin one eT Il each
commissioners IN peEson italn
I twenty -four bouts sitter hs Clos
ina of the polls. Is sha hN
duty al the sapafris oi
lion, within twenty g h0nFs ILL.,
tar tile reeeipt 0f ail sha f8saTns
fog tha diitss polling places t0
c0nsolidasa snah ns oe eeaa
titled as c0rraeA hv the / u tlia
district court and toFWAl AlT lta con-
solidated RETURNS With the Originals
received by him to Tie returning
officers provided faf iaaecsion two
J III tbis aet, the said aF0fi aud re-
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