Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-07-24
state tbe sum Of forty dollars; and If any such

Judge of the election, clerk, or other otheer in
any wise concerned in conducting the election,
shall knowingly admit any person to vote not
qualified according to law, or shall be guilty
of fraud, corruption, Partially, or manifest
misbehavior in any matter or thing relating to
said election, Or shall knowingly receive and
count more than one vote from one person, at
the same election, for one Office; each and ev-
cry person so offending shall forfeit and pay to
the county the sum of two hundred dollars, to
be recovered in any court ofrecord in the state,
in the name ofthe state for the use ofthe coun-
ty, in an action of debt, with costs of suit; or,
at the suit of any person who may sue for the
same; one half for the use ofthe person suing,
and the other half for the county. And every
such person so offending as aforesaid, shall
moreover, on conviction, be rendered ncapa-
bic of holding any office or Of voting at any
election within this state for the term Of ten
years thereafter.
Sec. IS. Ind be it further enacted, That for
the preservation of ORDER as well as for the
security of the election officers from insult or
abuse, it shall be the duty of the constable or
constables of each township to attend at all
elections wthintheir townships; andthe judges
are hereby authorized and empowered to i'm
pose fine in any sum not exceeding twenty
dollars on any person or persons who shall
conduct in riotous or disorderly manner, and
persist in such conduct after being warned Of
the consequences; and, on refusal to pay the
same, to commit him or them to the common
Jail of the county for any time not exceeding
twenty days, oruntil the same be pad, and inc
constable to whom the order is directed ana
the lailor OF sad county, are hereby required
TO execute sad order, ana receive SAD person
or persons SO committed, as though IL had neeh
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issued or delivered by magistrate III que 10TH
OF law.
Sec 70 ind 6eht'nfher e1ncfea, nat there
shall be allowed to each person making or car
rylng the returns OF the polfS from each loWh-
ship to the clerk OF the county court, the sum
OF flVe cents per mile 1of gong ana returning
from the place OF eiecuon 10 inc elerh OF
nee where such return is TO be mace wnich
shall be IN full tor his trouble; and the CLERK
to whom the return is made shall grant to eacn
person making return, certificate OF his
services, and the distance he necessarily travel,
led lnmaking the same; when certlhcate snail
be an evidence OF debt due from the county ;
and such debt shall be drawn from the county
treasury as other county debts are paid. And
there shall be allowed to each person carrying
the return IRON each county to the once OF the
secretary OF state, as an express, the sum OF
twenty cents tor each mile ne snail necessarily
traVel IN gong IRON the clerk oHice OF the
county from winch the returns are made 10 the
secreary's once. And the secretary OF state
shall give to such person certihcate 1or ms
services and the distance he has necessarily
travelled III making SAID returns; Whch sald
ceruhcate snail be pad out OF the treasury or
the state as other state debts are PAD. And
the county commissioners courts tor each
county snail moreover allow TO each person
VINO acted as judge or clerk OF the election IN
any township, such sum as they may deem rea-
sonable tor their services, and tor stationary
furnished by them for the purposes OF SAID
election.
Sec. Vt. IND DC Il further enacted, That for
the purpose OF holding SPECIAL election 10
elect member to the congress OF the United
States and tlFee county commissioners IN each
county in this state, the several acting Justices
OF the peace IN each and every county IN thus
state are hereby authorized and required to
meet on the hrst Monday OF Aprii next, at the
court mouse IN thelfrespecuVe couhues, at inc
hour OF III, "A. M. any three or more OF whom
snail proceed TO lay OIL sucn counties (as nave
not heretofore peen iaid OF lnto townships OF
eiecuon districts: and Wheh they deem II ne
cessAfy nlaNe addluollal townships III tnose
counties that have formerly been laid OIL, and
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and appoint three discreet quallhed voters IN
each township toact as JUDGES OF SAD eiecuon !;
and the clerks OF the county commissioners
courts shall make record OF the same, and no
uIy the sad Judges OF their appointment, and
OF the limits OF Their several townships. And
the said Judges SO appointed shall exercise the
duty as judges OF election IN their respective
townships, until others shall be appointed, as IS
herein before provided by this act, and shall
appoint the necessary clerks, or poll keepers;
and the said Justices shall direct the sheriff to
procure one ballot box for each township in
their respective counties, and deposit the same