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Fegister by this Act, in the same manner as the Register himself,
but the powers of said deputy shall cease with the suspension or re-
moval of said Register, and said Register shall administer to his
deputy the oath required by the ninetieth article of the Constitution.
Persons hav- SEc. 20. Be it farther enacted, <fc., That from anid after the first
ing complied r
wits this Act Monday of October next any person having complied with the provi-
after fist Mo- sions of this Act shall be entitled to rote, and whenever the right
dlly in Octoher
next shall have of any person shall be challenged at the polls, the certificate of re-
ie right tovote. gistry issued to such person shall be held conclusive of the right of
said person to vote, and no Conunissioner or C annissiloners of Elec-
tions shall require, under the pains and pen ilties imposed by the
sixteenth section of this Act, any other evide ice of the right of said
person to vote, except that portion of the oarhi prescriled by itrticle
ninetieth of the Constitution respecting dueling, and the following
Oate CY may oath or alirination, viz: You solemnly swear (or afiin, :is tlie ease
e , red to may be) that you are the identical person described in and io whom
this certificate was issued, and that you are not a soldier, scaian or
marine in the army or navy of the United States, nor under coivic-
tion of crime punishable by hard labor, nor a.L pauper.
No person en- Sc. 21. De it further enacted, d&c., That no person shall be entitled
tilleate,1 to Vote Whl shall not have registered his name in pursuance with
notbereglstered. thle prOjisionS of tili, kt.
CertainActre- SEc. 22. Be it further enacted, dc., That the Act entitled ain Act
pealed. to provide for the registry of the names and residences of all the
qunalified electors in the city of New Orleans, approved 16th March,
185.1, be and the saine is hereby repealed.
1Wm. W. PUGT,
Speaker of the House of Hepresentatives.
C. 11. MOUTON,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved March 20th, 1856.
ROBIERIT C. WICKLIFFE,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy,
ANusi S. Thois,
Secretary of State.
No. 164.] AN ACT
To miiend ann Act entitled an Act to conshdate the city of New Orlcans and to provide
filr the goverimeot of the city of New Orleans and the udministration Of the ni1hirs
thereCof.
SEenoX 1. lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tires q/ the State of Louisiana in General Assembly convened, That
elty or Nxw all that portion fI the parish of Orlans, situated oin the left bank of
ortratit. icor the river Nississippi, shall be the city of New Orleans; and that all
' the free wihite in htabitalnts thereof sh1tall le a body corporate, by the
corporAtm name of the City of New Orleans, and by that nane they and their
porers. Slctcessors shall be known in law, and shall be capuble of suing and](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsla0430&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)