The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-22
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
No. 1O1 AN ACT

TO amend and rc-enact the 4\rs regulating
Elections, Etc:
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of Lou
isiana, That Section , of an Act enti-
tied can Act to repeal an Act to regu-
late the conduct and maintain the free
dom and purity of elections; to prescribe
the mode of making returns thereof;
to provide for the election of returning
officers, and define their powers and
duties; to prescribe the mode of enter
ing on the rolls of the Senate and
force Article 1O3 of the Constitution,
being Act No. 9S, approved November
80, 1872; to provide the time and man
ner of holding elections and making
returns thereof; to define the powers
and duties to provide for the appoint
ment of Commissioners and other Of
ficers of election; and to provide for
the maintenance Of the freedom and
purity of elections; and for the pun
ishment of officers and other persons
making false returns, or altering re-
turns, or by refusing, or neslecting, or
failing to perform their duties ;. to pun
ish persons for false, fraudulent or iilc-
gal voting; and to punish violence or
intimidation; to provide the manner
Of entering on the rolls of the House
of Representatives; and to enforce Ar
ticIe 1903 Of the Constitution; and gen
orally to secure and provide for a free,
fair and peaceable election throughout
tho State; and to repeal conflicting
laws, being Act No. IS, approved April
II, 1877, be amended and rc-enacted so
as to read:
"That the general elections for State
and parish officers shall be held once
every four years, on the first Tuesday
next following the third Monday Of
April, 1854"
SEC. 2. BE it further enacted, etc,
That Section 6 of the same Act be
and re-enacted so as TO read:
sThat in every year in which elections
are held for electors of President and
said elections shall be
held on the first Tuesday next follow
ing the first Monday in November
and to be conducted and the returns
made in the same manner as herein
provided for general elections. The
of State Or, in case of vacancy
of that office, the State Auditor shall
ascertain from the returns the persons
who received the greatest number of
votes actually cast and the Governor
shall issue his certificate Of election to
the said persons, and they shall be
authorized to cast the vote of the State
for the President and Nice-President.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc,
That Section 7, Of the same Act, be
amended and rc-enacted so as to read:
That all general elections for Repre-
sentatives in Congress shal! be held on
the first Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November, 1882, and
every two years thereafter, and shall
be conducted in the same manner as
elections for Representatives to the
Genera! Assembly,, except that the
names of persons voted for as Repre-
scntativCs to Congress shall be printed
on a separate ballot and be deposited
in q separate box.
SEC. 1. Bc it further enacted, etc,
That Section 90, OF the same Act, be
amended and rc-cnactCd so rs TO read:
That all the names of persons voted
for shall he printed on ono ticket or
ballot Of white paper, Of uniform size
and quality, to be furnished by the
Secretary Of State at Il charge of five
per ccntum over and above the actual
cost Of said paper; aud the names Of
persons voted for, and the Office Ior
whic! they arc voted, shall be accu-
rately specified, and should two or
more tickets be folded together the
tickets so folded shall be rejected. The
Commissioners of Election shall re-
quirc every person Offering to vote to
exhibit his certificate of rcgiStrati, "a il
such certificate be necessary under the
laws i'll force governing registration