The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-03
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, etc..

Kept, W1tAln one mile Gf any WarQ 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 he above
specified limits. commissioners of
election are hereby authorized to en-
force this provision and to call upon
agl direct police officers to discharge
their full duty in every particular.
Whoever, in a polling place, has in
his possession, any intoxicating liquor,
shall be deemed guilty of disorderly
conduct. and the commissioners shall
order such person to remove such IL
auor, or to withdraw himself from such
place, and on his refusing or neglectine
to obey such order, shall direct any po-
! lice officer or other person present, to
take him from h 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. 81. Be it further enacted. etc,
that it shall be the duty of the COM
missioners at each polling place, to
keep duplicate lists of the persons vot-
ing at each polling place, which lists
shall be numbered from n to the end
and said lists, sc to be kept and
numbered as aforesaid, shall be
signed and 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 h en-
velopes sealed, as herein provided, the
! official tally sheet N sheets shall be
signed and sworn to by the commits
sioners and the said officers shall make
triplicate complied statements of the
number Of votes cast for each candi-
date for national, State, parochial OF
municipal offices, and the offices fo1
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 aid com
missioners, the oath to be administers
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 h secretary OF
State for. at least six months.
The third tally sheet, together witt
the ballots and poll list of the per,
sons voting shall be returned to the
ballot box, which shall t~hereupon be
sealed by said commissioners ane
the said ballot box containing the bal
lots. and tally sheets and poll lists a:
as aforesaid be delivered to the clerk O.
of court, to be by him safely preserved
for a period of six months.
The board of supervisors Of eacl
parish shall within three days afte'
the closong of the polls. repair to thu
court house Of the parish, and there, il
the presence of at least three votens1
or as many others as nay desire a3 b.
present, make a true comprehensive
ment as shown by the face of tn
sworn returns to the commissioners, II
tripiicate, of the result of said election
and make public proclamation of sucl
result, which compiled statements shall
be sworn to before such other office,
Competent to administer an oath.
Ofsa of the .triplicate compiled state
mental shall he forwarded to the secre
tary of4ssare, one to the clerk of the dis
trict Court, and cle third shall be re
tanned, ny said board of supervisors.
out a sepss,. { compiled statement Q
the vote Tor governor and lieutenan
governor. ..vhich shallbe sworn to befor
some oficet' Incompetent to administer a.
oath, and this compiled statement, seal
ed in a separate envelope and marked
and attested by the board Of supervis
ors, shall be transmitted to the secre
tary Of state and shall constitute tn
returns contemplated by article SO o
the constitution. Any board of sup
e~rvisors or any member thereof VIII
shall fraudently or Intentionally max
a false or incorrect compiled statement
as above provided, Of the said vote
shall be deemed guilty of a felony, an
on conviction thereof, shall be punish
ed by imprisonment at hard labor TO
not less than two nor more tina fiv
years.
See. %. Be it further enacted, etc
that it shall be the duty Of the com
I rnsssnronr~ fharocA1yoS mr. at Ip9 CT tu-
Of them, to carry returns and ballo
boxes to the board of supervisors an
clerk of court, as required by law; an
it shall be the duty of the sheriff t
have at each polling place, one deput,
sheriff, whose duty it shall be to ODE,
the orders Of the said officers of cleo
ton and attend the transmission OF tn
ballot boxes and returns to the boar
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 ballot
cast at any election and the other pa
I, pers herein provided or sealed as here
inbefore provided, n shall retail
. them in his care for six months, and a
soon as may BE thereafter, said office
shall cause said ballots to be destroye
I without examining them or permltt1n
them to be examined by any perso
: whatsoever, ami shall make an entr
! in the records 90, his office that the
have been so destroyod
:, Sec. "a. Be it further enacter etc
; That it shall be the duty Of the secre
) tary Of State, or. in defualt, the aud
tor. not less than ten nor more tina
twenty days after the day OF holdin
{ an election, to compile the return