The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-03
ballot boxes and returns to the board
Of supervisors and clerk of court.

! ballot boxes and returns to the board
Of supervisors and clerk Of court.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted, etc.,
that the clerk Of the court shall re-
ceive the boxes containing the ballots
cast at any election and the other pa
pers herein provided or sealed as here
inbefore provided, and shall retain
them in his care for six months. and as
soon as may he thereafter, said officer
shall cause said ballots to be destroyed
without examining them or permitting
them to be examined by any person
whatsoever, and shall make an entry
in the records Of his Office that they
have been so destroyed
Sec. y. Be it further enacter etc,
That it shall be the duty Of the secre-
tary Of State, or, in defualt, the audi
tor, not less than ten nor more than
twenty days after the day Of holding
an election, to compile the returns
transmitted by the board Of supervisors
CT each parish, and publish in the Of
fetal journal the names of all the cam
lidates voted for, and the number of
votes actually cast for each, as shown
by the returns, and 10 declare the per-
son receiving the greater number Of
votes cast for the office for which such
person was a candidate, to have been
duly elected. If the secretary Of State
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refuse to compile the returns Of the
election and publish the result as above
provided for, or if he should wilfully
neglect or refuse to count any votes as
shown by the returns, or should erase.
after many manner, or change any re-
turn. he shall be deemed guilty Of a
felony, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by fine not less than
one thousand C$1,0CO dollars and by i'm
prisonment at hard labor for not less
than seven. nor more than ten years.
Sec Is. Be it further enacted, etc,
That is shall be the duty of the gov
ernor not less than thirty days after
each general election, to issue commits
sons to all officers shown by the COM
pila tons of the returns as above pro-
vided for, to have been elected, except
governor, lieutenant governor or men,
bers of the general assembly.
Section &c. BE it further enacted. etc.
that as soon as possible after the ex-
piration Of the time for making the re-
turns Of the election for representa-
tives in congress, the governor joint
ly with the secretary Of state and the
attorney general shall proceed to as
certain the number of votes cast for
each candidate for representative in
congress, as shown by the returns re-
ceived by the secretary Of state in the
form of properly attested compiled
statements from the board Of supervi-
sors Of each parish in the respective
congressional districts. The secretary
Of state shall enter on record certif-
icate showing the persons who receiv-
ed the greatest number Of votes &C
tGally cast for representative in con-
gress in each congressional district
This certificate shall be signed by the
governor, and one copy thereof, signed
as aforesaid shall be delivered to the
person thus nscertained to have been
elected, and another copy transmitted
to the house Of representatives Of the
congress Of the United States directed
to the clerk thereof.
Sec q. Be it further enacted, etc.
that it shall be the duty of the secretary
OF state to transmit to the clerk of the
house Of representatives and the sec
rotary of the senate respectively Of the
last general assembly, the list Of the
names of such persons as according tc
the returns, as shall have been elected
in either branch of the general assem-
bly, as shown by the returns.
It Shall be the duty of the secretary
Of the senate and clerk Of the house OF
representatives to enter upon the rolls
OF the senate and house respectively
the names of persons duly elected tc
represent their respective parishes anG
senatorial districts. And those repre-.
; sentatives and senators whose names
are 50 placed by the clerk and secre-
tary respectively in accordance viii
the foregoing provisions, and no others
shall be competent to organize the
house of representatives or senate.
T. Sec. %. Be it further enacted, etc.
that the various boards Of supervisors
shall provide and Send to the commits
sioners of each precinct before the time
fixed herein for the opening Of the polls
on the day Of any election, the ballot
boxes and tickets required by law to
be used. At the opening of the polls
in each precinct and before any bal
lots are received, the ballot box shall
be publicly opened and shown to be
empty and the commissioners shall by
personal examination. ascertain tina,
the box is empty. after which the box
shall Immediately be locked or fasten-
ed and the key delivered to the deputy
sheriff attendant. The ballot box shall
not be removed from the public view
after it is so shown to be empty, unit
all ballots have been removed there.
from and the box has been relOcked OF
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