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parish,

SEC. 3197. The Governor of the State shall, at least two months previous to any general election, appoint in each parish of the State 18c8–63. one supervisor of registration, to whom the clerk of the court shall Genera super. deliver the books of registration delivered to him by the last supervi- tation to be apsors of registration, and he shall receive the same and strike from pointed in each them the names of the voters who have died or left the parish, or become ineligible for any legal cause, and add thereto the names of all those who have removed into the parish since the last registration, or who were not then registered, and those who have since come of age, and generally. perfect the registration of the parish, and he shall close such registration nine days before the said general election and furnish to the commissioners of election of each voting place or poll copies of the registered voters of their precinct, and within ten days after such general election such supervisor shall redeliver to the clerks of the courts the books of registration, with all the additions and amendments made thereto, as herein provided.

His oath of

SEC. 3198. The said supervisor shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the constitutional oath, office. and shall transmit a copy of the same to the Governor.

SEC. 3199. The supervisor shall give bond with good and solvent security, in the sum of one thousand dollars, for the faithful per- Bond. formance of the duties of his office, to be approved by the Governor and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

ing offices and

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SEC. 3:00. The supervisor of each parish shall keep his office, Places for oven- except in the parish of Orleans, at the courthouse of the parish, places for regis. and may establish such places for the registration of voters other than the courthouse, not exceeding three in number, as may be necessary to enable electors to register with as little inconvenience as possible; and in all cases publication of the offices of registration, as selected by the supervisor, shall be made for thirty days in the official journal. In the parish of Orleans the supervisor will establish offices in cach district, at such places as will facilitate the registering of voters as far as possible.

Public notice to be given.

SEC. 3201. The supervisor so appointed, as aforesaid, for each Form of oath for parish, shall require every person, before he is registered as a voter, those who were to take and subscribe any of the following affidavits, as the case may require, and the supervisor is hereby authorized to administer said oaths:

never disfran

chised.

tificates,

I,

do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I am twenty-one years of age, was born (or naturalized, as the case may be,) in the United States, and am subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and have been a resident of the State of Louisiana since the and resident of this parish since the day of day of and that I am not disfranchised for any of the causes stated in the first paragraph of article ninety-nine of the constitution of this State.

And I do further solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I did not hold any office, civil or military, for one year or more, under the organization styled "the Confederate States of America;" that I never registered myself as an enemy of the United States; that I never acted as leader of guerrilla bands during the late rebellion; that I never, in the advocacy of treason, wrote or published newspaper articles or preached sermons during the late rebellion; that I never voted for and signed an ordinance of secession in any State.

The last paragraph of the above affidavit shall be dispensed with, Recantation cer where the person applying for registration shall produce and exhibit to the supervisor the certificate of the Secretary of State, showing that he has relieved himself from the disability contained in the clauses of said affidavit, by voluntarily writing and signing a certificate setting forth that he acknowledges the late rebellion to have been morally and politically wrong, and that he regrets any aid and comfort he may have given it, and showing that such certificate has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and been published in the official journal, as is required by article ninety-nine of the constitution and the act of the General Assembly, prescribing the requisite forms of such certificate, and the registry and publication thereof; and if the party applying for registration has lost or mislaid such certificate of the Secretary of State, he shall be required to take and subscribe, in lieu thercof, the following affidavit:

Form of oath.

I,, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I have voluntarily written and signed a certificate setting forth that I acknowledge the late rebellion to have been morally and politically wrong, and that I regret any aid and comfort that I may have given it, and that I have caused such certificate to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and that it has been published in the official journal, according to the requirements of article ninety-nine of the constitution, and according to the forms required by the General Assembly, and that I have either lost or mislaid the certificate of the Secretary of State showing the above facts.

Taking and subscribing the affidavits required by the preceding

part of this section shall not prevent the supervisor from receiving Supervisor may other evidence showing that the party applying for registration is evidence. not entitled to register, and he shall have a right to examine under oath, to be administered by himself or other competent authority, any witness to prove any fact pertinent to the right of any one to register, and shall decide from the evidence whether the party so applying is entitled to register.

those relieved

If any person applying to register claims to be relieved from the Form of oath for disabilities contained in the second clause of the aforesaid affidavit in consequence under the proviso to article ninety-nine of the constitution, he shall be required to take and subscribe the following affidavit:

I,

do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that prior to the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, I favored the execution of the laws of the United States, popularly known as the reconstruction acts of Congress, and openly and actively assisted the loyal men of the State in their efforts to restore Louisiana to her position in the Union.

of favoring re

construction laws.

Any person who shall swear falsely to any of the foregoing Penalty for false affidavits, or any clause thereof, shall be deemed guily of perjury, swearing. and on conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed by law.

SEC. 3202. It shall be the duty of the supervisor to record in a

good, substantial book, prepared for the purpose, the names of duly Original registry qualified voters residing in their respective districts. The following particulars shall be recorded, and in the following order: Date of .registry, number, name, residence, ward or precinct, length of residence in the parish and State, whether native born or naturalized, with the signature or mark of the voter, and in the event of the voter making his mark, the supervisor shall attest the same, which book shall be deposited in complete condition, before the expiration of his term of office, in the office of the clerk of court of each parish.

SEC. 3203. Every naturalized citizen shall be required to produce a certificate of his naturalization from the court in which he was Naturalized citi naturalized; and in the event of his having been naturalized in any court of this State, and having lost his certificate, it shall be the duty of the clerk of said court to furnish to such citizen, free of cost, within one week, a duly certified copy of his naturalization; and the clerk of any court so refusing shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, recoverablo before any court of competent jurisdiction.

than naturaliza

SEC. 3204. Should the applicant for registry have been born without the limits of the United States, and afterwards become a citizenship by citizen thereof, other than by naturalization in the courts, then he other means shall make affidavit, and set forth the circumstances whereby he tion. became a citizen, such as the naturalization of his father, or by his residence in any State or territory when the same was acquired by or ceded to the United States, or any other manner whereby, under the laws of the United States, he would become a citizen thereof; Provided, That affidavits authorized to be made by this act, under the title " Registration," may be sworn to before the supervisor, but in no case, nor under any circumstances, shall the supervisor make any charge, or demand any fee, under penalty of removal from office.

SEC. 3205. The supervisor shall issue to every citizen, at the time certificates of he is registered, a certificate exactly corresponding in number, name, registration.

Duplicate in tases of loss.

Index books.

registration.

residence, etc., with the original registry, and the presentation of. such certificate to the commissioner of election shall be full proof of the facts therein contained, and of the elector's right to vote at the date of granting such certificate.

SEC. 3206. It shall be the duty of all supervisors to issue to any registered voter, a duplicate certificate upon his making affidavit that the original has been lost or destroyed, said affidavit to be made on the back of the duplicate so issued.

SEC. 3207. The supervisor shall keep an index book in which shall be entered alphabetically the names of all registered vo.ers, with the number of their certificate; and also a similar index book of the names of all persons refused registration, with a proper reference to the folio or number of the same.

SEC. 3208. The registration of the voters of this State shall be Time of closing closed nine days previous to any general election, and it shall be the duty of every supervisor of registration in this State, to make out and furnish certified copies of the registered voters in each election precinct and polling place of each parish, to the commissioners of election in each precinct or polling place, to be used at the election or elections to be held therein; and failure of the supervisor to Copies of egle- furnish such copics of registered voters, shall subject such delinquent

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supervisor to a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered for the use of the parish in which the failure to perform the duty occurred, to be sued for in the name of the parish; and it shall be the duty of the district attorney pro tempore of such parish, to institute any such suit whenever any such delinquency shall be brought to his knowledge by any member of the police jury or commissioners of election, who ought to have been furnished with the copies aforesaid, or is known to himself, or that he has reasonable cause to believe from other evidence to be true.

SEC. 3209. The supervisor of registration in each parish in this Parishes may be State shall divide the same into as many precincts, not to exceed the number now established by law, as to him may deem advisable, and direct what number of polls or voting places shall be established in each precinct, and fix the place of holding thereof, and appoint commissioners for each poll or voting precinct.

of election.

SEC. 3210. It shall be the duty of the supervisor of election in Commissioners every parish of this State (except the parish of Orleans) to appoint one or more suitable persons to attend at each voting poll, whose duty it shall be to convey the box to receive the votes to the place of holding the election, and to deliver the same to the commissioners of election, and to attend the commissioners of election during the whole time of holding the election, and to obey all legal orders of such commissioners in keeping order at or near the polls, suppressing riots, or disorders of any kind, and to make all such arrests as may be ordered by the said commissioners. Any person who may resist or oppose such persons in the discharge of their said duties, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as prescribed for resisting an officer.

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SEC. 3211. Any person claiming the benefit of article ninety-nine of the constitution of this State, shall forward to the Secretary of Form of certifi. State a written certificate in the following form: a resident of the parish of having

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tion.

I,

been disfranchised by the provisions of article ninety-nine of the constitution of this State, in consequence of having

do hereby voluntarily certify that I acknowledge the rebellion to have been morally and politically wrong, and that I regret any aid or comfort I may have given it.

(Signed)

And upon filing this recantation in the office of the Secretary of State he shall receive a certificate setting forth the fact of his full compliance with the provisions of this act.

Certificate of recantation to be

SEC. 3212. Such certificate of recantation so received by the Secretary of State shall be filed and numbered, and a copy of the same furnished to the State Printer, to be published in the State journal published. for one day.

recantation.

SEC. 3213. No person shall be required to make the recantation who, prior to the first of January, 1868, favored the execution of the Who are not relaws of the United States, popularly known as the reconstruction quired to make acts of Congress, and openly and actively assisted the loyal men of the State in their efforts to restore Louisiana to her position in the Union; the path of such person before any authority authorized to administer the same shall be taken as prima facie evidence of the fact.

Employment of

SEC. 3214. The supervisors of registration in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson are empowered to employ for each of the 1868-122. municipal districts of the city of New Orleans and for the right clerks. bank of the Mississippi river and parish of Jefferson, two competent clerks, at a salary not exceeding three dollars per day, during the time the registration is going on, at the expense of the State.

Compensation

SEC. 3215. The supervisors of registration appointed by the Governor to open registration books for revision shall be allowed a salary of prvisors. of five dollars per day for the time they are employed in said revision in each of the parishes.

accessories to

SEC. 3216. Any person or persons who shall counsel, aid, connive at, abet, encourage or participate in any riots, tumults or acts of 1868-218. violence, or armed disturbance at or near the office of any supervisor Punishment of of registration in any district or parish, shall, on conviction thereof, lawful acts. be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period not exceeding two years, nor less than six months.

SEC. 3217. Any person or persons who shall purchase, or cause

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to be purchased, the registration papers or certificate of reg stration Frandu ent of any person duly registered according to law, shall, on con- pa chase of reviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred gistration pa dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than one year, nor more than three years.

pers.

SEC. 32.8. Any person who shall willfully and knowingly register or cause to be registered his name, or that of any other person, as Penalty for illegal registration. a legal voter in violation of law, or willfully and knowingly vote, or induce or cause another to vote in violation of the laws, or of the constitutional provisions in such cases made and provided, shail, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars, and by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period not less than one year, nor more than three years.

person suall

SEC. 3219. No person shall be permitted to vote at any election to No unregistered be held in this State who has not been duly registered as a qualified vot voter in accordance with law.