The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-10-15


at the time of and during the draw
ing: that the drawing shall be publ
and in the presence of the cOmmitte
and such spectators as may desire t
be present, and said drawing must y
done at the court house. in each an,
every parish of the State. ana in tin
city of New Orleans, at the Civil Dis
trict Court.
That the commissioners and clerk,
of election for each precinct shall b'
drawn separately, that is. one precinc
at a time until the commissioners ant
CLERKS of election for each and every
precinct in the parish have been thus
selected.
In the event that at any primar,
election held to nominate candidates
for State offices. district Offices and
Congress there should be no local Of
ticers to be nominated at the same
time, the respective candidates for
State offices, district Offices or Con
gress, shall send in t. the various
parish committees the name of one
duly qualified voter, under this Act,
for each and every precinct in the par
ish, as is hereinbefore provided for
local candidates to do, and the COM
miSsiOners of election and clerks shall
be drawn in the same manne from
these names as hereinbefore provided
in this section.
That the term ''lOcal candidate
used herein, in this section is defined
to be any candidate for any parish or
municipal Office, except those of JUS
tice of the peace Or constable.
In case no commissioners of election
or clerks shall have been selected. or
if none of those who have been select
ed, be present within one hour after
the time fixed for the opening of the
poll, the voters of the parties holding
the primary. present at such precinct,
shall hold a meeting and elect the
commissioners to preside at the cleo
ton, who shall perform all duties of
the regular selected commissioners and
clerks. Should any one of the selected
commissioners be present, he shall
select another, and both together shall
select a third and two clerks as above
provided: the commissioners so Sc
lected shall take the oath and perform
all the duties of commissioners of
election in the same manner as if they
had been selected as hereinbefore pro-
vided.
Before entering upon the discharge
OF their duties the commissioners Of
election shall swear each other, and
the clerks, to faithfully, honestly and
impartially conduct the election.
The same power and authority vest
ed in every commissioner by the gen
eral election laws of the State is here
by conferred upon the commissioners
conducting any primary election un-
der this Act. 1t shall be the duty OF
the commissioners and the clerks at
each polling place, to keep duplicate
lists OF the persons voting at such
voting place, which lists shall be
numbered ~consecutively from one to
the end. and such lists SO kept and
numbered shall be signed and sworn
to as correct by them, Immediately
upon closing the polls, and before
opening the ballot boxes. One OF the
lists shall be deposited in the ballot
box, with the ballots, after the count
has been made, and the other shall be
transmitted. with the returns, to the
Secretary of State in primary exec
tiOns held for United States senator's,
and State officers who
are voted for throughout the State in
all other primary elections, and to the
chairman of the committees
ordering the primary election.
Immediately after the closing OF the
polls and the signing aud swearing to
the poll lists, the commissioners shall
proceed to publicly v the votes
they shall make tally sheets in dupli-
cate, and shall tabulate the votes, and
sign the same and swear to their cor
RICHNESS and publicly announce the
result to the by.standers.
The returns in all primary elections
shall be made as follows:
In primary elections held for United
States senator's, congressman and
State officers voted for throughout the
entire State, and respective congress-
Onal districts commissioners of cleo
shall deposit n of the poll lists,
signed and sworned to as hereinbefore
provided, in the ballot box, and the
'ther duplicate poll list and tally
heet. signed and sworn to as herein.
'efore provided, shall be placed in
called envelope directed to the Score.
airy OF the State at Baton Rouge. La.
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