St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-05

shall DC Established Ac tins election.
In the several parishes through.
out the State, the parish OF Or
leans excepted, the two parish ex-
ecutive committees shall agree upon
and announce the location Of the
polls. In the parish Of Orleans the
chairmen Of the State executive
committee I'm each side shall per
form that duty.
2. Selection Of Commissioners -
At each polling booth throughout
the State there shall be Ave com
missi0ners Of election, two to each
side. the fifth 70 be selected in the
manner hereinafter provided for.
said two commissioners shall be
selected by the chairmen Of the
parish committees, representing the
McEnery and Foster tickets re-
spectively, throughout the State,
and in the wards Of New Orleans by
the chairmen Of the State executive
committees. Should any commits
sioner be absent at the opening Of
the polls. or be compelled to leave
the poll for any length of time, the
vacancy shall be filled by the re-
naming commissioner for the fac
ton which the absentee in part rep
resents.
The selection Of the fifth com
missioner shall be determined by
lot in the first instance in each par.
ish Of the State and ward in the city
Of New Orleans by tie chairmen Of
the respective parish and State
executive committees. The chair.
man winning the lot shall have first
choice Of the polling booth, the
loser the second choice, the winner
the next choice, and 90 on alter
nately until the list Of the polling
booths is exhausted, giving the odd
poll, il any there be, to the chair.
man winning the first choice.
At every poll where the
COMMISSIONERS ARE N THE MINORITY
they shall name the clerk, whose
duties shall be entirely clerical. In
those parishes in which there are
no parish committees representing
either side, the chairman Of the
State executive committee shall
designate an individual to act in
lieu Of the chairman Of the parish
committee.
5. Hours of votina-The polls
shall be kept open at each polling
place from the hour Of Z in the
forenoon until 6 in the afternoon,
except in the city Of New Orleans, |
where they shall be kept open from |
6 o'clock in the forenoon until Z
O. clock in the afternoon.
4. Notification Of the Polling |
Places and Commissioners Notice
by the chairman Of the respective
committees fixing polling booths
and designating the house in which
the voting shall take place and the
election actually be held, and uam-
ing the commissioners in the sever
nj precincts and the hours Of voting,
shall he given seven days in advance
Of this election.
5. Security of voters-In the
City Of New Orleans ropes or bar.
riers shall be run eight feet in
front from each side Of the ballot
box, making . rectangle, eight feet
vide and sixteen feet long, with
opening for ingress and egress, and
40 person shall be allowed inside
II the ropes or barriers except the
person voting. and no person who
las already voted shall be allowed :
% take place in the line Of voting.
6. Form Of Ballot-Tickets shall
,e printed or written on white pa
Der, of uniform size aud texture, |
Without device, seven inches long
md three inches wide. In the par
sh Of Orleans white paper, to be
greed upon by the chairman Of the
State Executive Commit
ees, shaN be used and in the par /,
she's outside of the City Of
Few Orleans all ballots shall be ,
'rinted on white paper ordinarily
sed for printing purposes by news
'apers. The tickets shall contain
0thing but the names of the per. ,
ons nominated by the respective /,
onventi0ns at Baton Rouge, known
9 the Foster ticket and the Mem
~ ticket, and the Offices for which
hey are voting; and in addition Il
hereto the name Of . person to rep 4
esent the parish or ward upon the r
tate Central Committee. and the =
ords "for the basis Of representa- )
on" etc., or ''against the baeis Of ]
presentation suggested by the O
tate Central Committees Of the :,
party" Each voter
lall deposit his ballot in the box .
it'll his own hand, and in the City i
New Orleans ballots shall be o
amped by the commissioners rep d
.senting each faction, and no bal. >,
{ unstamped shall be counted. =,
Z. Qualification Of Voters y.
QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS, IT,
all be as follows: In parishes .
ltside Of the City Of New Orleans
hite Democrats with the qualhca-
,ns required by law, except ~ to u
gistrati0n. In the parish Of Or. h
ans. white Democrats registered n
least ten days prior to the cleo :,
IN, i. e., up to and inclusive Of :,
e 18th day of March, 1892. The VI
It in cases Of challenge. when the 70
ter's Democracy is questioned, =,
al he: "Will you agree to abide G,
and sustain the result Of the g.
.ction?" II he answers allrma- -
ely his vote shall be received and 70
united and II he answers In the 10
gative, it shall be rejected and il
shall not be permitted to vote. AM
B. Manner Of Voting com.