The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-07-20
Proceedings judicial Committee.

Proceedings judicial Committee.
Lafayette, La, July Ii, 1904.-Pur-
suant to call the Judicial Committee
of the 18th judicial District net at the
court house at Lafayette, La, this
day, and on roll call the following
members answered to their names:
Julian Mouton, Crow Girard and Ed.
G.. VOORHEES, from Lafayette; r. T.
Clark, o. Broussard and j. G.
Medlenka for Acadia: the full COM
mittee being present, proceeded to
business.
Crow Girard was elected chairman
and o. Broussard secretary.
On motion of Julian MOutOn, the
nomination of candidates for District
Judge and District Attorney was or
dered to be made by primaries and a
committee of three composed of Julian
Mouton, Ed. G. VOORHEES,, j. G.. Med
lenka. and the chairman as ex-OficiO
member were appointed to adopt rules
and regulations to govern said pri-
mary.
After recess the following report
was offered and adopted by the COM
nittee as follows:
1t is resolved and ordered, that on
Saturday, the tenth day of September,
A. D., 1904, a Democratic primary
election shall be held and is hereby
ordered to take place throughout the
18th Judicial District of Louisiana,
for the selection of a nominee for can
didate for the Office of District Judge
and for the Office of District Attorney
in said district, at which primary
election a. plurality of the votes cast
shall be required and necessary for
the nomination of a candidate to said
respective Offices.
That the commissioners shall be ap-
pointed for the said primary by the
Democratic Executive Committee of
each parish and the polling places
shall be those now designated by law.
1t is further resolved and ordered
that all white Democrats duly regis
tered, who are entitled or who will be
entitled to vote at the general election
to be held in November, A. D. 1904,
shall be entitled to participate in these
In case of challenge of any voter, he
shall be permitted to furnish proof of
competency to the commissioners,
q majority of whom shall pass there
and decide. And in default of
such proof, he shall be
permitted to make affidavit setting
forth his competency, which AFFIDAVIT
shall be annexed to his ballot for
identification. Should a voters
name not appear on the registration
list furnished by the registrar of
voters, he shall have the right to vote
lpon affidavit that he is q duly quail
led registered voter and that his
lame has been omitted from said reg
stration list; and this affidavit shall
annexed to his ballot for identif-
Each voter shall be required
'efore voting to produce to the COM
nissioners his poll tax receipts for /,
he years 1902 and 1903, or duplicates 1
hereof, in default of his name ap- ]
'earing on the poll list to be furnished !
he commissioners by the sherifs of ,
aid parishes.
Before entering on the discharge of
heir respective duties, each of said :
commissioners shall be duly sworn in :
he manner provided by the existing :
lection laws of this State. -.
After the votes shall have been !
anvassed in accordance with law. +,
he commissioners shall make due re-
arns thereof without unnecessary de-
~, in sealed packages addressed to
he chairman of this committee. and
ogesher there with the boxes contain l
az the ballots cast at said primary .
lection which ballot boxes shall be :
and sealed and deposited in the n
of the Clerk of Court of the re- =
parishes.
On the 18th day Of September, A. D.
0O4, his committee shall meet at
'rowley, Louisiana, for the purpose
Z compiling and promulgating the =
OF said election, at which,
leeting all protests or contests rela-k
We to the said primary shall be SUBJ >,
lifted to and passed upon by this !
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