New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-02-05

| person or by their agents authorized J.
writing which written authorization shal
be attached to such agents ballots, re
spectively.
Section II. That whenever the vot
OF any taxpayers shall be challenged, tn
| COMMISSIONERS of elections shall receiv
in writing the grounds Of challenge
signed by the person or persons chal
longing such vote, together with III
| challenged taxpayers statement of hi
| asserted right to vote, and attach sucl
| challenge and statement to his ballot.
| Section IL That in the event tina
any Commission or Clerk OF Election
appointed in Section OF this Ord
nance. should be unable fail or neglec
to attend or serve at the polling pac
designated, at the hour fixed for tn
| opening of the polls, or within one hou
| thereafter, the commissioner or commits
sioners present shall appoint, Or il th'
absence OF all missoners the voter
| present shall elect the necessary nun
| Der Of commissioners and a clrrl. vhC
shall have the same powers, comoen5a
| ton and duties as other comm ISL oue-:
! and clerks. to serve in the place an.
stead of such absent or delinquent APP
pointees.
Section 49, That the commissioners
and clerk of said election before open
ing the poll, shall be sworn to perform
all the duties incumbent on them as
such; the oath to be taken before any
officer authorized to administer oaths
or by the clerk and each commissioner
before any other commissioner, such
commissioners of election being author
lied to administer any oath and receive
any affidavit provided for in such cleo
ton.
Section IA. That the commissioner
and clerk of said election shall have the
same powers and duties in condl*ting
said election and preserving order at tht
polls as are conferred and imposed 81
such officers under the general laws OF
this State.
Section IS. That the commissioners
of election shall receive the ballot of each
voter, check his name, or that of his
principal, on the list of voters Furnishes.
by the Registrar, as having voted, enter
and number his name, or that of his
principal, on the list of taxpayers vot
ing and Immediately deposit his ballot
in the ballot box, reserving to each
voter the right to so fold his ballot that
it shall not be known at the time of his
voting whether he has voted in favor or
against the proposition submitted.
Section 10. That Immediately after
the closing Of the poll, the commits ;io
ners of election shall. in the presence
of the bystanders, proceed to open the
Lo1I "a %lD
Cox and check same with the list 'f vot
ers kept then proceed to count the votes
in number in favor of and against each
proposition submitted, and showing tn.
valuation of property in favor of and
against same, make in duplicate COM
piled statements of the votes in num-
Der and amount, both in favor of and
against each proposition that, after
swearing to the correctness of the num-
bered list of voters, the duplicate COM
piled statements, they shall deposit the
ballots, the Registrars list of voters, the
numbered list of taxpayers voting, one
duplicate tally sheet and one duplicate
compiled statement, in the ballot box,
Immediately seal up said ballot box,
and, within forty eight hours after the
closing of the polls, deliver said sealed
ballot box with its contents to said
Board of Sewerage Commissioners, and
shall within the same delay deliver the
other duplicate tally sheet and the other
duplicate compiled statement to the
Clerk of the District Court of iberia
Parish who shall file same in his office
If the election commissioners on
counting the ballots find that they do
not correspond with the list of voters,
they shall before counting the votes, ex
anime the ballots for the purpose OF
finding the discrepancy. and if it should
be found that any ballots have been dup
Heated the same shall be destroyed, VI
if it is found that the name of the voter
has been omitted from the list of per-
sons voting, same shall be added to SAID
list
Section II. That on Friday the Bird
day of March, 1916, at the hour of seven
o'clock P NJ, the said Board of Sew
erage Commissioners shall repair to the
office of Mayor of the City of New
IBERIA in the City Hall of New Iberia,
and shall, in public session, proceed 60
open said ballot box, examine and count
the ballots in number and amount, ex-
anime and canvass the returns, and de-
clare the result of said election viii N
result they shall thereafter promulgate
by publication in one issue of the official
journal of said City. Said Board shall
keep in triplicate rroces-verbal of
the manner in which the ballot box has
been opened, the returns canvassed anf
the results Of the election ascer.ained
and shall forward copy of said process
verbal to the Secretary of State, who
shall record the same, another copy to
the clerk of the District Court, wEo
shall record said copy in the mortgage
records of the Parish, and the remaining
copy shall be retained in the archives of
said Board of Sewerage Com sionerr
Section 1s. That the custodian of the
records Of said Board of Sewerage Com
missioners shall preserve for the term
of three months from the date of pro
mitigation of said election, the ballots
and other returns thereof.
Section 49, That said election shall
be conducted in the form and manner
provided for in Act No. 25o of the Acts
of the General Assembly of this State
for the year 1910, approved July 7, 1910.
and the nyovisions of this ordinance cha II