The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-02
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE sTATB or LOUISIANA.
PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY.
EXTRA Esslos or sg7g,

mont OF registrars Of totOrg and clerks Of
registration Throughout the State: 10 fix
their compensation, and define their pow
| ors and duties; to provide for keeping
registry Of legal voters; TO define The tlil-
ties Of certain officers; to prescribe penal
ties for violations Of the provisions Of this
act, and To provide for a now registration
Of yoters throughout The State.
SECTION /. BE Z Enacted IN he Senate 0ui
Houae ~ Relreesentdtires Of tie State Of Louis-
lana IN Generm Assembty convened, That act
No 155 approved July twenty fourth. one
Thousand eight hundred and seyoDty-fmr.
entitled IAN act to provide for tho revision
and correction oi the list OF Registered voters
/ Of the State, the appointment Of tho yarious
officers therefore. and TO prescribe tho duties.
| powers and compensation Of tho same: u,
prescribe certain duties for tho sections of
the cemeteries Of New Orleans: to prescribe
| the penalties for tho violation of this law and
to provide for new registration Of the duali-
| He'd voters OF the STATE" be and tho Same liz
| hereby repealed.
SEQ 3. Be Il further enacted. etc, Tint i'm
mcdiately after the passage of thig act. ths
Governor by, aud with The advice and consent
OF tho Senate shall appoint registrar OF
voters for the parish Of Orleans. who shall
hold his office until the first Monday in Feb
ruary, eighteen hundred and eighty-one: on
tho first Monday in February. eighteen hun
dred and oiiEhty-one, and every four years
thereafter, the Governor by, and with the nd
vice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint
u registrar Of voters for the parish Of Orleans,
who shall hold Office for tho torn Of four
years. Every registrar and cIerk Of rogistrn-
tipn appointed under The provisions Of this
act, shall be u bona Iide resident Of the parish
for which he is appointed, and shall be ineli-
gible to any elective office Federal, State,
parochial or municipal, during his term OF
office, and for three months after the expiri,-
ton thereof, or after his resignation, If he
should resign IN ea1ch parish Of the State.
except Orleans tho Tax Assessor shall per-
form the duties Of registrar OF voters in ae-
cordhnce with the provisions Of this act rela-
tive TO registrars.
SEC. 8. DE il further 'enacted, etc, That it
shall be the duty Of the Secretary of State,
within sixty days after the passage Of this
oct to furnish the Registrar for The parish of
Orleans, and to the clerk OF the court in each
Of the other parishes, for the ,lse Of the as
SCISSOR OF said parish % good, substantial book
Tor the recording OF the name, age, residence,
occupation, color and nativity of all regis
tered electors, and In the parish Of Orleans II
similar book for duplicates-ona index book
for each registration or duplicate registration
book. A copyof this act, printed in pamphlet
form, and six blank reports Of tho number Of
registered voters; said reports 10 show the
number OF registered voters IN each parish,
tho number Of native and foreign born, tho
number oil white voters who write their name
ana the number who make their mark the
number Of .colored voters who wrte their
name and the number who make their mark.
1t shall be tho duty OF the registrar and of the
assessor OF each parish, within five days after
the close Of the election to forward to the Sec
rotary Of State MI accurate report Of the num-
Der Of registered voters in their respective
parishes, the number Of native and foreign
born, and the number of white and colored
voters respectively who write their Names
and the number who mike their marks And
IT shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of State
to furnish the Legislature q tabulated state
ment OF said reports within twenty days after
tho meeting thereof utter each general cleo
ton.
SEc. 4. BE IL further enacted, etc., That The
fff.f, riffr ,tfn. yHt
provided for in section 3 Of this act, shall
be let out by the Printing Board 10 the lowest
bidder, and on presentation Of the account
therefor approved by the Governor, 1t shall
be paid out Of any funds in the State Treasury
not Otherwise appropriated.
SEQ. 5. Be IL further enacted, eic That the
registrar !appointed. pursuant to the ,provis-
ions Of this act and the assessors, shall be re-
quired to make q new registration Of the
qualified electors, aIld no elector shall be per-
mittcd to vote at the next or any succeeding
election, who has not been registered as pro-
vidcd for by this act
Registrar for the parish Of Orleans shall, as
fet7tt he teeeist The registration h44,ka as
provided for in this act, proceed 10 make Il
new and complete registration Of voters i1
electors who apply to be registered, and may
strike from the roll the names Of such cleo
tors as may, after they have been registered,
remove from the parish; the names Of those
have become ineligible as electors. He
shall be entitled to q compensation Of twenty
four hundred dollars per annum, payable
quarterly on his own warrant out of any
appropriated He shall keep his office open
all the year, from ten O'Clock In the forenoon
until three O'Clock in the afternoon, Sundays
and legal holidays excepted, during the sixty
trar and his clerks shall keep their office open
from eight a. IN. to twelve IN. and from one
and half p. m, to seven p. IN. He shall be
empowered to employ such number OF clerks
for sixty days before each general election as
no may deem necessary; proutied, the mum
Der shall not exceed twenty-six; said clerks
shall be entitled to compensation Of not more
than three dollars per day for the time actual
~ engaged, on presenting their accounts
sworn to by themselves and approved by the
registrar to the State Auditor, and the war
rants drawn by the Auditor for their com
pcnsatiOn as aforesaid shall be paid out Of
any moneys in the State Treasury not other
SEC. 7. BE IL further enacted etc., That the
City Council of New Orleans shall provide an
office for tho Registrar Of Voters and such
cessary for the clerks of registration, and it
shall be the duty OF said officers to keep their
offices open for the registration OF voters at
the places thus designated
SEC. 8. he further enncfed, etc., That the
registrar for the parish of Orleans shall, be-
fore entering on the, discharge OF his duties,
execute his bond with security in tho sum Of
one thousand dollars. in favor Of the Gov
ernor conditioned for the faithful performance
Of his duties. The bond shall be approved by
the Governor, recorded in tho book Of mort
cages IN the parish Of Orleans, and shall opcr-
ate as a legal mortgage on his property. A GER
tilted copy Of said bond shall be filed with the
State Auditor and the Secretary of State.
The registrar and clerks Of registration
the State shall, before entering
upon the dischage Of their duties, take and
hundred of the constitution Of this State
SEC. 9. Be ii further enacted, ETC., That
the registrar for the parish OF
Secretary Of State in the manner in
dicated in section 3 Of this act, with
twenty registration books and twenty dupli-
cate registration books, with an index book for
EACH and it shall be the, duty Of