The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-05-28
N. I'll. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker ot The House Of Reps.
THOMAS Ii. FORD.
President Of tie Senate.
No. SOL AN ACT

Supplementary to the act entitled San act 10 pre-
serve the purity Of Elections passed March
20, 1910.
SEC. /. BE aenacfed Iy the General
assembly If tie State Of Ohio, That if
any person or persons, at any election,
held by virtue OF auy law of this State in
any ward Of any city, or in any township
or election precinct, of any county in his
State, shall uu!awfuliy, either by force,
violence, fraud or other improper means,
obtaic possession of any bal!ot 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 ballot.box by the judges
of election according to law /; such person
or persons shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeano. and hall upon conviction
thereof be Imprisoned in tie pcni;eutiary
of the State and kept at hard labor for a
term not moro than three nor less than
one year at the discretion Of the court.
SEC =. If any person or persons shall
unlawfulIy 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 per-
sous shall be guilty of a ~misdemeanor,
and shall upon conviction thereof be i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary of the State,
nor more than five years at the discretion
of the court.
SEC. 8. That if any person CT perspn'.
at any election held by virtue of any law
of this State 10 any ward of any city, or
in any township or election precinct of
any county in this State, shall Ut lawful
ly, either by force, violence, fraud or 9TH
er improper means, attempt to obtain
possession of any ballot-box, or any ballot
or ballots therein deposited, while the
voting at slch 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 OF 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, dc
imprisoned ia the renitentiary of the
State, and kept at hard labor for a term
not less than one nor more than three
years, at the direction of the court.
Sec. 1. That all prosecutions under
the provisions Of this act shall be by in
dictmcnt of a grand jury before the court
of C -mmon pleas of the county, where
the offensc has been committed, and shall
be conducted in the same manner and be
governed by the same rules as in the trial
of other o%ffenses, the punishment of which
is Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
April 9th, 1856.
N. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker of the House Of Reps.
THOMAS II. FORD,
President Of tie Senate.
AUDrroR's OFFICE, ASHLAND Co., O..
ASHLAND, May II. 1856.
1 ISAAC GATES, Auditor of Ashland
county, Ohio, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Laws are correctly copied from
the Official paper.
ISAAC GATES, Auditor.
SECRETARY OF STATES OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, April 10, 1856.
L hereby certify that the foregoing
acts are correctly copied from the origi-
nal rolls on file in this office.
JAMES BAKER,
NpcrpfHr1 Mt .Snte