The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-10-16

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Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That eac
| supervisor OF registration and assistant supe
VISOR OF registration shall receive aR compens
ton five dollars per day for each day he sha
discharge the duties of his office, from the tim
he shall open his office until the time he sha
complete his statement of election. Each supe
! VlsOr ana assistant supervisor Of reEistratiO
snail make out a specific account for his con
| pensatiOn, sworn to and subscribed by him,
| which shall be appended all authenticated cop
| OF his appointment; said account shall he es
amlned and II correct approved by the Stat
| registrar OF voters and the Governor ana til
| treasurer or each parish, and in the parish G
| Orleans the Administrator Of Finance shall pa
the same IN cash upon presentation; provide
| that no supervisor of registration shall recpiy
| any compensation for his services until he ha
complied with all the provisions OF this act
See. To- Be 1t further enacted, etc, That eac
supervisor and assistant supervisor Of .registra
| tlon snail have two clerks, who shall each re
ce1Ve three and One-half dollars per day for tn
time they are actually employed, not to excee,
the length OF time for which the supervisor o
| the assistant supervisor of registration for tn
parish or ward may receive pay, to be paid il
the same manner as ispr0vided for the pay1nen
Of supervisors and assistant supervisors Of reg
istratiOn by this act
Sec. II. Bet 1t further enacted, etc. That an,
supervisor or assistant supervisor of regiStrl
ton who shall swear to a false account shall b,
deemed guilty OF perjury, and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to ali the pains and pcn
altles by law provided for perjury
Sec. IS. Be ii further enacted. etc, That be
fore each and every parish, city, town or ware
election. other than the general election, the su
pervisor OF registration, for the parish In whicl
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
he'd electors who may have become such since
the last revision of the registration, and by
striking therefr0m the names Of all persons WhC
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 az 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 he open fifty days, cOmmenc-
ing sixty days before any such election, In each
parish, except the parish of Orleans the offices
OF registration shall be open. commencing twen-
ty days before such election, All offices If rop-
istratiOn shall close nine DAYS before any cleo
ti0n. The supervisors of registration in each
parish shall give notice by publication TO all yo-
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 newspaper in the parish, if there
be one printed, and shall be posted ut as many
public places III the parish as5 reasonably praC-
ticable, and In New Orleans to be continuously
ia English i'll at least two daily news
papers, and III one each in the French and Ger
man language. All accounts for such printing
snalI be paid III the same manner and at thn
same rates ae are provided for the publication
OF the laws OF the State, upon the approval OF
the State registrar of voters.
See. 19. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That the
supervisors and assistant supervisors
OF registration shall each nave the power to aGl-
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
wlllful false swearing by any person in relation
to any matter, or thing concerning which they
shall be interrOgated by any of said officers shalt
be punished as perjury.
Sec. 90 Beitfnrther enacted, etc, That every
person of foreign birth claiming right to be
registered shall In addition to the proof Of resi-
1AnCP nos ,of,r
to the laws of the United States and
as eviden"e thereof he shall produce certificate
If naturalization under the seal of the court In
which naturalization took place. duly attested
)y 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
nat he ls the person named IN the said certif-
ate, and the person to whom 1t was issued, and
halI further answer upon oath to the satisfac-
ion OF the supervisor or assistant supervisor Of
egistratlon 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 be evidence that the person presenting ii il
naturalized citizen unless his answers he 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
upervisOr or assistant supervisor of registra-
ion, but not otherwise, he shall register the
ame of the claimant on the registration book.
nd snail stamp or write on the said certificate
he number and precinct Of the ward or parish
nd the date OF registry and add thereto his off
ial signature.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, etc, That the
uperVlSOr of registration for each parish shall
arefully examine the registration books. and
/, upon due inquiry and Investigation, he shall
nj the name or names of any person or persons !
hefelu 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 |
TX through the same; that the name of no per- |
on shall be stricken from the registration books
/ 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 |
affirmation, that such person is not q 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 ali ner,
)ns who are not residing In the parish or nre-
met on the ninth day before the election, and |
le names remaining on said books of regstra-
on, as corrected by the supervisor of regstra-
on and assistant supervisor of registration as
f0resad, shall constitute the registry of citizens
nallted TO vote in the said parish or ward at !
Ie 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
| nave reslded Tor ten days Immediately pre-
'ding the said election i'll the said parish or
ard.
Sec. 29 Be 1t further enacted, etc, That the
.gistratton OF the voters Of this State shall be
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
l, OF the lists or the registered voters to the
OF election of each precinct or
bling place, to be used at the election or elec-
Ons to be held therein. and failure of the gu
3rvisor Or assistant supervisor Of registration |
furnish such copies Of the list Of registered
1ters before the hour of opening the polls, shall
Inject such delinquent supervisors or assistant |
ipervisOrs OF registration to q fine of not less
ian one hundred, nor more thanfive hundred
)liars, to be recovered for the use of the parish
which the failure TO perform the duty occur
d. to he sued for in the name of the parish; and
shall be the duty OF the district attorney pro
henover any such delinquency shall be brought
his knowledge by any commissioner of clec-
Oh, or when 1t is known to himself
Sec "a Be 1t further enacted, etc, That the
pervfsOr OF registration of each parish shall
'ep his office, except in the parish of Orleans
the courthouse of the parish, and may es-
blish such places for the registration Of voters
her than the courthouse, not less than three
moro than twelve, as may be necessary to
liable electors to register with as little incon-
,nience rs possible, and, in all cases publica-
Dn Of the office OF registration, rs selected by
e supervisor or assistant supervisor of regis
alton, shall be made for thirty days in the
tcial journal OF the parish. In the parishes
Orleans and Jefferson, the supervisor Or as
SLanI supervisor OF registration snail estab-
h offices at such places as will facilitate the
gistering of voters as far as possible. The
pervisor or assistant supervisor of Fegistra-
IN for each parish or precinct. shall require
cry person, before he Is registered as a voter,
take and subscribe the following affidavit
ID the supervisor or assistant supervisor OF
gistration ia hereby authorized to administer
Id oath:
T, --, do solemnly swear Tor affirm, as the
sc may bel. that | am twenty-one years of
q. was born Tor naturalized, rs the case may
J in the United States, and am subject to the
risdictiOn thereof, and have been resident
the State OF Louisiana since the day of
-, and q resident of this parish since the
- day of -, and that am not disfran-
ised for any of the causes stated in article
nnf nine OF the constitution of this Rtafn |