The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-03

and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished as provided in section a. Of
this act, and shall be further disqual-
flied from voting in any election or hold
ing any office Of honor, trust or profit
in this state.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc, that
every commissioner Of election, or other
officer or persons having the custody
Of any record, register OF votes. or copy
thereof, oaths, return Of votes, certif-
Gates, poll list, or any paper, documents
OF evidence Of any description in this
act and directed to be made, fled Or
preserved, who IS guilty Of stealing,
willfully destroying, mutilatirg, Gefac-
ing, fals.fs.ing or fra,dulently removing
or scc"eting the whole Or any part there
of, or shall fr2udulantly make any en-
try. erasure or GlteratiO therein, except
as allowed and directed by the provi-
siOns Of this act, or who permits any
| person to do SO, Shall be guilty Of q
felony. and upon conviction thereof, be
punished in accordance with section Al
of this act And every person, not an
officer, who is guilty CT any of the atorc-
said acts, or who advises, procures or
a3ets the commission Of the same, CT
any of them, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished in accordance with
section A Of this act.
Sec co. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
that all bar-rooms, cabarets and coffee
! r,1o 1inl1nrS
kept, within one mile Of any ward or
precinct where an election is being held,
shaal be and remain closed during the
day of an election until II o'clock pm,
and no liquors shall be sold or given
away on election day, within the above
specified limits. Commissioners Of
ELECTION are hereby authorized to en-
force this provision and to call upon
a,Nl direct police officers to discharge
their full duty in every PARTICULAR.
Whoever, in polling place, has III
his possession, any intoxicating liquor,
shall be deemed guilty OF disorderly
conduct, and the commissioners shall
order such person to remove such Ii
uuor, or to withdraw himself from such
place, and on his refusing or neglectins
to obey such order, shall direct any po-
lice officer or other person present, to
take him from the place and confine
him in some convenient place until the
election is completed. The person SO
refusing, shall, for every such offense.
be punished as provided in section A
of this act.
| Sect. q. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
that it shall be the duty OF the COM
missioners at each polling place. to
keep duplicate lists of ne persons vot-
ing at each polling place. which lists
shall be numbered from one to the end;
and said lists, SO to be kept and
numbered as aforesaid, shall be
signed ant sworn to as correct,
by Them Immediately upon closing the
polls, and before leaving the place or
opening the ballot box. AS soon as the
votes have been counted and the en-
velopes sealed, as herein provided, the
official tally sheet or sheets shall be
signed and sworn to by the commits
sioners and the said officers shall make
4 triplicate complied statements OF the
number Of votes cast for each candi-
date for national, State, parochial or
municipal offices, and the offices for
which they were voted. the number Of
ballots contained in the box, the num-
Der of ballots rejected and the reasons
therefor. These compiled statements
shall also be sworn by the said COM
missioners, the oath to be administered
by the deputy sheriff, or one of the
commissioners, or by any qualified
voter. One of these aforesaid tally
sheets, together with the poll books
and one of the said compiled state
ments, shall be delivered to the board
of supervisors of each parish.
The commissioners of election shall
forward to the secretary Of State one
of the compiled statements Of the vote
:, at their respective boxes or polling
places, with the name or names of the
candidates voted for, one tally sheet
and one of the duplicate poll lists.
shall be retained by the secretary of
State for at least six months.
The third tally sheet, together wilt,
the, ballots and poll list .of the per-
sons voting shall be returned to the
ballot box, which shall thereupon be
sealed by said commissioners and
the said ballot box containing the bal
lots and tally sheets and poll lists as
as aforesaid be delivered to the clerk OF
Of court, to be by him safely preserved
for a period Of six months.
The board Of supervisors Of each
parish shall within three days ate,
the closong Of the polls, repair to tbs
court house Of the parish, and there. in
the presence Of at least three voters
or as many others as may desire to be
present, make a true compiled state
ment as shown by the face of the
sworn returns to the commissioners. in
triplicate, OF the result Of said election
and make public proclamation Of such
result, which compiled statements Shall
be sworn TO before such other officer
competent to administer an oath.
One Of the triplicate compiled state
ments shall be forwarded to the secre.
tary of state, one TO the clerk Of the dis