Registration Books.

2800.

[Sec. 3.] The books of registration in the Parish of Orleans shall consist of and be known by the following names: One precinct register consecutively numbered to correspond with the precinct stub-book for each precinct, one certificate stubbook for each precinct, one duplicate certificate stub-book for each precinct and one permanent register containing the names of persons registered under Section 5 of Act 197 of the Constitution of 1898.

Registering Party Affiliation.

2801. [Sec. 4.] The precinct register shall show and contain the date of registration, number of certificate of registration, name of voters, residence, age, color, occupation, where born, name of householder, time of residence in the State, parish ward and precinct, oath of registration, party affiliation and remarks. The applicant for registration shall sign the oath of registration as herein provided.

Certificates of Registration.

2802. [Sec. 5.] The precinct certificate stub-book in the Parish of Orleans shall contain certificates of registration, which shall be numbered, the name of the applicant for registration shall be written on the stub thereof by the clerk or Registrar of Voters; the certificate of registration shall have printed thereon the number of the certificate to correspond with the stub. The number of the ward and precinct shall also be printed on the certificate of registration, which the applicant will sign, and if unable to sign will affix his mark and the clerk or Registrar of Voters issuing said certificate shall affix his signature to the same.

List of Criminals, the Insane and Deaths to Be Furnished Registrar.

2803.

[Sec. 7.] It shall be the duty of the criminal sheriff of the Parish of Orleans to furnish the Registrar of Voters on or before the fifth day of each month a list under oath, of the name, age and residence of all male persons who have been com

mitted to prison during the preceding month. It shall be the duty of the keeper of the insane asylum to do the same in regard to all persons committed to said asylum. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to deliver on or before the fifth day of each month, to the Registrar of Voters, the list of the names, age and residence of all males over twenty-one years of age who have died in the Parish of Orleans during the period of the preceding month; and in the event of any such criminal sheriff, president of the Board of Health or keepers of any insane asylum failing or neglecting to perform the duties required under this Section, he or they shall be liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each omission or failure to comply with the provisions of this Section, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction, said fine shall accrue to the Charity Hospital in said parish; and it shall be the duty of said Registrar of Voters to prosecute such officers as aforesaid so offending. The Registrar of Voters shall cancel and erase from the books the names of all such persons so reported as may have been registered, and said Registrar shall also keep a book or books for reference of all the reports so made to him under the provisions of this Section, and all erasures by him made and based upon the aforesaid reports, and for any violation of this Section by the Registrar of Voters he shall upon conviction, be fined one thousand dollars for the benefit, of the Charity Hospital.

Erasure of Fraudulent Names.

2804. [Sec. 8.] It shall be the duty of the Registrar of Voters for the Parish of Orleans during the registration or at any other time, upon the affidavit of any two bona fide citizens who have been appointed by any political party or nominating body, or other political organization, and who have been duly sworn to perform their duty as canvassers, and who make affidavit before him (the Registrar) that certain names are fraudulently and illegally registered or have lost their right to vote in said precinct by reason of removal and should be erased, to cause within two days thereafter said names to be published for three consecutive days and erased in the same manner as designated

in Section nine of this act; and in case of the failure of the Registrar to publish the same, the person making such affidavit may by motion returnable on the third day after service, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, appeal to the Civil District Court without cost and cause the said Registrar of Voters to show cause why said names should not be published as herein provided for and the same shall be tried in a summary way. After such names shall have been published and erased as herein provided, the persons whose names have been so erased shall not be permitted to vote except upon a new certificate of registration properly issued. Registrar not authorized to administer to canvassers oath to faithfully perform duties, State ex rel. Laughlin vs. Registrar, 129 La. 102.

How Names Erased.

2805. [Sec. 11.] Te Registrar of Voters for the Parish of Orleans shall cancel and erase from the books of registration in the following cases: When they know of the death or removal of the person registered: when the insanity of a person registered is legally established: upon the production of a certified copy of a judgment of a felony, in full force against the party registered, or upon reliable information of such conviction, upon the production of a certified copy of a judgment directing the cancellation to be made: upon the certificate of canvassers appointed by law and upon lawful grounds but not otherwise.

City Must Furnish Office, Etc.

2806. [Sec. 14.] The City Council of the City of New Orleans shall provide an office, and such furniture as may be necessary to enable the Registrar of Voters for the Parish of Orleans and the City Engineer of the City of New Orleans shall be required to make out such precinct maps of said city as may be necessary under existing laws.

Canvass by Police.

2807. [Sec. 15.] The Registrar of Voters for the Parish of Orleans shall, whenever he deems it necessary, issue instructions to the police of the City of New Orleans to canvass the vote

registered or to take a census of such as are entitled to registration; and any police officer or other person designated to make the census of registration who shall make a false return with a view of committing fraud, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than one year.

Oath and Bond of Registrar.

2808. [Sec. 26.] The Registrar of Voters for the Parish of Orleans shall within thirty days from the date of his commission qualify by filing duplicate oaths of office with the Secretary. of State and State Auditor, and filing a bond with the State Auditor with good and solvent surety, for the faithful performance of the duties required of him by law, and for the payment of such damages as may be sustained by his failure to discharge his duties, and said bond shall be in the sum of five thousand dollars in favor of the Governor, and shall be examined and approved by the Judges of the Civil District Court. (Amd. Act 212, 1912, p. 446.)

Registrar May Employ Porter.

2809. [Sec. 43.] The Registrar of Voters in the Parish of Orleans shall be empowered to employ a porter for his office at a salary not to exceed fifty dollars per month.

ORLEANS EXCEPTED.

Clerk of Court Ex-Officio Registrar of Voters.

2810. [Sec. 1, Act 212, 1912, p. 446.] The Clerk of the District Court for the respective parishes of the State (the parish of Orleans excepted), shall be ex-officio Registrars of Voters, and shall discharge all the duties imposed by existing laws upon the Registrars of Voters, and shall keep their offices open daily at the Court house.

Duties.

2811. [Sec. 2.] The ex-officio Registrar of Voters shall be entitled to receive a fee of ten cents for each name that he registers in his office, and he shall be entitled to employ one clerk

for such time as he is required by existing laws to open his regístration offices in places of the parish other than the Court house, and the Clerk thus employed, or the Registrar himself, if he should perform the duty, shall receive as compensation for his services five dollars ($5.00) a day for the time actually employed, provided that not more than one day preceding each election shall be spent at any one polling place in the parish; provided further, that whenever under the law the ex-officio Registrar of Voters is required to make up and furnish, for either primary, general, or special election officers, a list of voters, he shall be entitled to a compensation of one cent for each name appearing upon such list.

Compensation.

2812. [Sec. 3.] The compensation fixed by this Act for ex-officio Registrar of Voters and for his Clerks shall be payable quarterly, one-half out of the State Treasury, on the warrant of the ex-officio Registrar of Voters, with certified vouchers attached, and one-half by the police jury in the parish in which he exercises his functions.

Registration Rolls Part of Parish Records.

[Sec. 4.]

2813. [Sec. 4.] The entire registration rolls, together with all applications for registration, affidavits or statements filed in connection therewith, together with all poll books or copies of the same, or other documentary matters that may for any cause or for any reason find their way into the registration office or into the hands of the Registrar of Voters, or his clerks, shall become a part of the public archives of the parish; and as such shall be preserved and cared for, and shall at all times during office hours be open and subject to public inspection. And the ex-officio Registrar of Voters shall be responsible for their care and preservation.

List to be Furnished Upon Application.

The public shall be at liberty to copy any of the records of said office, and upon application duly made in writing, the exofficio Registrar shall at any time furnish to any person applying therefor a certified list of the registered voters of his parish, or any ward or polling precinct thereof, within a delay of not more than two days, for which list he shall be entitled to demand and receive from the applicant not more than one cent per name.