New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-20


vided, the chairman of the several Parlsi
| Democratic Executive Committees shall
appoint them.
60 In ease the qualifications OF any
commissioners appointed shall be chal
lenged within five days after his his ap
pointment, then in that event the chair
man of Democratic Parish Executive
Committees of the respective parishes il
! the District, shall, by notice delivered tt
the representative OF the candidate who
nominated him, require the commissioner
so challenged to furnished the oath re.
quired of challenged voters, and in de
| fault of such challenged commissioner
making said oath within delay of three
clear days, his name shall be striker from
the list of Commissioners and the cnair-
man of the Democratic Parish Executive
Committees of the respective Parishes
shall appoint a qualified commits sionel
| to fill the vacancy.
(h) In ease no commissioners shall have
been appointed, or if none of those who
have been appointed be present within an
| hour after the time fixed for the opening
| of the poll, the Democrasic voters present
at such precinct shall hold meeting and
elect the commissioners to preside at the
election, who shall perform all duties OF
the regularly appointed commissioners.
Should any of the commissioners sp-
pointed be present he shall appoint an
other, and both together shall appoint n
third.
The commissioners so appointed shall
take the oath and perform all the
duties of commissioners of election in the
thnxr t,a.l han
pointed as heIeinbefore provided Before
entering upon the discharge of then duties
the commissioners of election shall swear
each other to faithfully, honestly and i'm
partially conduct the election.
ID The chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee for the various
Parishes shall Immediately after the APP
pointment OF the commissioners cause
their names to be published, together with
the designation of the precincts at which
they are to serve.
Fifth. The qualifications of voters at
said election shall be that they are white,
Democratic registered voters. If the voter
be one by whom the payment of a poll
tax as a prerequisite to voting required
by the Constitution of the State, he shall
also have paid his poll taxes for the years
1902 and 1908, before the first day of Jan
uary 1908 and 1904 respectively, if be
owed any for those years, and if any one
Offering to vote snail be challenged, he
shall not be permitted to vote. unless be-
ing sworn, he shall make and subscribe to
the following oath:
al -, do sOlemnly swear
Cor affirm that | am a white Democrat
and at the last State election In which
| voted for the Democratic
nominees, and that at the next regular
election TO be held according to law, | will
vote for the Democratic candidate who
may be selected at this primary election or
at subsequent one, should such become
necessary by failure to nominate at
this primary election. So help me God
This affidavit shall be attached to the
ballot which shall be deposited in the bal
lot box.
The said primary election shall be con
Quoted in all respects under the provisions
Of Act 1913 of 1900, commonly known
as the Primary Election Law, but
in addition thereto it shall be the duty of
The commissioners at each polling place |
10 keep duplicate lists of the persons vot
ing at such voting Place, which lists shall
be numbered consecutively from one 10
he end and such lists so kept and num-
Dered shall be signed and sworn to as cor
'ect by them Immediately upon closing
he poll and before opening the ballot box.
)ne of these lists shall be transmitted |
With the returns made to the chairman Of |
he Democratic Executive Committee of !
he First District of the First Circuit
Honorable p. J. Chappus at Crowley,
"a, J. and the other to the chairman OIL
he respective Parish committees as here
natter provided for.
Sixth. Immediately after the closing OF
he polls the commissioners shall pro-
eed to publicly canvass the votes they
hall make tally sheets in duplicate and
hall tabulate the votes and sign the same
nd swear to their correctness and pub
ELY announce thu result 10 the bysi anders.
'hese returns, including the LIST Of voters.
$ se0n as cnmpl. ted shall be inclosel
arefully in sealed packages. aud one al
ipnI addressed 10 he chairman of ih..
'-moclatic Executive Committee OF The
inst District Of the First Circuit aud f,i
.rde.I 10 him by express ur registered
Iail. and the other shall BE- immediately .
,rwarded TO he Democratic Executive !
bInHlttff ~ lU' fiflSHt WIZ SiliIl M |
zee publicly announce the result and who |
,all earetllly prrserye the same for
lture nse. In The event that the returns ,
rwarded to the chairman OF The District y
Dmmittee be miscarried or lost those 8
,posited with the chairman of The re-
'eciive Parish Democratic Executive a
,mmittees Shall he received as the re- +
rms. The ballot boxes, with the ballots @
erein shall be deposited with the Clerks +
the Court rs provided by the Primary d
eciion Law. b
Seventh. The Democratic Executive 81
of the First District of the
rst Circuit shall meet on the Fifteenth n
i.tembar, 1904, at Lafayette, La,
j sl.nll nrneend 10 cailyasS and cntlilile