New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1904-08-13

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: man of Democratic Parish Executiv
Committees OF the respective parishes i,
the District, shall, by notice delivered t,
f the representative of the candidate wht
( nominated him, require the commissions
? so challenged TO furnished the oath re
quired of challenged voters. and in de
fault OF such challenged commissioner
making said oath within n delay of three
clear days, his name shall be striken from
tho list of Commissioners and the cnair-
man Of the Democratic Parish Executive
Committees Of the respective Parishes
shall appoint a qualified commissioner
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 a 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 ap-
pointed be present he shall appoint an
other, and both together shall appoint
| third.
The commissioners so appointed shall
take the oath and perform all the
duties of commissioners of election in the
same manner as if they had been ap-
pointed as he1einbefore provided Before
entering upon the discharge of their 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 ap-
pointment of the commissioners cause
their names to be published, together with
the designation of the precincts at which
they arc 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 poll
tax as n 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 he |
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
81, --, do solemnly swear
and at the last State election In which /
participated, / voted for the Democratic
nominees, and that Mt 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 a 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 1873 of 1900, commonly known
as the Primary Election Law, but
in addition thereto it shall be the duty of
the commissioners ut each polling place
to keep duplicate lists of the persons vot-
ing at such voting place, which lists shall
be numbered eonsecntively from one to
the end ; and such lists so kept and num-
bered shall be signed and sworn to as cor
rect by them Immediately upon closing
The poll and before opening the ballot box.
One of these lists shall be transmitted
with the returns made to the chairman of
The Democratic Executive Committee of
The First District of the First Circuit
Honorable p. J. Chappuis at Crowley.
La.,) and the other to the chairman of !
.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 Q
hall make tally sheets in duplicate and !
hall tabulate the votes and sign the same
lnd swear to their correctness and pub !
icly announce the result to the bystanders. g
These returns, including the list Of voters. I
IS soon as completed shall be inclosed J
in sealed packages, and one of !
hem addressed to the chairman of the 9
democratic Executive Committee of the 2
first District of the First Circuit and for y
garded to him by express or registered !
nail. and the other shall be Immediately ?
orwarded to the Democratic Executive .
Committee of the Parish, who shall at 7
nee publicly announce the result and who
hall carefully preserve the same for 1
nture use. In the event that the returns q
orwarded to the chairman Of the District D
committee be miscarried or lost those V
eposited with the chairman of the re- q
peetive Parish Democratic Executive
Committees shall be received rs the re- P
lrns. The ballot boxes, with the ballots 9
herein shall be deposited with the Clerks U