The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-03
with sentinn A of this act.

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votes, or attempts to vote, or whoever
50 votes, or attempts to vote, more
than one either in his own name, or in
that of any other person, or IN an as
sumed name, or whoever so votes, or
attempts to vote in more than n vot-
precinct: or whoever Wilfully aids
or abets any one not legally qualified
in voting or attempting to vote at an
election, or whoever shall have IN his
possession the registration paper OF an
other; or whoever with intent to cheat
ur defraud, alters any ballot at any
election. and whoever with such intent
deposits any ballot in the ballot box
used at such election, and whoever with
such intent, removes II ballot from
such ballot box; or whoever shall forge
initiate, or counterfeit or falsely make,
or alter, or shall procure to be falsely
made, initiated, altered, forged or
counterfeited, or shall aid or assist in
falsely making. initiating. altering,
forging or counterfeiting any ballot, or
part thereof, herein provided tor, or
shall utter or publish as true any such
false. altered, forged, initiated or u
terfeit ballot, or shall procure same 10
be uttered or published as true, know
ing same to be false. altered, forged,
initiated or counterfeited. with intent
to use ans or to procure am to be
used at any election; or whoever being
charged with the duty of compiling or
of making up or of printing the official
ballot herein provided for, permits n
person not so engaged to access to or
give any Information with regards to
the said official ballot or the form there
Of except as herein provided.
or whoever in an assembly of people
met for the purpose Of making nominal
tons under this law, votes or attempts
10 vote under any name other than his
own, or whoever aids and abets any
person in the commission of the often
ces described in this section, or who
ever knowingly and Wilfully gives a
false answer to n election officer shall
be punished for each offense as provid-
ed in section "A of this act.
Sec. 43. Be it further enacted, etc,
Any person who shall be convicted Of
wilful and corrupt false swearing or af-
firming in taking II oath or aftirma-
ton prescribed by this act, shall be
adjudged guilty of Wilful and corruE
perjury, and any person who shall Wit
fully and corrupttly instigate, advise,
induce or procure any person to swear,
or affirm falsely as aforesaid, shall be
adjudged guilty if subordination of
perjury, and shall upon conviction
thereof suffer the punishment directed
by law in the cases Of wilful and cor
rupt perjury.
Sec. A. Be it further enacted. etc ,
Any election officer or other person
who violates any of the provisions of
this act shall be punished by a fine Of
not more than one thol sand 81, 900. O0)
dollars or imprisonment for not more
than one year; provided that where the
offense is declared in his act to be q
felony then the punishment shall be i'm
prisonment in h State ~penitentiary
for not less than two nor more than
five 90 years.
Sec. As. Be it further enacted, etc,
That the Commissioners and clerk, and
all other officers charged with the con-
duct Of an election under this Act, shall
before entering upon the discharge OF
their duties take the oath prescribed by
article 149 Of the Constitution, the oath
10 be administered by any officer quail
fled by law to administer oaths, and il
~ such officer be present, the Commits
sioners shall administer the oath tC
each other.
Sec. 46. Be it further enacted, etc.
That in case no commissioner shall
have been appointed, and if one of those
Who have been appointed be presenJ
within hour after the time fixed fol
the opening of the poll, the person shall
hold a meeting and elect the commits
sioners to preside at the election, wht
shall perform all the duties of the reg
ulsrly appointed commissioner, should
any one of the commissioners appoint
cd be present he shall appoint another
and both together shall appoint a third
and the commissioners so appointed
shall take the oath and perform all tn
duties of commissioners of election IL
the same name as If they had beer
appointed as above provided, by IN
Beard OF Supervisors. No election
shall! be Initiated by a failure to open tn
polls by the time prescribed by law, un
less it be proven before a court OK com
, potent jurisdiction, on a contest, that
sufficient number Of electors were there
by deprived of their votes to hav'
changed the result of the election.
Sec. At. Be it further enacted, etc.
That all ballots cast at all elections TO
national, State, district and parish All
municipal officers, or for delegates t
any Constitutional convention after tn
, first day of November in the yea
eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shal
be printed and distributed at the publ
! expense, as hereinafter provided. Tn
printing of the ballots, tally sheets, an
cards of instructions to voters and thei
| distribution shall be paid for by tn
State. The term State election a
used in this act, shall apply TO a~n2relec
ton held for the choice of q natIa "a
State, district or parish officer, whethe
for a full term or for the filing Of a va
cancy; and the term state officers
shall apply to any person to be chose:
by the qualified electors at such an cleo
ton. The term City election shaI
apply to any election ileld in the CITY t
fill a municipal Office, whether for a fuI
term or a vacancy; and the term cit
: officer shall apply to any person to b
chosen by the qualified electors at sue
an election.
! NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES
Sec. 4s. Any convention of delegate
and any nominating body, and an
causes or meeti|g of qualified voter
as hereinaf..r defined, and individue
voters to the number and in the mann
hereinafter specified nay nominal
candidates for pubrA. office whose name
shall be placed upon the ballots to b
furnished as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 40. Any convention of delegate