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147 of registration at the same time the box containing the ballots is delivered to him.

. 12. Be it further enacted, etc., That any commissioner of election shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations to persons offering to vote at any election conducted by them, and to examine such persons under oath touching their right to vote at such election; and in all cases the supervisor of registration for the parish shall appoint one of the commissioners of election to keep a record of the voters during the election, and another to receive the votes, and whenever a vote is received the commissioner of election keeping the record shall call the name of the voter aloud, and shall mark the letter &ldquo;V&rdquo; opposite said name on the record.

. 13. Be it further enacted, etc., That all supervisors of registration, assistant supervisors of registration, commissioners of election, and officers attending supervisors of registration or commissioners of election, shall be free from arrest during the time of registration or of the revision of the registration, or of holding the election, or in going to or returning from the place of registration or poll or voting place, unless he or they shall be charged with an offense punishable with death or imprisonment in the penitentiary.

. 14. Be it further enacted, etc., That each commissioner of election shall receive as compensation the sum of five dollars per day for the number of days he is actually employed in the discharge of the duties of his office, for which he shall make a written and specific account, which shall be examined, and if found correct shall be approved and countersigned by the supervisor of registration of the parish and by the Governor, and upon presentation of such account to the Auditor of Public Accounts, said Auditor shall issue his warrant upon the Treasurer for the amount named therein. All proper expenses incurred for the rent of polling or voting places, and the hire of such furniture and incidental expenses necessary for the holding an election, shall be paid by the city or parish authorities in which the elections are held, upon the presentation of a detailed account, duly sworn to and approved by the supervisors of registration for the parish.

. 15. Be it further enacted, etc., That any person duly appointed as a commissioner of election, who shall refuse or fail to serve as such, shall be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by prosecution before any court of competent jurisdiction.

. 16. Be it further enacted, etc., That no person shall be permitted to vote at any election to be held in this State, who has not been duly registered as a qualified voter in accordance with law.

. 17. Be it further enacted, etc., That any voter shall vote in the parish wherein he resides, except in the parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, wherein he shall vote at the election precinct in which he shall be a registered voter.

. 18. Be it further enacted, etc., That all the names of voted for by each voter shall be written or printed on one ticket, on which the names of the persons voted for, together with the office for which they are voted for, shall be accurately specified; and should two (2) or more tickets be folded together, the tickets so folded shall be rejected. The commissioners of election shall require every person offering to vote to exhibit his certificate of registration, and when the vote of such person is received, the commissioners of election shall write or stamp on such certificate or affidavit the