The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-05-08
l. WIS OF OHIO.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

L ANO' COs AAN @AO@
Supplementary to the act entitled "An act
to preserve the purity Of Elections" pass
ed Mcrch 90, lS40.
@SEcTIoN !. Be ii enacLed by the General
Assembly Of the State of Ohio, That if any
person or persons, at any election held by
virtue OF any law of tLis State in any ward
of any city, or in any township or election
prescinct, of any county in this State, shall
unlawIully, either by force, violence, fraud
or any other improper means, obtain po ises
sion Of any ballot box, or any ballot or ball
lots therein deposited, while the voting at
such election is going on, or before the bal
lots shall have been duly taken out OF such
ballot. box by the judges of ele,tion acc rd-
ing to law; euch person ,r pers ons shall be
deemed guilty Of a mis}emsanor and shall
upon conviction thereof be imprisoned in
the peniteniary OF the State and kept 1t
hard labor FIR term MT more than three
nor less than one year at the discretion OF
the court.
SECTION 2. If any person or persons
shall unlawfully destroy any ballot.box US.
ed, any ballot or vote deposited, any poll
book kept at any election held by virtue of
any law of this State. Such person or per-
sons shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
shall upon conviction thereof be imprisoned
in the penitentary Of the State, and kept at
hard labor for term not less than one, nor
more than five years at the discretion of the
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 of any city,
or in any township or election precinct OF
any county in this State, shall unlawIully
either by force, violence, fraud or other i'm
proper 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 Of such bal
lot box by the judges OF such election accor-
ding to law; or if any person or persons shall
unlawiully attempt to destroy any ballot. box
used, any ballot or vote deposited. any poll
book, keptat any election, held by virtue oi
any law Of this State, such person or per-
sons shall upon conviction thereof, be i'm.
prisoned in the peniteniiary of the State
than one nor more than three years, at the
ulScrellon OF the court.
SECTION 4. That all prosecutions under
the provisions of this act shall be by indict.
ment of a grand jury before the court of com.
mon pleas of the county, where the offense
has been committed, and shall be conducted
in the same manner and be governed by the
amerules as in the trial OF other offenses
the punishment of which is Imprisonment il
the penitentiary.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House Of REPRESENTATIVES.
THOMAS H. FORD,
" President Of The Seaate.
| April 9th, 1856. .a..' ...a
No. so. AN ACT
Further prescribing the powers and dutie
of the courts of this State, and the judge
thereof.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted by the Genera
Assembly of the State of Ohio, That when
ever The supreme or district court shall ren
der final order, decree or judgment, in an,
proceeding pending therein, and the samt
shall be remanded 10 an inferior court fo
any purpose, the clerk of such inferior court
when he shall receive such order, decree. Of
judgment, shall Immediately enter the same
on the journal of such court, and when. 81
entered, it shall have the same force and eff
feet, and the parties shall have the same
rights, as if it were enter ed on the journa
at regular term of such court.
SECTION 2. The party plaintiff in every
case pending in the court of common pleas
the district or supreme court shall, wher
no counter claims of set off has been file
by the opposite party, have the right in tn
vacation of any of said courts, to dismis
his said action without prejudice, upon pay
ment of cost; which said dismissal shall b.
by the clerk OF any of said courts, entere,
upon the journal, and take effect from an,
after the date thereof.
ea N. H. VAN VORHES, 7
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives..
...,. . THOMAS H. FORD,
..... President of the Senate.
April 9th, 1866.