The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-01

SHERIFF's OFFICE, Parish of Ascension,
Donaldsonville, La, Oct. l, 1879.
To the Qualified Electors of the Parish of
Ascension:
WHEREAS, The Constitutional Conven-
ton lately held in the city of New Orleans,
to frame new Constitution for the State of
Louisiana, ordered an election to be holden
throughout the State, upon the
First Tuesday Of December, 1879,
for the purpose of taking the sense of the
good people of this State in regard to the
adoption OF rejection OF the said CoDstitu-
ton, at which election each voter shall ex-
press his opinion by depositing in the ballot
box ticket wherein shall he printed or
written: For the Constitution" or,
against the Constitution" or such other
words as will distinctly convey the intention
Of the voter; and
Whereas, It is further provided that at
the above stated time and place there shall
be elected Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Secretary of State, an Attorney
General, a State Auditor of Public Accounts
and Superintendent of Public Education,
for the term of four years and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that ut
the same time and place there shall be
elected Senators and Representatives Of the
| General Assembly of this State, for the term
of four years, to represent the different SEN
atorial Districts and Representative Dis
tricts and parishes rs appointed in said
Constitution and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that at
the same time and place there shall be
| trict Judge, and one District Attorney, for
each of the Judicial Districts of this State !:
| and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that At
| the same time there shall be elected in each
parish by the qualified electors thereof. one
! Clerk Of the District Court, one Sheriff and
| one Coroner, for the term of four years, and
as many Justices of the Peace and Consta-
bles, as now provided by law, for the term
| of four years;
| All the names of the persons voted for, at
said election, for the offices hereinbefore
enumerated, to be, written or printed on the
same ticket and deposited in the same bal
lot-box, as the vote for or against the Con
stitutiOn and
Whereas, It is further provided that at
the election held for the ratification or re-
lection of said Constitution, it shall be law
ful for each voter to have written or printed
Oh his ballot, For ordinance relative 70
State debt" or the words, Against ordi-
nance relative to State debt" and in the
! event that a majority OF the ballots SO cast
have indorsed on them: "For ordinance
relative to State debt" then the ordinance
and article Of said ordinance shall form a
| part Of the Constitution submitted if the
same be ratified. and if the majority Of votes
so cast shall have Endorsed on them the
words, Against ordinance relative to State
debt" then said provisions and articles shall
for,n no part of the Constitution:
Now, therefore, l, Peter A. Jones, Sheriff
of the parish of Ascension, in pursuance Of
the proclamation Of His Elk cellency, Louis
Alfred Wilt, Lieutenant Governor of the
State of Louisiana and acting Governor in
the absence of the Governor and in compli-
ance with law, do hereby issue this my
proclamation to the voters of the parish OF
Ascension, directing an election to DC held
in this parish at such places as may be here
after designated by the proper authorities,