The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-11-02

and in tie presence of any voter or
voters who may desire to be pres
ent. Two tally sheets shall be- kept
of the count; the tally sheets shall
have the TALES marked in lines,
from the beginning to the end of
the page, and the total amount Of
the tallies shall be written in figures
Immediately after the end of the
tallies, and in letters, SO as to pre-
vent any alteration thereof; and,
after the count is completed, the
ballots counted SHALL be put back
ia the box, which shall be immedi-
ately sealed, with the ballots there
in, anil be preserved for six months
after the election. As soon a. the
votes have been counted and the
ballot box sealed, as above provi-
ded, the. commissioners shall make
duplicate compiled statements of
the names of all persons voted for,
and the Offices for which they were
voted. the number of ballots re-
jected, and the reasons therefor.
These compiled statements shall
be sworn to by the commissioners,
the oath to be administered as
above provided for IN this section,
and one of these compiled state
ments, together with one of the
tally sheets, the list of persons
voting. and the ballot box contain
ing the ballots shall be delivered to
the clerk of TIE district court, in
all the parishes except Orleans.
aud to the clerk of the superior
criminal court in the parish of Or
leans. The other tally sheet and
compiled statement Of the persons
voted shall be delivered to the
sheriff or other returning officer cf
each parish. The said ballot box
and list of voters, with one Of tie
duplicate tally sheets and duplicate
compiled statement, shall DO de-
livered by the commissioners t.
the clerk Of the court, as above
provided, and the other tally sheet
and compiled statement to the
sheriff. or other returning officer,
as provided in this act.
The following sections Of the
election law OF 1877, were amended
ones and passed by the Legislature
of 1878, and are of great import
ance, and are appended hereto for
reference aud guidance
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives
of the State of Louisiana in Cen
eral Assembly convened, That sec
ton thin ty- three Of an Act provi-
ding the time and manner of hold
ing elections and making returns
thereof (the general election law
being Act number fifty-eight. APP
proved April IL. 1871, be amended
and rs-enacted 10 as to read as
follows THAT it shall he tue duty
OF the commissioner themselves,
or at least two of them To carry the
returns and ballot boxes to the re.
turning. officers and clerks Of court,
as required by law, sud.it shall be
the duty of the sheriff of each par
ish to have at each polling place in
his parish a deputy sheriff, whose
duty it shall be to attend tbs cleo
ton. obey the orders Of the com.
missioners of election, and attend
the transmission of the ballot boxes
and commissioner duplicate re-
turns to the sheriff or other re.
turning officer, and for any failure
to perform such duties. the said
sheriff shall be fined not less than
five hundred dollars aud imprison-
ment not less than three months,
at the discretion of the court, and
for failure of the commissioners
of election to transmit the ballot
boxes and returns to the clerk of
court and sheriff or returning Of
6cer as above provided, Immediate
ly after completing the tally lists
and statements required by law,
the commissioner or commissioner
so failing shall, on conviction there
OF. be deemed guilty Of INSIDE
meanor, and shall be punished by
fine or imprisonment, or both, in
the discretion of the court. And
any commissioner OF election who
shall willfully refuse to count and
tally any vote legally polled shall,
on conviction, be punished AS above
provided"
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
etc, That section thirty Eight of