The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-10-09
Election Proclamation.
Oct. O. 80.


SHERIFF's OFFICE, PARISH OF CALcAsIEU,
Lake Charles, La, Sept. %, 1880
To the qualified Electors of the Parish Of
Calcasieu Us H
WHEREAS, It is provided by an Act of Con-
gress entitled Gan Act to establish uniform
time for holding elections for Electors for
President and Vice President in all Of the
States of the Union, approved on the twenty
third day of January, 1915; and. by an Act of
the General Assembly of this State entitled
"An Act relative TO Presidential Electors, the
the time, manner, andretnrus Of their election
and their duties and compensation approved
March II, 1870; aud, also by article 19f Of the
Constitution OF this State, that in every year
in which an election is to held for Electors
for President and Vice President of the Uni
ted States, such election shall be held on
Tuesday next after the first Monday in the
month of November in such year, and,
WHEREAS, 1t is further provided that on
the same day and at the same time, there shall
be an election for members Of Congress to
represent the several Congressional Districts
of the State of Louisiana In the Forty-seventh
Congress of the United States; and,
WHEREAS, 1t is provided by an ordinance
of the Police Jury of the Parish of Caleasieu,
adopted September =, 1880, that an election
shall be held in each of the several wards Of
the Parish of Calcasieu, on Tuesday, the I'd
day of November A. d., 1850, IN order to as
certain and determine the sense Of the legally
qualified voters, residing in the several wards
of said parish, on the question OF the prohibi-
ton Of the sale barter and exchange Of in-
toxicating liquors, in the respective wards OF
the parish of Calcasieu, on and after the first
day of January A. d., 1881, except by duly
licensed druggists and apothecaries; and that
every legally qualified voter, voting at said
election upon the question of such prohibition,
shall have written or printed upon his ballot
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gress, the words: 'For Prohibition In Ward
No -" giving the number Of the ward
In which he resides and yotes) or the words
against Prohibition in Ward No. --,o
giving the number Of the ward, as aforesaid.)
Now, therefore, /, David IL. Lyons, sheriff.
of the parish of Calcasieu, in pursuance OF
the proclamation of s. d. McEnery, Leuten-
ant Governor and acting governor q the State
of Louisiana, and in compliance with the law
and the ordinance of the Police Jury afore-
said, do hereby give notice and proclaim to
the legally qualified electors Of the parish Of
Calcasieu, that an election will be held in this
parish, at the polling places already designa-
ted by the proper authorities, on
Tuesday, tIae ed day Of Noycna-
ber, A. ID. lss0,
It being the first Tuesday next after the first
Monday in said month, from seven O'Clock in
the forenoon until six O'Clock In the after
noon, lUF Tue puipOsc VI NiCStihS; ~ 5SiSi1
ticket, eight electors Of President and Wee
President of the United States, two of wh9m
shall be for the State at large, and six for tbe
several electoral (congressiona) districts 6f
the State of Louisiana; for the election Of one
Representative for the Forty-seventh Con
gress, from the Third Congressional District,
Composed Of the parishes Of Ascension, AS
sumption, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, her
Vile, Lafayette, Lafourche, ST. Martin, St.
Mary, Terrebonne and Vermilion and also for
the purpose of taking the sense Of the voters
OF the several wards OF the parish Of Calca-
sieu, on the question OF the prohibition Of
the sale, barter and exchange OF Intoxicating
LIQUORS, In the respective wards Of said parish,
And 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 ny office,
within the shortest possible delay
In testimony whereof, have hereunto .af-
fixed my official signature OF Lake Charles,
La, this 18th day Of September, 4; D, 1850.
DAVID II. LYONS,
Sheriff OF the Parish of Calcasieu.