The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1879-11-22
Proclamation of Election

SHE'lfF s7EF ~ =, a!1sl OF ASCENSION, Il
| Donaldsonville, La, Oct. j, 1879.
| To the Qualified Electors of the Parish OF
| Ascension
| WHEREAS, The Constitutional Cunven.
| ton lately held i'll the city of New Orleans
| louisiana, ordered an election to be holden
throughout the State, upon the
First Tuesday of December, 1870,
for the purpose Of taking the sense Of the
good people Of this State in regard to the
adoption or rejection of the said Constitu-
| ton, ut which election each voter shall ex-
press his opinion 10y depositing in the ballot
box ticket wherein shall be printed or
written: b" For the Constitution" or,
against the Constitution or such other
words as will distinctly convey the intention
OF the voter; and
| Whereas, 1t is further provided that at
| the above stated time and place there shall
| be elected u Governor, a Lieutenant Gov
ernor, a 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 at
| 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
trlcts and parishes as appointed in said
Cans tltution and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that at
the same time and place there shall be
elected, for the term Of four years, one Dis
trict Judge, and one District Attorney. for
| each of the Judicial Districts OF this State :
and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that ut
the same time there shall be elected in each
parish by the qualified electors thereof, one
Clerk of the District Court, one Sheriff ami
one Coroner, for the term Of four years, and
rs 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 hereinbefeEe
enumerated, to be written or printed OF, the
same ticket and deposited in the same bal
box, as the vote for or against the Con
stitution; and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that at
the election held for TIE ratification or re-
lection of said Constitution, it shall be law
full for each voter to have written or printed
op his ballot, 9 For ordinance relative 20
State debt or the words, Against ordi-
nance relative to State debit and in the
event that 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
part OF the Constitution submitted, if the
same be ratified. and il 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
form no part of the Constitution
Now, therefore, /. Peter A. Jones, Sheriff
OF the parish of Ascension. in pursuance Of
the proclamation Of His En- 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
Ascension, directing an election te be held
in this parish at such places as may be here
after designated by the proper authorities,