4                           LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOB ALASKA.
second class shall be vacated at the end of four years, so that one senator shall, after the first election, be elected biennially at the regular election from each division; and if vacancies happen by death, resignation, removal from the division, or otherwise, the same shall be filled at the next regular biennial election for the balance of the term. The house of representatives shall consist of sixteen members, four from each of the four judicial divisions into which Alaska is now divided by act of Congress, each of whom shall have at the time of his election the qualifications of an elector in Alaska, and shall have been a resident and an inhabitant in the division from which he is elected for at least two years prior to the date of his election. The term of office of each representative shall be for four years: Provided, That immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election they shall, by lot or drawing, be divided in each division into two classes; the seats of the members of the first class shall be vacated at the end of two years and the seats of the members of the second class shall be vacated at the end of four years, so that two representatives shall, after the first election, be elected biennially at the regular election from each division; and if vacancies happen by death, resignation, removal from the division, or otherwise, the same shall be filled at the next regular biennial election for the balance of the term. The persons having the highest number of legal votes in each of said divisions for members of the senate shall be declared elected by the canvassing board, and the persons having the highest number of legal votes in each of said divisions for members of the house of representatives shall be declared elected by the canvassing board.
Sec. 6. Eligibility of members of legislative assembly.That no person shall be eligible to become a member of either house of the legislative assembly who was not a citizen of the United States, over the age of 21 years, and who had not resided in the Territory at least two years at the time of his election, and no person shall be seated, or be permitted to vote as a member in either house, who is not so qualified.
Sec. 7. Election of members of legislative assembly.That the first election for members of the legislative assembly of Alaska shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, 1912, and all subsequent elections for the election of such members shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November biennially thereafter; that the qualifications of electors, the regulations governing the creation of voting precincts, the appointment and qualifications of election officers, the supervision of elections, the giving of notices thereof, the forms of ballots, the register of votes, tho challenging of voters, and the returns and the canvass of the returns of the result of all such elections for members of the legislative assembly shall be the same as those prescribed in the act of Congress entitled "An act providing for the election of a Delegate to the House of Representatives from the Territory of Alaska," approved May 7, 1906, and all the provisions of said act which are applicable are extended to said elections for members of the legislative assembly, and shall govern the same, and the canvassing board created by said act shall canvass the returns of such elections and issue certificates of election to each member elected to the said legislative assembly.
Sec. 8. Offenses against election lawpenalty.That any person who, by any means, shall hinder, delay, prevent, or obstruct any other person from qualifying himself to vote or from lawfully voting at any election herein provided for, or who shall knowingly personate and vote or attempt to vote in the name of any other person, or who shall vote more than once at the same election, or shall vote at a place where or at a time when he may not lawfully be entitled to vote, or shall do any unlawful act to secure an opportunity to vote, for himself or for any other person, or who, by or through any force, threat, intimidation, bribery, reward, or offer thereof, unlawfully votes himself or procures another to vote, or prevents or induces another to refrain from exercising his right of suffrage, or induces by any means any officer of an election to do any unlawful act or omit to do his duty in any manner, or who, directly or indirectly, in any manner shall fraudulently change or cause to be changed the returns or the true and lawful result of any election hereunder, or shall attempt to do the same, or who shall delay, cause to be delayed, or connive at the delay of election returns in any manner, or attempt to do so, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 nor less than $100, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and pay the costs of the prosecution; and every officer of an election held hereunder who neglects to perform or violates any duty imposed upon him as such officer, or knowingly