Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-05

day, payable from the fund deposited
with the City Clerk as hereinaboye
mentioned, and, all other expenses of
said election, shall be likewise pay
able out of the said fund.
Section 6. The polling places for
the said election are hereby declared
to be as following: Precinct No. One
I'D, at CityHall; No. Two ~ at
Coca-Cola Plant; Precinct No. Three
(3) at Old Fire Station, southwest
section of Bogalusa; Precinct No.
Four (4) at Fire Station, Columbia
Street and Fourth Street section. The
polls shall open and close and the
clerks and commissioners shall be
governed by the general laws of the
State.
Section 5. The City Engineer and
the City Clerk shall see that proper
booths, ballots, pads, blotters, ink,
and other incidentals necessary for
the proper holding of the said elce-
ton are provided at each precinct,
and, if requested by the candidates,
shall select, with the assistance of
the Chief of Police, an officer for
each precinct who shah be and re-
main at the polls from their opening
till their close.
Section s. The candidates for
members of the Municipal Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, shall be
elected, two from each precinct, and,
three at large, and, shall appear on
the tickets as candidates for the pre-
cinct for which they have offered,
and, those candidates at large shall be
listed separately, and the two can
didates receiving the largest num-
Der of votes in any one precinct shall
be declared elected for members of
the Municipal Democratic Executive
Committee from that precinct, and,
the three members at large receiving
the largest number of votes shall be
elected members at large, and, they
shall be declared by the Commission
Council, cQnvening as hereinafter
provided and, shall be regularly noti-
fed thereof by the Clerk of the
Commission Council, and, the records
of the election thus held regarding
the Municipal Democratic Executive
Committee shall be sufficiently pre-
served in the records of the CITY of
Bogalusa, louisiana, in order that the
members thereof, may perform their
duty when occasion presents itself.
No commission shall be required, but
each member, before performing any
of the duties, shall take on oath re-
quired by law, before the City Clerk
or any member of the Committee.
Section z. The Commissioners
and Clerks of election, in making out
their reports and tally sheets, shall
make four copies, instead of three,
and, when the polls close and the
votes are counted, shall declare
publicly, how the vote stands, and,
shall thereafter deposit the ballots in
the box, and, take charge and dis
pose of the tally sheets, and, copies
as required by law, depositing the
ballot box, sealed and locked, in the
vault, in the City Hall, under custody
of the City Clerk, and, not to be
moEested except by law.
Section 8. The Commission Coun-
ell shall convene on Monday, the seth
day of September, 1913, at twelve
o'clock, noon, IN the council chamber,
City Hall, and there canvass the re-
turns Of the election and declare the
results, and, returns of the election
and declare the results, and, declare
the nominees to be electd.
]. X. JOHNSON,
Acting Mayor.
H. H. WILCOX,
Commissioner.
K. I. BEAN, Clerk.
Introduced and adopted September
8, 1918.