The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-02
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the commissioners themselves, or
at least two OF them, to carry re.
turns and ballot boxes to the
Board of Supervisors and Clerk of
Court as required by law; and it
shall be the duty of the sheriff to
have at each polling place, one
deputy sheriff whose duty it shall
be to obey the orders of the said
officers Of election and attend the
transmission of the ballot boxes
and returns to the Board of Su,
pervlsors and Clerk Of Court.
Sec. 90. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That the Clerk of the Court
shall receive the boxes containing
the ballots cast at any election,
and the other papers herein pro-
vided for sealed as berrinbetore
provided, and shall retain them in
his care for six mouths, and as
soon as may he thereafter, said
officer shall cause said ballots to
be destroyed without examining
them or permitting them to be ex-
amined by any person whatsoever,
and shall make an entry in the
records of his Office that they have
been so destroyed.
Sec. "a. Be it further enacted.
etc, That it shall be the duty Of
the Secretary of State, or, in de-
fault, the Auditor, not less than
ten nor more than twenty days af-
ter the date of holding an election,
to compile the returns transmitted
by the Board of Supervisors of
each parish, and publish il, the Of
fetal Journal the names of all the
candidates voted for, aud the num-
Der of votes actually cast for each,
as shown by the returns, and to
declare the person receiving the
greatest number of votes cast for
the office for which such a person
was a candidate, to have been du-
ly elected. If the Secretary of
State or Auditor, should wiIfully
neglect Or refuse to compile the re.
turns of the election and publish
the result as above provided for,
or ifhe should wilfully neglect or re.
fuse to countany votes as shown by
the returns, or should erase, alter
III any manner, or change any re-
turn, he shall be deemed guilty of
a felony, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a
fine not less than one thousand
(slO00) dollars aud by imprison.
ment at hard labor for not less
than seven, nor more than ten
years.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted,
etc, That it shall be the duty OF
the Governor not less than thirty
days after each general election, to
issue commissions to all officers
shown by the compilations of the
returns as above provided for, to
have been elected, except Govern.
OF, Lieutenant Governor or mem.
bers of the General Assembly.
Sec. &c: Be it further enacted,
etc, That as soon as possible, at.
ter the expiration Of the time for
making the returns of the election
for Representatives in Congress,
the Governor, Jointly with the
Secretary of State and the Attor.
ney General, shall proceed to as.
certain the number of votes cast
for each candidate for Representa-
tive in Congress as shown by the
returns received by the Secretary
of State in the form of properly at
tested compiled statements iron,
the Board Of Supervisors of each
Parish in the respective Congress
sional Districts. The Secretary of
State shall enter on record a GER
tiicate showing the persons who
receive the greatest number OF
votes actually cast for Represen-
tative i'll Congress in each Con
gressional District. This certiti
cate shall be sigued by the Gov
ernor, and one copy thereof, sign.
ed as aforesaid, shall be delivered
to the person thus ascertained to
have been elected, and another
copy transmitted to the House of
Representatives of the Congress
of the United States, directed to
the Clerk thereoG.
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 Rep
resentatiyes and the Secretary of
the Senate respectively of the last
General Assembly, the list of the
names of such persons as accord.
ing to the returns, as shall have
been elected to either branch of
the General Assembly as shown
by the returns.
1t shall be the duty ofthe Secre.
tary of the Senate aud Clerk of the
House Of Representatives to enter
upon the rolls Of the Senate and
IN the House respectively the
names of persons duly elected to
their respective parishes
and Senatorial Districts. And
those Representatives and Sena.
tors whose names are so placed