Download or read book Report of the Secretary of State to His Excellency W. W. Heard, Governor of the State of Louisiana written by Louisiana; Dept; Of State and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of State to His Excellency W. W. Heard, Governor of the State of Louisiana: May 12th, 1902 To His Excellency William Wright Heard, Governor of Louisiana: Sir: - I have the honor to submit, in accordance with Section 1558 of the Revised Statutes, a report of the transactions of this Department from May 1st, 1900, to December 31st, 1901, inclusive. Herein will be found tabulated statements of registered voters for year 1900. Statement of the vote cast at the Presidential and Congressional election in November, 1900. Statement of vote cast at election for Railway Commissioner in Second Railway District. Since the last session of the General Assembly, a vacancy in the Senate, caused by the resignation of the Honorable J. M. Smith, of Union, has been filled by election in November, 1900, of the Hon. W. B. Stuckey, of Mer Rouge, Morehouse Parish. Vacancies have occurred in the House of Representatives caused by death, and have been filled by election as follows: Of the Hon. W. B. Peyton, of DeSoto, by Hon. R. H. Spell; Hon. W. D. Hall, of Sabine, by Hon. J. W. Conerly; Hon. D. H. Caldwell, of Winn, by Hon. J. M. McCain; Hon. R. H. Spell, member elect from DeSoto, by the Hon. S. J. Smart; Hon. S. P. Henry, of Cameron, by the Hon. August Parvell. Hon. W. H. McClenahan, of Bossier, by the Hon. J. T. Manry. Requisitions to the number of fifty-nine have been issued upon Governors of other States for the surrender of fugitives from this State. Extradition warrants to the number of fifty-five have been issued for the arrest and surrender of fugitives from other States who have takes refuge in this State. Proclamations offering rewards for the arrest and conviction of persons who are charged with crimes and offenses and are fugitives from justice have been issued to the number of twenty-seven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.