The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-11-29

sHEa1rr's 0EFIcE, Parish OF Calcasieu,
Lake Charles, Oct. 70, 1879.
To the Qualified Electors Of the Parish OF
Whereas. The Constitutional Convention
lately held IN the city of New Orleans, 70
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 or rejection of the sold Constitution,
at which election each voter shall express MS
ofinion nv lepositilig in the ballotzbox ticket
whereon shall be printed or written For
the Constitution, y or, 'sAgainst the Consti-
tufionp or such other words as Will 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 Governor,
Secretarv of State, an Attorney General; a
state Auditor Of Public Accounts and SIN
perintenfisnt 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
wears. to represent the different Senatorial
districts and Representative Districts and par
isbes as appointed III said Constitution; and
Whereas. 1t is further provided that at the
same time and place there shall De elected,
for the term of four years, one District Judge,
and one District Attorney, for each OF the Jtl-
dicial Districts Of this State; and
Whereas, 1t is further provided that ut the
sarne time there shall be elected in each par
ish bv 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 Constables,
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 emu
merated, to be written or printed on the same
ticket and deposited in the same 5allot-box,
NJ, fhe vote for or against the Constitution; and
Whereas. 1t is further provided that at the
election held for the ratification or rejection
Of said Constitution, it shall be lawful for each
voter to have written or printed on his ballot,
nFor ordinance relative to State debt, or the
words ssAgainst ordinance relative to State
debt and in the event that majority of the
ballots so cast have Endorsed on them: " For
ordinance relative to State debt" then the
ordinance and article of said ordinance shall
form part of the Constitution submitted, IL
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
form no part of the Constitution:
Now. therefore, /, David FL. Lyons, sheriff
Of the parish of Calcasieu, in pursuance of
the proclamation of His Excellency, Louis
Alfred Wiltz, 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-
ton to the voters of the parish of Caleasieu,
directing an election to be held in this parish
at the twenty polling places already designa-
ted by the proper authorities, on
Tuesday. the end day of Deeem-
her, lS7S,
being the first Tuesday Of said month, from
7o'clock a. M. TO o o'clock III 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
mitted 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 Caleasieu, Cameron,
Nernilion and St. Mary, one District Judge
and one District Attorney from the Fourteenth
Judicial District, composed of the parishes of
Vernon, Calcasieu and Cameron, one Repre-
sentative, one Clerk of the District Court, one
Sheriff, one Coroner nine Justices of the
Peace and nine Constables.
And 4 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, have hereunto af-
fixed my official signature at Lake Charles,
La, this 18th day of October, a. d., 1879.
DAVID II. LYONS,
Sheriff of the Parish of Calesaieu.