The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1907-09-14
Special to the mes-I,cmocrat.

PRIMARY election IL the reglstratlo
, Of voters preceding II. AS the as
s. SCISSOR Of your parish you are tn
registrar Of voters for the parish
The Legislature intended, and 81
lnstructs you, that every facilit,
shoHl be given 10 those entitled I,
do so to register.
1.-The list Of registered voters, Al
the same may appear on the regis
tratgop books of the several parlehc,
of tho State, - a permanent roll. &c
be added to from time to time, and
there ls therefore no need of an en-.
tire new registration. THIS roll
may he supplemented by adding
the names "f all persons qualified to
register, who may offer to register
at any time, provided they present
themselves for registration at the
courthouse Of the parish.
"seetlon % of Act No. 1919 of
1898 declares that the registration
books shall be at all times open to
Inspection, provided the same does
moi interfere with the work Of reg
istratlon. Copies of what the
books show are entitled to be pro-
cured by those who desire same.
| "Sectlon % of the same act pro
hlbits the assessor from opening
his books on any boat Or water
craft, and prohibits INN from going
to unusual places under pretensc
OF stfolding opportunities to voters
to register.
Section - of the same act
makes the refusal of the registrar
of voters or clerk of registration to
register any person legally entitled
to register, inisdemeanor punish
able by fine or imprisonment. The
registration office should be kept
open all the time during the bust
ness hours of each day for the pur-
pose Of registering voters, ~ they
may appear. The registrar OF voters,
or the clerk of registration, should
therefore be every day during the
usual business hours at the office of
the assessor at the parishseat Of the
parish.
"Act No. lis of 1904 should be
consulted by. you AZ to the hours for
keeping the registration office open
aud for other duties OF the regis
trar Of voters. But in connection
Herewith you should also consult
the primary election law tact No.
40 of 1860 That law seems to
require that the offices of registra
ton should be opened prior to the
primary election and kept open
since, under section 90 thereof no
voter is permitted to- take part III
the primary election who shall not
have registered at least ten Jays
PriorAo the date of the primary
election. This contemplales, Of
course, that the registration office
shall be kept open prior 10 such
primary election, and to within ten
lays of such election.
sit also requires that seven days
prior to the PRIMARY election the
registrar Of voters shall make al
complete list of all registered voters
n every voting Preclncs,n the par
sh, certify TO same, and, wlthin.l
hree days before the primary
lection, deliver tho same to the
cspective parish committees Of the
parishes holding the said primary
lection. and this without cost or I
barge whatsoever. IN
"While there is no period of time !
'Aed IN the primary election law n
'hen the registration office shall DO
pened, the fact that the act hxes q :
rior 10 primary election when date
le registration Office shall be clos q
!, seems to carry with it q leg,sla- p
We Interpretation that the reg,stra-
on Office ls always open at the Of
'nrthouse. This is the view Of the fo
ltorney General and Ia it ! con di
lr. On
"trom this time on until ten DAYS ed
fore the date fixed for the primary
eetlon, you will keep your Office te
the courthouse open each day pu
cept Sundays and legal holidays, th
ring the usual hours Of business. de
d register all who apply for re. fao
and Who !. are entitled 70,
efeto under the law.
CLERKS Aof registration are %.
inted BY the Governor, and / wish
U to send me the name ofa COM Z
tent man for appointment q
TX 10 your parrish. This man
'st b fair and strictly impartial.
must not be an active partisan n
any candidate. He must be !
II who Is far more sanxloos To
charge fairly the duties Of his
ee than to further the interesta
any candidate. He must him :
be candidate for no Office Il !.
parish or State. 20.
Where there ,srS twp Or more - -.
ltical factions in the parish, the 80,
0 yoa name to me for clerk w
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