The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-11
Proceedings of Common Council,
Town of DonaldsonYille.
SPECIAL MEETING.
MAYORS OFFICE, Nav ., 1878.

Is. Claverie, Aldermen LIST ward & Richtz
Alderman, I'd ward V. Maurin, u. Landry
Aldermen 81 ward
Absent IL. s. Boudreaux.
The reading of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with.
Mayor Dufel informed the Council that
the object of the meeting was for the puEe
pose of adopting rules and regulations 60
govern the election to be held Saturday,
May 4, 1873, and also TO fill the vacancy Of
commissioner, J. B. Rodrigue. who had re-
signed, and to appoint constables for said
election
On motion, duly seconded, the following
resolution was adopted
RULES AND REGULATIONS
To be observed by the Commissioners and
Constables OF Election on saturday, May
4,slS78.
Be IL resolped By The Common Coaacl 90
eTtra session coapeaed, That the commits
sioners of election before entering upon
their duties shall seyerally make and sub
scribe an affidavit before Justice of tina
Peace or other officer authorized to admin
ister oaths, that they will perform their
duties with fidelity and will, to the best of
their ability, maintain and protect tho
rights OF all qualified electors within the re-
spective wards, and will expose allattempts
and combinations that may come within
notice to procure the fraudulent votes OF
persons who are not qualified electors with
in their respective wards; and shall also
each take the oath of Office prescribed fof
State officers.
2. 1t shall be the duty of the commission.
ers of election at the several polling pre-
elnets to keep list of the names of the per
sons voting at such polling place, which list
shall be numbered from one to the end, and
said lists of voters, with their names and
number as aforesaid signed aud sworn tosas
correct by such commissioners shall be de-
lvered to the Clerk of Court ut the Same
time the box containing the ballots is deliy-
cred to him.
3. 1t shall be the duty of the commission.
ers OF election TO receive the ballots CT Nj
legal voters who shall offer to vote and
deposit the same in the ballot box in Fill
view OF the voter himself And in all cases
the vote of the person offering to vote shall
be taken from the hand of the voter by ors
OF the commissioners of election and not
from the hands of any person other than tho
voter, under penalty of $40 fine for each
and every infraction hereof, and any person
taking a vote from voter for the purpose
OF handing the same to the commissioner
shall be liable to q like fine, and it shall be
the duty of the commissioner of election
who shall see any person taking from the
hands of a voter his ballot in violation Of
the provisions of this section, to forthwith
cause such person to be arrested and con-
veyed to the jail until after the closing Of
the polls, provided he shall be allowed to
vote before being imprisoned.
f. One of the commissioners shall keep o
record of the votes during the election, and
whenever the other commissioner shall re-
ceive the ballot and put i. in the box "a
provided by the preceding section, no shall
call out the name of the voter aloud aud
the other commissioner shall mark the LETT
ter V opposite said name on the list of reg
istered voters and shall write ON tho certih-
cate of registration OF said voteP--when one
is produced-the word voted" and tho
date of the vote which shall be signed BY
the thim) commissioner.
5. No person shall be permitted to vote
whose name and the number OF his certif-
cate of registration shall not appear upon
the list of qualified voters to be furnished TO
the commissioners of each poll, except such
as have attained q years of age since the
last registration or who shall have moved
in the town of Donaldsonville since the last
from another ward of the par
lsh, or any portion of the State--in the lst-
ter case such voter must exhibit his certifi-
cate of registration from the parish in
which he was registered previously. before
he shall be allowed to yote-fcr the puFpase
Of acquiring bona flde residence thersin
and not for the purpose merely of casting Q
vote ut the election of the 9TH of May, 1873,
provided that it shall be the duty of the
before allowing any such
persons to vote, to examine them unEinE
oath touching their fight to vote Mt such
election, and also to require such persons to
leelara whether they have not voted in any
other precinct of the town. 1t shall be tho
lnty of the said commissioners to have o.
copy of the proper oaths at the head q
list which such persons as they require shall
De compelled to sign before their votes at8
placed in the box-which said lists they
,hall file in the office of tho District Court
Clerk, and should any such person offering
% vote refuse to take the oath aforesaid,
he vote of such person shall not be re-
,eived.
6. immediately after closing the polls tbs
of election shall carry the
ballot boxes to the Court House and when
III of the three boxes shall have been re-
,eived they shall be opened III numerical
,rtler and the votes therein counted, with
,pen doors. and the commissioners of each
ward, aud said commissioners shall mako
duplicate returns of the number of votes
D0lled for each candidate, making mention
# the name of the candidate and the eface
yoted for; they shall then deliver one of
he lists and of the returns to the constable
n attendance, whose duty it shall be to car
y the same forthwith to the Parish Judge
n accordance with sec. 8 Of the charter Of
)onaldsOnville, and u copy of the list and
# the returns, together with the ballot
,oxes and the list mentioned in the second
eeti0n of the ordinance the commissioners
hall without delay deliver to the Clerk Of
he Court to be by him kept in safe cIssteay
Until after the next session of the District
jourt.
Z. That there shall be appointed con-
table to remain in each ward and at each
respective poll during the election and until
Ifter the votes shall have been counted ut
he Court House and the list and returns
to them, to be transmitted by
hem to the Parish Judge; whose duty in
addition to the requirements of the prcce-
ling section shall be to preserve order a4file
,olls and obey the proper orders of the coIn-
nissioners. They shall take the oath pre-
eribed for the commissioners in the fret
ectinn of this ordinance.
8. That the commissioners and consfables
hall receive in full compensation for their
ervices, the former "a each, the latter 80.
9. Resolced, That 3 copies Of this ortii.
lance he furnished by the secretary 70 the
of election for their guidance
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