The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-10-09

sEprEMBER sEss1oN, 1880.

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town of Lake Charles, La, on Monday
September 9th, 1880. Present: j. J. W.
Miller. President; Isaac Nichols, David
| d. Andrns. VIM. Holland, Lastie Vim.
cent. Simeon Vincent and Wiilium G.
Reeves. Absent: Abner Cole.
| On motion, duly seconded, the fol.
lowing ordinance was adopted, viz:
AN ORDINANCE
To determine, by an election to be held for
that purpose, whether the sale, barter or ex-
change of Intoxicating liquors, In the several
wards of the parish Of Calcasieu, except in
| certain cases by duly licensed druggists and
apothecaries, shall be prohibited on and after
the first day Of January, A. d., 1881 to pro-
vide for such an election, and for ascertaining
ard declaring the result thereof; to prohibit
the sale, barter or exchange of intoxicating
liquors in each ward of said parish, on and
after the first day of January, A. D., 1881, ex-
cept In certain cases by duly licensed drug
gists and spothecaries, in which, at such cleo
tlon, majority of the votes polled on the
| question of such prohibition shall be poled
for such prohibition; and to provide penalties
for violations of this ordinance.
SECTION !. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish of Calcasieu, That the sale,
barter or exchange of Intoxicating liquors, in
the several wards of the parish of Caicasieu,
| on and after the first day of January, A. D.,
| 1881, except by duly licensed druggists and
| apothecaries as hereinafter provided for, shall
| be and is hereby prohibited In each and every
ward of said parish, In which a majority of
| the legally qualified voters, residing and yo-
| ting therein, at the election hereinafter pro-
| yided for, shall vote for such prohibition.
SEC. 2. BE 1t further ordained, etc, That
| In order to ascertain and determine the sense
of the legally qualified voters residing In the
several wards of said parish, on the question
| of such prohibition, an election is hereby Or
dered for that purpose, to be held In each of
the several wards of said parish, on the day
OF the next regular presidential election, to-
wit on Tuesday, the second day of Novenl-
Der, A. d., 1870, at each polling place In each
OF said wards at which an election shall be
held for presidential electors aud for member
of Congress.
SEC. B. Be it further ordained etc., That
every legally qualified voter, voting at said
election upon the question of such prohibition,
shall have written or printed upon his ballot
for presidential electors and member of Con
gress the words "For Prohibition in Ward
No. ----" (giving the number of the ward
In which he resides aud vOtes,) or the words
against Prohibition in Ward No. --"
(giying the number of the ward as aforesaid)
The commissioners of election at each poll
ing place shall keep, on the duplicate tally
sheets provided for keeping the tallies of the
votes for presidential electors and member of
Congress, separate tallies of all the votes
polled for and against prohibition, carrying
out and extending thereon, In words and
figures, the sums total of such tallies, the
same as they are required to do In the matter
of tallies of votes for presidential electors and
member OF Congress, and shall also embrace
on their official statement Of votes for presi-
Dental electors and member of Congress, q
statement of all the votes pOlled at such elec-
ton for and against prohibition, and shall
certify tue same and make return thereof, and
shall In all other respects comply with the
general election laws of this State In the mat
ter of keeping and carrying out tallies, and
signing and certifying tally sheets and state
ments OF votes, so as to plainly and truly show
and declare the vote for and against prohibit
tion at each polling place in each ward of the
parish as aforesaid Fr0Oided, That in case the
blank tally sheets and statements of votes,
furnished said commissioners of election, are
IN such form, and are SO printed, as to render
1t, In the opinion of such commissioners of
election, inconvenient to keep thereon the
tallies OF votes polled for and against prohi
bition, and to certify thereon, or on such
blank statements of votes, to the result of
such election on the question of prohibition;
or II such commissioners Of election should
be instructed by the sheriff or other returning
officer OF said parish not to keep the talies OF
the votes for and against prohibition on the
tally sheets for presidential electors and mem
Der Of CoDgresf, and not to make and certify
statement Of the votes for and against pro
hibition on the blank statements OF votes for
presidential electors and member of Congress,
then and in any such event the said commits
sioners Of election shall keep on separate and
duplicate tally sheets, and shall carry out and
extend thereon as aforesaid the tallies Of all
votes polled as aforesaid for and against pro- |
hibition, and shall make out and certify sep
arate statements Of the votes polled as afore-
said for and against prohibition, and shall re-
turn the same to the sheriff or other returning
officer Of said parish, together with their tally
sheets and statements OF votes for presiden
tial electors and member of Congress.
Sec. 4. BE 1t further ordained, ctc., That
1t hall be the duty Of the sheriff, or other re-
turning officer Of said parish, within twenty
four hours after completing his official return
electors and member Of Congress, to make
out, and officially certify and sign in the pres
ence of two attesting witnesses, who shall be |
legally qualified voters Of said parish, accord
Ing to the tally sheets and statements OF votes |
received by him from said commissioners Of
election, a separate, official, and true and cor
rect return OF the vote polled at said election |
In each ward of said parish for and against |
prohibition, and within twenty-four hours |
thereafter to deliver his said official return |
thereof, at the Court House Of said parish, In |
the presence of two competent witnesses, to |
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ish, or to the Clerk Of said Police Jury, or, In |
case Of their absence from the Court House,
to any member Of the Police Jury Of said par
ish who may be present at the Court House; |
and 1t shall be the duty Of any officer or mem
Der Of said Police Jury, receiving said return |
from said sheriff or other returning officer OF I
said parish TO thcrcupon tender TO such sheriff |
or other returning officer receipt therefor, |
attestcd by two competent witnesses.
SEC 5. Be 1t further ordained, etc, That
II shall be the duty Of the President of the |
Police Jury Of said parish, or, In case Of his
failure for any cause to do 50, OF the Clerk Of
said Police Jury, having received said official
return Of the result OF said election on said
question Of prohibition, TO issue, and to cause
to be published by posting at the door Of the
Court House OF said parish, aud also In
newspaper published In said parish, II any, an
official statement Of the result OF sold election
In each ward Of said parish on said question
Of prohibition, according to the said official
return thereof by the sheriff or other return
Ing officer 81 said parish, together with an
official proclamation, declaring In substance
that by virtue of said election, and Of this or
diIance, the sale, barter or exchange Of In
toxicating liquors In each ward of said parish
In which d majority Of the votes pollcd at said
election, on said question Of prohibition, shall
appear by said official return thereof TO have
been polled HFor Prohibition Is and shall
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