Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-30
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NAN.
/. Most b twsnty-ons y4esl o.
.gs, or older, and resident 9! ~ *
Ine district.
3. Most b duly registered % voter
more than thirty days before the s'sc'
ton.
8. Must have been ssssssed, In the
taxing district to b affected, with
property the year previous to the
year In which the special election 10
held.
4. Payment OF necessary poll taxes
ID required, that 10. men between the
ages Of twenty .one and twenty-three
must have paid I'll poll taxes 49,
sesssd against them, and men DO.
tween the ages Of twenty three and
Gixty must have paid poll taxes Tor
and during the two years next pre-
csding the year In which they oRsr to
vote, but meA over the sge OF sixty
ere not required to pay poll taxes.
s. II residence has been changed
from precinct lees than nix months
before the election, votsr may return
and cast his ballot In seid precinct
II he hes lived In the new precinct
more than six months, he must chaug'
HE registration to the new precinct ID
order to vote, - he cannot vote In tn
old predict.
9. A man cannot vote by proxy
| neither can he vots his property b,
proxy. He must cast bic ballot per
souslly for him'elf and for biz prop
erty.
WOMEN.
1. Most b twenty-one years OF sge
or older, and resident Of the tsxin
district.
2. Same - paragraph 8, suprs, Wit
reference to men.
8. May vote without registration Q
Ipoll tax, and either In person or b
lsuy agent authorised In writing.
PROPERTY.
1. All assessed personal and 10
property, located anywhere In q
taxing district, owned By voter In 81
|srsts estate may b voted (sxceI
|such - MAY b indicated beloW).
2. The survivor In the communil
|whooo Interest in the community y j
Idicislly established and aseessed, ND
vote the property.
| 8. A resident taxpayer owntn
shares OF stock 10 bank within {,
limits OF . taxing district may vo
the property.
4. A usufructurary 10 not . propsr'
taxpayer With respect 10 the propsr'
subject to. the usufruct and cann
vote the property.
s. Decedents' estate cannot b vote
9. Joint owners Of sssesssd proper
Imsy yote, each 10 the extent Of B
individual Interest, bat the proper
|must not b owned By TIE arm end
10 Arm mems, such - "Jones Bros.
Ior "John Doe 4 Cor; but II own
10y Robert Jones end Edward Joue
Ieoe instance, the Title mast - sho
lsiving thslf names specifically,
vhleh event u may b voesd - sbo
IlndicoAed.
eee III Il. Rep. peg 7ss.
Z. Corporations cannot vote q
Ican shares therein b votsd, exce
Hank stock, - above shown Zee I
Iststuts OF 1880. Nsithsr can .
lothsr kind Of company or sssociati
OF persons, - fuCh, vote, nor WIN
signaturss Of same give e6ect to .
utiou calling for On election.
Bee Oonstitution, Art. ~, ct. -
Articlss 80 and ~; Act. % Of 10
Act = Of 1904; Sec. 3 Of Act ~
lso3; Act as Of 1919.
9. A psrson who may havs p
chased property from another,
whose name the same Was seandI
may vote st . special election, -
ownsr Of such property. although
meme does not appear On The 81
msnt roll, for Act No. 80 Of 1910 p
vides, in Section 4, That Il = ''prop
~ taxpayers, qualified - electors
der The Consultation and laws Of
etate" Who may vote q such d
t3ous.
The NV dooe not indicate that
property shouA b assesssd IN ~
Of the voter but that he should b
owner Of the property, o.. IN q
words, the taxpayer Who o&ers 10 '
ri In other words, where property b
sessed in the name ofs certain Per
vtp sslls the same, The purchaser
vots q special tax election, the
10 Of such property, although
propsety. y asssssed In the nam
suolhef.
.. 4 qssiiasd votsr, owning p
Ieety. my vote the same at such {
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