American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-09-10

UAsaA G>tl Tie .a% passed At the last
,c,, 10 o. ,as .,-.,l.c5e To- preve"t Illegal
voting. j., severe 70 It's penalties, and viii 10
douo; be- rga,Y enforced: we therefore eau
tom al, parsoGs who may contemplate voting
contrary to law. to consider well the consc-
q4cnces, before they carry their intentions In
to cliec and that they may be Glliy aware Of
the pun.shmcuts inflicted for such violation OF
/ law, we subon the act of assembly, which IS
in the following words:
SECTION |. BE Il enacted by he General is
ambly Of ,NUyiand, That from and after the
passage OF this act, any person Offering to vote
Ia any OF the counties of this State, or in the
city OF Baltimore, not being at the time OF 50
Offering to vote a citizen of the United States,
twelve months a resident of this State, and six
months preceding the election a resident in the
county or city in which he shall so offer to vote,
shall be guilty of misdcmeanor, and OH con-
Slctlon thereof in the county court Of the coun-
ty in which said attempt shall be made, or in
tho city Of Baltimore, shall be subject to fine
of not less than Fifty dollars, nor more than five
hundred dollars, and to Imprisonment in the
county iai! for not less than one month, nor
more than two wears
SIC. ;. md be Il caaCied, That if any person
shall brbe or offer 10 bIlbc a legal voter, he
shall be subject to the same fine and imprson-
ment AS an Illegal voter convicted as aforesaid.
SEC. 8. .2Hd be IL further enHCied, That any
person who may hereafter vote at any cleo
ton in this State, without possessing the quail
tjCatoEs of age and Of residence, as now re-
quired by the laws Of this State, shall upon
conviction thereof in the county court of the
county where he may SO vote or III the city
court Of Baltimore, be subject to the same pun
ishmcnt prescribed in he first section Of this
act.
SEC. f. and Be ii enacted, That any person
voting or offering to vote in any of the coun
ties of this State, OF in the city Of Baltimore,
on the certificates of naturalization Of any 9TH
er person, shall be guilty of felony, and on the
conviction thereof shall be punished by con-
tinemcnt in the pententiary for not less than
six years.
SEC. 5. find be i enacted, That all future
elections to be held in this State, it shall be
the duty of the Judges of election, to stamp on
the certificate of naturalization of all persons
producing such certificates, the word voted,
and the number OF the ward OF district in which
said person voted, and the day and Jear OF
voting.
SEC. 6. ind be enacted, That atall acts neon
sstent with this act, be and the same are here
by repealed.
It must be carefully noted, that the Offering
to vote is punishable by the first section of this
law in the same manner as for actual c0ting-
and that the attempt to vote upon a certificate
Of naturalization not belonging to the person
thus offering to vote upon it, is punishable by
confinement in the penitentary for not less
than two nor more than six wears. As an
additional guard against the commission of
frauds, certificates Of naturalization are re-
CURED to be stamped by the Judges. These
are all wholesome provisions, and we hope
that they will be fully carried into effect, so
that the ballot boxes may contain no Illegal
votes. The stamps required by the law will,
we presume, be provided by the proper author
tiles IN the cites and counties Of the state
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED. Warsaw, H.,
was under martial law at last advices. A gang
of counterlGiters has been discovered, four ar
rests made, and the parties lodged in Jail, which
is guarded by seventy mer. After an exaln-
nation they were required t, 90 to prison until
court, or give bail in the sum Of Sl2, 900, which
was not forthcoming. During the excitement
consequent on these proceedings, a stable was
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stated that some oil the "ealthIest c!tlzens OF
Warsaw are implicated; that branch Of the
panr exists in L.awrcnceburoh. and perbaps in
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prisoners threaten a"fHi disclosures
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ola late date notices the RECENT ut that p,ace