M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-04-24
ANACT

mo. SO. AN ACT
Supplementary to the act entitled Gan act
to preserve the purity of Election" pass
ed March 90, 1870.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted by hs General
Assembly of the STATE Of Ohio, That If any
person or persons, at any election, held by
virtue of any law of this state in any ward
of any city, or in any township or election
precinct, of any county in this State, shall
unlawfully, either by force, violence, fraud
or other improper means, obtain possession
of any ballot-box, or any ballot or ballots
therein deposited, while the voting at such
election is going on, or before the ballots
shall have been duly taken out of such bal
lot box by the Judges of election according
to law; such person or persons shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and shall
upon conviction thereof be imprisoned in the
Penitentiary of the State and kept at hard
labor for term not more than three nor less
than ore year at the discretion of the court.
Section 2. Ifany person or persons shall
unlawiully destroy any ballot box used, any
ballot any vote deposited,Or poll-book kept at
any election held by virtue of any law OF
this State. Such person or persons shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon
conviction thereof be imprisoned in the PEN
itentary of the State, and kept at hard labor
for term of not less than one, nor more
than five years at the discretion ofthe court.
SECTION 8. That if any person or per-
sons, at any election held by virtue Of any
law of this state in any ward ofany city, or
in any township election precinct OF any
COUNTY in this state, shall unlawiully, either
by force, violence, fraud or other improper
means, attempt to obtain possession OF any
ballot-box. or any ballot or ballots therein
deposited, while the voting at such election
is going on. or before the ballots shall all have
been duly taken out Of such ballot-box by
the Judges OF such election according to law;
or if any person or persons shall unlawfully
attempt to destroy any ballot-box used, any
ballot or vote deposited, any poll-book kept,
at any election, held by virtue Of any law of
this State, such person or persons shall,
upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in
the penitentiary of the State, and kept at
hard labor for term not less than one nor
more than three years, at the discretion OF
the court.
SECTION 4. That all prosecutions under the
provisions of this act shall be by indictment
of grand jury before the court of common
pleas of the county, where the offense has
been committed, and shall be conducted in
the same manner and be governed by the
same rules as in the trial of other ofienses,
the punishment of which is Imprisonment
in the Penitentiary.
N. II. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
... THOMAS H. FORD,
President of the Senate.
April 9th, 1856.
SECRETARY or STATES OFFICER
COLUMBUS April 4, 1856.
hereby certify that the foregoing acts are
correctly copied from the original rolls on
file in this office.
JAMES II. BAKER,
Secretary OF State.
Auditors Office,
VINToN Co., o., April 81, 1856.
certify that the foregoing laws are cor
rectly copied from the copy certified to b.
the Secretary Of State
JOEL A. WALDEN,
Deputy Auditor of Vinton CO., o.