New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-09
No. 20.
AN ACT

| Assistant Secretary OF State.
AN ACT
| To provide for the taking of the State cen.
| sus. for the year 1875, as provided for in
article twenty, title two, legislative de.
partment of the constitution of this
| State, and to make an appropriation to
| pay the expenses of the same.
| WHEREAS, 1t is provided in article TWEEN
| ty, title two, legislative department. of the
constitution of this State, that-''Article
Misrepresentation in the House of
Representatives shall be equal and uniform.
and after the first General Assembly elected
| under this constitution, shall be ascertained
and regulated by the total population, each
parish in the State being entitled 10 at least
| one Representative, census of the State,
by State authority, shall be taken in the
wear eighteen hundred and seventy five,
and every ten years thereafter. In case OF
infOT mality, omission or erIer in the census
returns from any parish or election district,
| the General Assembly may order new
! census taken in such parish or election
district, but until the State census of
eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the
appOrtiOnment of the State shall be made
| on the basis OF the United States for the
year eighteen hundred and seventy" there
fore
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the supervisor of registration for
each parish, and in the parish OF Orleans
the assistant supervisor of registration of
each ward, shall take an enumeration of
the inhabitants in his parish or ward.
SEC. 9. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That
said supervisor or assistant supervisor of
registration shall make return On or before
81 uck lnvv phn~ in t1n
year of such enumeration, one copy to be
deposited with the clerk of the district
court of said parish, and in the parish of
Orleans with the clerk of the Superior
Criminal Court of the parish, a duplicate
copy to be forwarded to the Office of the
State Registrar of Voters, an abstract of
said census returns showing:
First-The total number of males.
Second-The total number of females.
Third-The number of persons entitled to
vote.
Fourth-The number of foreigners not
naturalized.
Fifth-The total number of children be-
tween six and twenty-One years of age.
Sixth-The number of colleges and uni
| versities, with the number of pupils therein.
Sec g. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the State Registrar of Voters shall have
general supervision Of the taking of the
| census.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the State Registrar of Voters shall prepare
and cause to be printed suitable blank
forms for this purpose, which, together
| with such printed directions as may be
calculated to secure uniformity in the re-
turns, must be furnished to the supervisors
and assistant supervisors of registration
throughout the State on or before the first
Monday in April OF the current yeal.
SEC = Re IL further eDacted atc That
the State Registrar of Voters shall file and
preserve in his Office the abstracts received
from the supervisors and assistant super
visors of registration, and cause an abstract
thereof to be recorded in book to be by
him prepared for that purpose, and the
same to be published and submitted by him
to the General Assembly within ten days
the ensuing year.
SIC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
when any supervisor or assistant supervisor
of registration fails to make an accurate
return of the census as herein provided,
the Governor shall appoint some suitable
person to take the census, according to the
provisions of this act, and at as early day
as practicable, which shall be done at the
expense of the State.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
each supervisor of registration and assistant
supervisor of registration shall receive as
compensation five dollars per day for each
day he shall discharge the duties of his
office from the time he shall open his office
until the time he shall complete his returns
of the census Each supervisor and assist
ant supervisor of registration shall make
out a specific account for his compensation,
sworn to and subscribed by him, to which
shall be appended an authenticated copy of
his appointment. Said account shall be
examined and, if correct, approved by the
State Registrar of Voters and the Governor
The Auditor Of Public Accounts shall issue
his warrant upon the State Treasurer, who
shall pay the same in cash upon presenta-
ton; provided. that no supervisor of regis
tration shall receive any compensation for
his services until he has complied with all
the provisions Of this act; provided, that
the time allowed for this work shall be as
follows: Parishes of twenty-five thousand
and upward. one hundred days; parishes Of
fifteen to twenty five thousand, ninety DAYS,
all other parishes Except the parish of Or
leans), sixty days, and in the parish of Or
leans, twenty days for every fifty thousand
inhabitants.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted. etc. That
each supervisor and assistant supervisor of
registration shall have two clerks, who shall
each receive three and one half dollars per
dav for the time they are actually employed,
not to exceed the length of time for which
the supervisor or assistant supervisor of
registration for the parish or ward may
receive paw. to be paid in the same manner
as is provided for the payment of super
visors and assistant supervisors of registra-
ton by this act.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all proper expenses incurred for travelling
and incidental expenses necessary for the
taking of the census under the provisions of
this act, shall upon the presentation of
detailed account thereof duly sworn to by
the supervisor or assistant supervisor of
registration. properly approved by the State
Registrar of Voters and the Governor, be
paid in cash, as provided for in section
seven of this act.
SEC. TO- Be it further enacted, etc, That
it shall be the duty of the State Registrar
of Voters to cause to be furnished for each
parish of the State, and for each ward Of
tn Getty of New Orleans, at the expense OF
the State, all blanks, papers, stationery and
materials, such as may be necessary, to
enable the supervisors and assistant super
visors of registration to properly perform
their duties, in taking the census in . proper
and uniform manner. All accounts for
blanks, stationery and other materials so
furnished shall be paid upon the presents