The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-07-22
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N Z, IS. 86, 80 and A, Of an act entitled a
act to repeal an act to regulate the coudiuc
I, and maintain the freedom and purity o
q elections to prescribe the mode of MAXIM
: returns thereof; TO provide for election o
returning officers, and define their power
e and duties 20 prescribe the mode of enter
ing ON the rolls OF the Senate and House o
Representatives, and to enforce article 10
Of the constitution, being act aS, sppr0vet
: November 80, 1872 to provide the time ant
manner of holding elections and making re
turns thereof to define the powers and du
ties 10 provide for the appointment ol
' commissioners and other officers of elee.
ton to provide for the maintenance of the
freedom and purity Of elections and fol
} the punishment of officers and other per
sons who may violate the election laws BY
making false returns. or altering returns. OF
! by refusing or neglecting or falling to per
: form their duties; TO punish persons for
false, fraudulent or Illegal voting, and TO
punish violence and intimidation; TO pro
vide the manner Of entering on the rolls of
the house of representatives, and to enforce
article l03 of the constitution. and generally
TO secure and provide for Il free fair and
| peaceable election throughout the state,
and TO repeal conflicting laws" being act
Nc. s., of 1877, of the extra session of 1877,
approved April II, 1877.
SECTION !. Be Il eqsRcted 6sy The General As
SeBsb3g Of ak6 STATE Of Louisiana, That section
2 of an act entitled '' an act to repeal an act
10 regulate the conduct and maintain the
freedom and purity of elections 10 prescribe
the mode OF making returns thereof to pro-
vide for the election Of returning officers, and
define their powers and duties TO prescribe
the mode of entering on the rolls Of the cen
| ate and house of representatives, and to en-
! force article l03 Of the constitution being act
| No. g, approved November 30, 1872 to pro-
vide the time and manner of holding elections
and making returns thereof; to define the
powers and duties TO provide for the ap-
pointment Of commissioners and other officers
| of election, and to provide for the mainte-
nance of the freadOm and purity of elections,
and for the punishment of officers and other
persons who may violate the election laws by
making false returns, or altering returns, or
! by refusing or neglecting or failing to per
| form their duties to punish persons for false,
| fraudulent or Illegal voting and to punish
violence or intimidation TO provide the man
ner OF entering on the rolls of the house of
| representatives, and to enforce article 1O3 of
| the constitution, and generally 10 secure and
| provide for free, fair and peaceable election
| throughout the state, and TO repeal conflict
! ing laws being act No IS, approved April Il,
1877, be amended and re-enaeted so as to
read:
THAT the general elections for the state
and parish officers shall be held once every
| four years, on the first Tuesday next follow
| ing third Monday Of April 1884 -
SEC. 2 Be II further es0etei, ETC., That sec
blAti u ti1c haazAlt DE SlliGulEu
acted SO as TO read: That in every year In
which elections are to be held for electors of
\ president and vice president, said elections
shall be held on the first Tuesday next follow
! ing the first Monday in November, 1884 and
every four wears thereafter. and TO be con-
Quoted and the returns made in the same
manner as herein provided for general cleo
tions. The Secretary Of State, or in ease 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
mis- certificate of election 10 the said persons
and they shall be authorized to cast the vote
| OF the state for the president and vice presi-
dent.
SEC. 8. BE ii further enacted ETC.. That sec
tioD Z of the same act be amended and re-en-
acted SO as to read d: That all general elections
for representatives. in congress shall be held
on the first Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November. 1852, and every two
years thereafter, and shall be conducted in the
same manner as elections for representatives
TO the General Assembly; except that the
names of persons voted for as representatives
10 congress shall be printed on separate bal
lot and be deposited in a separate box.
SEC. 4. b &c further s1sacieI. ETC.. That sec
ton % of the same act, be amended and Fe-en-
acted so as to read That all the NAMES of
ticket or ballot Of white paper, of uniform
size and quality, 10 be furnished by the SecTe-
tary of State at q charge Of Eve per eentum
over and above the actual cost of said paper
and the names OF persons voted for, and the
Office Tor which Lhey are voted, shall be &C
curately specified, and should two or more
tickets be folded together. the tickets 80
folded shall be rejected. The commissioners
OF election shall require every person otIering
TO vote to exhibit his certificate of registraI
ton, If such certificate be necessary under
the laws in force, governing registration and
when the vote of such person is received the |
commissioners of election shall write or
stamp on such certificate the word voted -
and date Of the vote, which shall be signed |
by one Of the commissioners, and any person |
who shall erase or alter any stamp OF mark |
thus made by the commissioner Of elections or |
any one OF them shall, on conviction thereof |
be deemed guilty of a felony and be fined not |
less than five hundred dollars and imprisoned /
at hard labor not less than two nor more than |
five years. 4
SEC. 81 BE It further eaactsl, &c, That sec
ton Sc Of same act be amended and re-enact-
ed so as to read That for all elections in tine |
several parishes, the parish of Orleans except
ed, the governor shall appoint areturning of
fieer for each parish, who shall appoint the
commissioners Of elections and designate the
polling places in each election preeinet.
SEC. @. Be II further enacted, etc. That sec
ton 59 OF the same act be amended and re-en-
acted so as to read That it shall be the duty
OF the Secretary of State Assistant Secretary
not less than ten nor more than twenty days
after the day OF holding an election, to begin
the compilation OF the returns, and as soon as
possible thereafter he shall complete the com
pilati9n of the returns, and shall publish in
the official journal the names of al the can
didates voted for, the Office for which each I
was voted for, and the number of votes actu-
ally cast for each as shown by the returns
and shall declare that the persons receiving
the greatest number of votes cast for the. 4
office for which such person was candidate
has been duly elected. II the Secretary Of
State or the Auditor should Wilifully neglect
or refuse to cempile the returns Of election
and publiGh the result as above provided, or
If he should willfully neglect or refuse to ia
count any vote as shown BY the returns, or
should erase, alter or in any manner change
any returns from any parish or polling place,
he shall be deemed guilty OF felony and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by
a fine Of not less than one Thousand dollars
and by Imprisonment at hard labor for not
less than seven nor more than ten years.
SEC "a. De ii further ENACTED, etc., That sec
ton ~ OF the same act be amended and re-
enacted 30 as 10 read: Thai it shall be the
duty Of the Secretary of State, Assistant Sec
Rotary OF Stale, or, as may be, the State Au-
ditor, 10 transmit 10 the clerk Of the house of
OF the last General ASSEMBLY
q list Of the names Of such persons as, accord
Ing 10 the returns from the several parishes
shall have received the greatest number Of ]
votes for the Office Of representatives as the
case may be, in the respective parishes or
representative districts; and 1t shall be the
duty Of the said clerk to place the names 50
furnished upon the roll Of the house.
r. n. OGDEN
Speaker Of the House Of ReprsseatatiFes.
GEO. j.. WALTON,