The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-11-08


snEp1Frss OFFICE. Parish of CAlcasieu,
Lake Charles, Oct. %, 1873
10 the Qualified Electors OF the Parish of
Whereas, The Constitutional Convention
lafeiy held III the city Of New Orleans, to
frame Il 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 or rejection OF the sam CONSTITUTION,
at which election each voter shall express his
opinion bv slepositing In the ballot-box q ticket
whereon shall be printed or written For
the Constitution u or 9Against the Consti-
tutfon. n or such other words as will convey
the intention of the voter; and
Whereas. It is further provided that 81 the
above stated time and place there shall be
elected a Governor. a Lieutenant Governor, q
Secretary of State an Attorney General, o
State Auditor of Public Accounts and su-
r,erintendent of Public Education, for the
term of four years and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that at the
same time and place there shall pc elected
Senators and Representatives of the General
Assembly az this State, for the term OF four
years. to- represent the different Senatorial
feistricts and REPRESENTATIVE Districts and par
islaes a. appointed in said Constitution; and
Whereas 1t is further provided that at the
same time and place there shall be elected,
for the term of four years, one District Judge,
and one District Attorney, Tor each OF the Jti-
siicial Districts of this State and
Whereas It is further provided that at the
came time there shall be elected In each par
ish hy the qualified electors thereof, one Clerk
OF the District Court, one Sheriff. and one
Coroner, for the term OF four years, anu as
many Justices of the Peace and Constables,
as now provided by law, for the term OF four
All The names of the persons voted for, at
said election for the offices hereinbefore emu
merated, to be written or printed on the same
ticket and deposited in the same baliot-box,
al the vote for or against the Constitution; and
Whereas, Ii is further provided that at the
election held for the ratification or rejection
s,f said Constitution it shall be lawful for each
voter to have written or printed on his ballot,
4 For ordinance relative TO State debt, Z or the
words Against ordinance relative 10 state
debit and in the event that majority OF the
ballots 40 east have Endorsed on them: s For
ordinance relative to State debit then the
ordinance and article of said ordinance shall
form a mart 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, y then said provisions and articles shall
form no part of the Constitution:
Now therefore, 4, David III. Lyons, sheriff
of the parish of CaIcasieu, in pursuance of
the proclamation of His Excellency, Louis
Alfred Wilt. Lieutenant Governor of the
State OF Louisiana and acting Governor in the
absence of the Governor, and IN compliance
with law, do hereby issue this my proclama-
tion 10 the voters of the parish OF Calcasieu,
directing an election to be held in this parish
at the twenty polling places already designa-
ted by the proper authorities, on
Tuesday. fEae end day of Asecesn-
ber. 1870,
being the first Tuesday of said month, from
z O'Clock A. NJ. to o'clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of taking the sense of the
good people of this parish In regard to the
adoption or rejection Of the Constitution sub
Initied for ratification for the ratification or
rejection of the ordinance adopted by the
Constitutional Convention In relation to the
debt of the State for the election Of all State
officers as above enumerated, and two Sena-
tors from the Tenth Senatorial District, COM
posed of the parishes of Calcaseu, Cameron,
Vermilion and st. Mary one District Judge
and one District Attorney f:s.:.the Fourteenth
Judicial District, composed OF the parishes OF
Vernon Calcaseu and Cameron, one Repre-
sentative, one Clerk of the District Court, one
Sheriff, one Coroner, nine Justices of the
Peace and nine Constables
And / do hereby order and direct the sew
eral Commissioners appointed by the proper
authorities to conduct said election In the
manner prescribed by law, and make due re-
turn of their respective polls to my office,
within the shortest possible delay.
In testimony whereof, i have hereunto af-
fixed my official signature at Lake Charles,
La, this 25th day of October, 4. D.. 1873.
DAVID II. LYONS,
Sheriff of the Parish of Calcsaieu.