a Deputy, he shall, before the Deputy enters upon the discharge of his duties, make like report to the Board of Metropolitan Police. case of insur mult. 80. [SEC. 2308.] Upon all occasions of emergency or apprehension of riot, tumult, mob, insurrection, or pestilence, all power and Police powers in authority shall be vested in and exercised exclusively by the Metro-rection or tu politan Police Board, and, on days of election, they shall exercise exclusive control, make all rules and regulations for the preservation. of order at the polls, and enforce the same through the agency of the Metropolitan Police force, and it is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor for any Sheriff or Deputy, in either of the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson or St. Bernard, to do any act or exercise any authority, by virtue of any appointment or commission as Sheriff or Deputy, prohibited by this act; and any Sheriff or Deputy, so offending, shall, on conviction, suffer the penalties prescribed in section two thousand two hundred and fifty-eight of this act. DUTIES OF METROPOLITAN POLICE RELATIVE TO REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS. 81. [SEC. 49.] The Supervisors of Registration, in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, shall, during registration and, at least, 1870–145. within six days preceding any general election, furnish, to the Board Copy of lists of of Metropolitan Police Commissioners, a copy of the lists of regis- Jefferson. tered voters in each precinct in said parishes. registration in Orleans and politan Police 82. [SEC. 50.] The Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners shall forthwith proceed by means of the Police, to inquire into, Duty of Metroand report to, said Supervisors the names of all persons, falsely, thereto. fraudulently or improperly registered; and, to this end, the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners shall divide each ward into convenient subdivisions or blocks, and shall assign, to each subdivision, one or more Police officers, whom they shall direct and cause to compare the names of the actual residents of said subdivisions or blocks with the names of the registered voters thereof, and to report to them the names of all persons whom they shall find to be falsely, fraudulently or improperly registered, and the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners shall report the same in an alphabetical list, with the names and residences thereof, as registered, to the Supervisors of Registration of said parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, respectively, who shall immediately make publication thereof in the official journal of the State, with notice to all such persons to appear forthwith at the office of the Supervisor of Registration of said parishes, respectively, and show cause why their names should not be erased from the registry list. If any such person shall appear and show, to the satisfaction of the Supervisor of Registration, that ed from con he has been unjustly reported, as falsely, fraudulently or improperly registered, or show other sufficient cause why his name should remain on the registry list, his name shall not be erased; otherwise the Supervisor of Registration shall cause all names so reported to be erased from the registry list, and no person whose name is so erased shall vote at that election. 83. [SEC. 51.] The Mayors of the cities of New Orleans and Mayor prohibit Jefferson are hereby prohibited from appointing Commissioners or other officers to hold or conduct any election whatever, and from doing any act toward the holding or conducting of any election. ducting elec tions in Orleans and Jefferson. Sheriffs not to interfere in elec Jefferson and Any Mayor who shall do any act contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than three months, and by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars. Any citizen may prosecute any person violating this section. 84. [SEC. 52.] It shall be unlawful for the Sheriffs of the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard, or either of them, to tions in Orleans, appoint any Deputies to conduct, or in any manner to interfere with the elections in said parishes, or to station any Deputies or their officers at any poll or voting place, or at any office of registration, for the purpose of receiving or carrying the ballot boxes, or to do any act toward conducting the elections, or toward maintaining or preserving the peace on the day of election. The whole care of the peace and order of the cities of New Orleans, Jefferson and Carrollton, and in the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard, on the days of election, shall be in the charge of the Metropolitan Police, subject to the orders of the Governor. Penalty. 1870-74. Police warrants receivable for certain taxes. Any Sheriff who shall do any act contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be removed from office, and be imprisoned for not less than three months, and be fined not less than three hundred dollars. Any citizen may prosecute any person violating the provisions of this section. WARRANTS ISSUED TO METROPOLITAN POLICE RECEIVABLE FOR MUNICIPAL 85. [SEC. 1.] All warrants, checks or orders, issued, or to be hereafter issued, signed by the Chief Clerk on the Treasurer, and approved by the President, in payment of the salaries of the officers, employes and members of the Metropolitan Police District of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, and all warrants, checks or orders issued, or that may hereafter be issued, signed and approved, as aforesaid, for the supplies and expenses of said Board of said Police, shall be and they are hereby made receivable for all parish and municipal licenses, and taxes and debts, due, or to become due, to the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard, and the cities of New Orleans, Jefferson and Carrollton; provided, that the aggregate of said warrants, checks or orders, so received in each current year, shall not exceed the amount of the apportionment made by the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners upon said parishes or cities for that year. sal to receive taxes. 86. [SEC. 2.] Any Treasurer or other officer of either of the aforesaid parishes or cities who shall refuse to receive such warrants, Penalty for refuchecks or orders, in payment of licenses, taxes and dues to such warrants for parish or city, when tendered to him in payment thereof, shall, with the securities on his official bond, be liable in solido for, and may be condemned in any court of competent jurisdiction to pay to any holder of such warrant, check or order, the full amount of such warrant, check order, with eight per cent. interest from the time of said. tender, and shall cease to be such Treasurer or officer of such parish or city, and the Governor shall appoint his successor to serve out the balance of such Treasurer or other officer's term of office on being made aware of said refusal, the evidence of which shall be the production, to the Governor, of the protest made by any Notary Public, in due form, of any such warrant, check or order having been tendered and refused as aforesaid. 87. [SEC. 3.] The Treasurer of the State of Louisiana shall receive, from the Parish and City Treasurer of the aforesaid parishes and cities, all such warrants, checks or orders, so, as aforesaid, issued by the said Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners, and receipt for the same as cash received from such parishes and cities in payment of the proportions of the apportionment assessed on them by said Board. Treasurer to re ceive them as cash from the parishes and cities. Governor Com ART. 59. He shall be Commander in Chief of the Militia of this State, except when they shall be called into the service of the United mander in Chief States. ART. 125. The military shall be in subordination to the civil Military power. power. ART. 144. It shall be the duty of the General Assembly to organize the militia of the State; and all able bodied male citizens, The militia. between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, not disfranchised by the laws of the United States and of this State, shall be subject to military duty. commissioned tion. ART. 145. The Governor shall appoint all Commissioned officers, subject to confirmation or rejection by the Senate, except the Staff Appointment of officers, who shall be appointed by their respective chiefs, and com- officers-Excepmissioned by the Governor. All militia officers shall take and subscribe to the oath prescribed for officers of the United States Oath of office. army and the oath prescribed for officers in this State. The militia, whom called ART. 146. The Governor shall have power to call the militia into active service for the preservation of law and order, or when the when and by public safety may require it. The militia, when in active service, into service. shall receive the same pay and allowances as officers and privates, Their pay. as is received by officers and privates in the United States army. 1870-164-Ex 1. [SEC. 1.] The militia of the State of Louisiana shall be composed of all the able bodied male citizens thereof, between the tra session. ages of eighteen and forty-five years, who are not disfranchised by the tia composed. laws of the United States and of this State. Of whom mili 2. [SEC. 2.] The militia of the State shall be, and are hereby, divided into three divisions, which shall be known, respectively, Divisions. as the First, Second and Third Divisions of the Louisiana State Militia. |