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J. P. G. Deslonde Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana, hereby certify that the following is a true and correct extract from an Act of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, being Act No. One Hundred and Ninety Three, approved October Thirtieth, Eighteen Hundred and sixty Eight the original of which Act is on file among the records of my office and is still in force and unrepealed.

"Section 8. Be it further Enacted, Etc. That if any one or more of the Electors chosen by the people shall fail from any cause whatever to attend at