The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-03

Sioners in the same: proVlded that nOth-
ing contained in this section shall be
so construed as to permit commissions
ers to receive any vote which by LAY
they are required to refuse. Said at
fidavit shall be placed in the ballot
box.
Challer-ers to the number Of not
more than one for each political party
or nominating body shall be permitted
to remain Just outside (the guard raid
Of each polling place, and where they
can plainly see what is lone within
(such rail outside the voting booths
from the opening t. the close OF the
polls.
Sec. 81. Be it further enacted, etc
That it shall be the duty of the Regis
trar of Voters or other registering Off
GERS Of each parish, 10 deliver to the
Board of Supervisors OF each parish, at
least tWenty-four hours before the day
md time fixed for the opening of the
polls therein, the list of the voters reg
istering for each precinct and polling
place, securely wrapped, sealed and
marked; the list shall contain the num-
Der Of the registration, place of resi-
dence, age, race and occupation Of each
voter in the election precinct where the
polling place is situated and shall be
certified by the Register of Voters to
be correct, and it shall be the duty OF
the Commissioners to check the name
of each voter who is about to vote upon
said list; and Registrar of Voters or
other registering officer who shall neg
lect, fail or refuse TO perform the duty
above imposed. of furnishing the list as
aforesaid fer any precinct shall be
punished by a fine of not less than five
hundred or more than n thousand
dollars, and Imprisonment of not less
than three or more than twelve
months. And no person shall vote at
any election whose name has not been
previously placed on such list, nor until
the Commissioners find and check his
name thereon; provided, that no legal
voter shall be denied the right because
his name has been accidentally omitted
from said list or incorrectly written
or printed thereon: provided further.
that any voter whose name has been SO
accidentally omitted therefrom. shall
make affidavit in writing to that effect,
before said Commissioners, and said at
fidavit shall be preserved as part of the
election returns and be enclosed in the
box provided for the return of the bal
lots. 1t shall be the duty of the Board
of Supervisors to transmit to the Com
missioners of Election at each precinct,
and before the time liked for the OPEN
| ing of the polls, the poll bo0k provided
for such precinct.
Sec. SO. Be it further enacted. That
whenever any person offers to vote, he
| shall give his name, residence. occupa-
ton and registration paper, if such be
required by law, to the Commissioners,
one of whom shall thereupsn announce
the same in a loud and distinct tone Of
voice, clear and audible, and if the
same are found upon the poll book by
the Commissioned having charge there
of. he shall, in a loud n distinct tone
Of voice, clear and audible. repeat the
| same, and the same being checked, the
voter shall be allowed. his name being
entered upon the poll list, to cast his
vote.
The Commissioners in charge of the
poll list, the box and the poll book re-
spectively, shall be of different political
parties or factions, SO far as practical
BILE.
Sec. 81. Be 1t further enacted. etc.
Elections shall be held in the precincts
at and the polling places as hereinafter
defined and herein below directed to be
established.
Sec. SO. Be it further enacted. etc,
Each police jury ward in every ware Of
the State, except the parish of Orleans,
-z 1900 =, +to ao-a ~ tH. ltx;sinT,
thereof as hereinafter provided, is fix
ed as an election precinct and they
shall be established in each ward above
constituted as an election precinct; pro
vided, if more than one polling place
be established in any one police jury
ward, then the police jury shall divide
the ward geographically as nearly equal
as possible according to the number Of
polls established, and shall define tbs
limit within the ward for which each
poll is established and said Subdivisions
of the ward in such case shall be each
an election precinct. In h parish OF
Orleans each subdivision of each ward
thereof to be made as herein provided,
shall constitute an election precinct,
and they shall be numbered consecu
lively IA coSii val wv 49,
river and running back to the rear
boundary of the ward.
Sec. 80. Be it further enacted. etc.
The police juries as above provided
shall establish after two months from
the passage of his act as many pre-
cincts and polling places in their re
speetive parishes as they may deem
necessary; provided that there sha!
never be less han one precinct and
polling place in each police jury ward
and provided that when more tina one
polling place is established in n one
police jury ward the ward shall be ge
graphically divided as above stated
and each subdivision Of said police jury
ward shall be an election precinct. That
when said polling places and precincts
are established they shall be published
in the official proceedings of the police
Jury. The precinct and polling places
or any one Of them, once established
under this act. shall not be changed
except by a vote of the police jury Civ
en- in favor of said change, and ther
not within three months prior to q gen
eral election.
Sec. 40. Be it. Jfarther enacted, etc.
The City Govsament of New orlean'
shall by Ords1eance, divide the said city
into elect;ys1 precincts within the diff
erent wsFds and for that purpose, b!
ordiain1of sc arrange the ~boundarie;
Of the wal,A as may be deemed conven
lent for th1 purpose of establishing tn
election Precincts, which, when estab
!, lisRed, shall be the boundaries Of tn
wards; each of said precincts to be com
posed of contiguous squares and eacl
precinct to be so arranged as to contain