The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-10-30
voters, furnished them, the name

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box to be SO placed; during th,
election, as to be seen by the per,
sons voting.
i To preserve order and decorum
at the election, with power to com
nit any disorderly person to prison
| for time not to extend beyond
the closing of the polls; provided,
that such person shall beperinittel
to vote before being committed to
prison.
! To hold the election, teyen II
they have not been furnished, as
above provided, with a ballot box,
and blank returns and tally sheets, ]
and to keep a record Tor LIST OF ali
persons who vote.
To administer oatns or af1frma.
tons to all persons offering to vote,
whose right to vote Is challenged,
and to examine such persons under
oath, touching their right to vote.
To appoint one of their number
to receive the votes and to appoint
another to check on the list of re.
gistered voters, who shall, when
ever a vote is received, check by
marking the letter "V" opposite
the voters name ON such list, and
call aloud the name of the voter;
and, by one of their number, or by
their clerk, keep the list of voters
above provided. AHA
To keep at each polling place a
list of the persons voting there,
which list shall be numbered from
one to the end; this list shall he
signed and sworn to by the com
missioners, as correct, Immediately
on closing the polls, and before
leaving the place, or opening the
ballot box; if no person authorized
to administer .Oaths be present,
this oath may lie administered to
the commissioners by any voter
present, or, ii no voter be present,
by the commissioners to each 9th.
er. Immediately after taking this
oath the commissioners shall pro.
coed to count the votes, in the
presence of any voter or voters
who may desire to be present, and
without moving the boxes from the
room or place where the votes were
received. Two tally sheets shall
be kept of the count; the tally
sheets shall have the tallies mark
ed la lines, from the beginning b
the end of the page, and the total
of the tallies shall be writ
ten in figures Immediately after the
end of the tallies, and in letters,
so as to prevent any alteration
thereof; and after the count il COM
pleted the ballots counted shall be
put back in the box, which shall be
immediately sealed, with the bal
lots therein, and be preserved for
six months after the election. AS
soon as the votes have been count
ed, and the ballot box sealed, the
shall make duplicate
statements OF the names
Of all persons voted for, and the
Offices for which they were voted, Il
5he number Of ballots contained In
he box, and the number of ballots
elected and the reason therefor.
Should two or more tickets be
olded together such tickets shall
,e rejected. These compiled state
nents shall be sworn to by the
commissioners, the oath to be adj
Dinistered as last above provided,
md one Of these compiled state
nents, with one of the tally sheets,
he list OF persons voting, and the
,allot box containing the ballots,
hall be delivered to the Clerk of
be District Court. The other tally
beet and compiled statement of
be persons voted for shall be de- !
lgered to the sheriff or other re- !
urping officer or each parish. The J
fhemselces or at least
20 of them, shdit'ca,yy and delirer
q ballot Jores and returns dboce |
10 the clS,,k of court and :
the sheriff J.
Ifany deputy sheriff fail to at-
snd, al above provided, the com.
lissioners of election shall appoint
suitable person to act In his place
the polls, aud to attend them in
le transmission OF the ballot boxes
nd returns to the clerk of court =
I'D sheriff. The commissioners !;
ay require any person offering to :
ote to declare on oath whether he y
the person registered, whether n
. has voted at any other polling
ace, and whether he is d qualified :
ectOr OF the State, parish, ward
I'd precinct in which he offers to |,
)te, which affidavit shall he in \
ritiDg, and shall be presented Il
IT'D the returns to be deposited b.
It'll the district clerk. "A false al
fidayit in such instance, by a per ~
y offering to vote, shall be pun r.
liable as perjury. 4,
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GENERAL PROVISIONS. ~
The clerk of the district court 81
all act as returning officer, ii the
ice OF sheriff or recorder be
cant, on il either OF them do
t act.
The polls will be kept open from
4. M. to q p. M. ao
If no Commissioners of election il
esent at any polling place with
one hour after the time fixed for
enipg the polls n A, N.Y. the II