The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-10-16
PROCLAMATION
BY the Governor
FOR The
Election OF Presidential Electors and
for Representatives In Congress.
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EleCtlOA OF k'feSJQe1yl9l EleCtOfS ana
for Representatives In Congress.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, |
State Of Louisiana.
Whereas, It IL provided by an act Of
Congress entitled IAN Act to estsb.
lish . uniform time for holding elee.
lions for Electors for President and
Vice President In all the States Of
the Union" approved on the twenty.
third day OF January, 1845; AMI, BY
an Act Of tho General Assembly Of
this State entitled An Act relative
to Presidential Electors, tho time,
manner, and returns Of their election
and their duties and compensation"
approved March il, 1870; and, also
by article l9l Of the Constitution Of
this State, that every year IN which
an election IL to be held for Electors
for President and Vice President Of
the United States, such election shall
be held on Tuesday next after the
first Monday Ia the month OF No.
vember In such year; and,
Whereas, 1t 10 further provided
that on the same day and at the
same time, there shall be an election
for members Of Congress to repre-.
sent the several Congressional Dis
tricts OF the State Of Louisiana 10 the
Forty.seventh Congress Of the United
States.
Now, therefore, /, SAMUEL DOUGLAS
MCENERY. Lieutenant Governor and
Acting Governor Of the State Of Lou.
isiana, have thought proper to 10.
sue this my proclamation, ordering
and directing an election to be held
throughout the State Of Louisiana,
at such places % may be designated
by the legal local authorities thereof,
on Tuesday, the second day Of the
month Of November, A. D., 1850 lit
being the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in said month";, from
seven o'clock In the forenoon until
until six o'clock In the afternoon, for
the purpose Of electing. by general
ticket, eight Electors Of President
and Vice President, two Of whom
shall be for the State at large, and
ok for the several electoral districts
Of the State, to wit:
One Elector for tho First District,
composed Of the parishes OF Plaque.
mines and St. Bernard and Of the
third, fourth, Nth, sixth, seventh
eighth, ninth and fifteenth wards Of
the city OF New Orleans,
One Elect0r tor the Second Die.
trict, composed Of the first, second,
tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth,
fourteenth, sixteenth and seven.
teenth wards Of the city Of New Or.
leans, and OF the parishes OF Jefler.
son, st. Charles, st. John the Baptist
and 81. James.
One Elector for the Third District,
composed Of the parishes OF Ascen.
sion, Assumption, Oelcasieu, Came.
ron, Iberia, lberville, Lafayette, La.
f0urche, st. Martin, 1t. Mary, Terre-
bonnie and Vermili0n.
One Elector for the Fourth Db.
trict, composed OF the parishes Of
Bienville BOssier, Csdd0, DeS0to,
Grant, Sabine. Netohitoches, Rapi:
des, Red River, Vernon, Webster
and VIM.
One ElectoF for tho Fifth District,
composed Of tho parisheOof Oonoor-
dis, Caldwell, Claiborne, Oatahauls,
East Carroll, West Carroll, Efsnk.
lin, jackson, Lincoln Madison, More
house, Ouachita, Richland, Tensaa
and Union.
One Eiector for the Sixth District,
composed Of the parishes OF Avoy.
elles, East BATON Rouge. West Baton
Rouge, East FelicianS, West Felici.
ana, Ivington Pointe Coupee, st.
Helena, st. Landry, st. TammAny,
Tsnglpahoa and Washington.
Aud also for Representatives ID
Congress TO represent the State OIL
Louisiana IN the F0rty.seventh Con
grese Of the United States, to be
elected BY the qualified electors o.
the hereinafter named Conversational
DistrictD, respectively. ior the torn
Of tWO yeolo 20 date from the fourth
day Of March, A. D. 1881, - follows,
Oas Representative Tor tho Fiss'
District, compooed Of tho parishes OIL
PlaQuemineo, st. Bernard. and Of tn
third, fourth, NH, oixt6, seventh,
eight. ninth end 0ftejnth wards oi
the city Of New Orleans,
One RepseasQte9ivo tog To 0ocood
DiatSict, oompo4ed Of tAe 4roe, &c
| Odd. tenth, oley10k twelfth. thlr'
lteenth. iolrtoa6th, siItaeuth END
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