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MhtSu AOt Ao1Os
ssCnON !. Be Il enacted By the General As
Ssm6ly of State Of Ohio, That IL any per.
son Or persons, at any election, held By virtue
ofany law Of this State in any ward Of any
city, or in any township or election precinct, Of
any county 10 this State. shall Inlawfuly Ell
ther bJ force. violence. fraud or other imprOp-
er means. obtain possession Of any ballOt-bOx.
.Or any ballotsOV ballots therein deposited, while
Hhs voting at such election is going on. or be-
fore the ballots shall have been duly taken out
Nfsuch ballot box BY the judges Of election
according to law; such person or persons shall
be deemed guilty Of misdsmesnor and shall
upon conviction thereof be imprisoned in the
penItentiary Of the State and kept at hard la.
Dor for term not more than three no. less than
one year. at the discretion of the court.
SECTION 2. II any person or persons shall
unlaWfully 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 be guilty
of a nisdsmeanOr, and shall upon conviction
thereof be imprisoned in the penilenuary Of
the State, and kept at hard labor for a term not
less than one, nor mure than FIVE years at the
discretion Of the court.
SECTION 5. That il any person or persons,
al any election held by virtue of any law Of
this State in any ward Of any city. or 10 any
township or election precinct Of any county in
this State, shall unlawFully, either y force,
violence, fraud or other improper means, at
tempt to obtain possession of any ballot box, or
any ballot or ballots therein deposited. while
the voting at such election is going on, or be-
fore the ballots shall all have heen duly taken
out Of such ballo,-5ox by the judges of such
election according to Law; or il any person or
persons shall unlawfully attempt to destroy any
ballot-box used. any ballot or vote deposited.
any pol-book, kept at any election, held By
virtue Of any Law Of this State, such person OF
persons shall. upon conviction thereof, be ina
prisoned in the pententiary of the State, and
kept at hard labor for a term not less than one
nor more than three years, at the discretion Of
the court,
SECrIoN 4 That all prosecutions under the
provisions of this act shall be by indi ctment Of
agraud jury before the court of common pleas
OF the county, whers the offenss hss been com.
mitted, aud hall be conducted in the same
manner and be governed BY the same rules as
in the trial of other offenses, the punishment Of
which is imprisonment in The pententiary.
N. H. VAN WORRIES.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
q a. THOS. H. FORD,
a ..a u President Of the Senate.
April 9th, 1885,
No. 60, e AN ACT,
Further to smend and supplementary to an
act entitled an act securing the benefits Of
the writ Of Habeas Corpus. a. .
sEor1oN l.. Be Il enacted By the General As
ssmblyofthe State Of Ohio. That whenever sppl.
cation for a writ OF habeas corpus. under the
act entitled an act securing the benefits Of the
writ Of habeas corpus passed February END,
1911, shall be made to any court or Judge of
any county in this State, this said court or
Judge upon being satisfied by affidavit or 9th
erWise. that any officer having in bis custody or
under his control, any person or persons alleg-
ed to be unlawfully deprived Of liberty, will
refase or neglect toObey said wntshall cause the
said writ 10 be directed to the sheriff or coroner
of any county, provided that it shall not be
directed TO any sheriff or coroner who is char.
ged with the alleged unlawful detention ;snd the
said writ shall be framed, directed, executed
and returned, and proceedings shall be there
upon had in all respects, as is provided by the
est. further to amend The habeas corpus act.
passed February g., iS47; and the officer hav-
Jog in his custody the person or persons alleged
to be unlavfully deprived Of liberty. is hereby
required to deliver such person or persons to
the officer having the writ Of habeas corpus.
SECTION 2. BsIfarshsr enacted, That if any
sheriff or coroner, to whom any writ Of habeas
corpus issued under the provisions of this act
shall be directed, shall refuse or neglect to o.
hey and execute the same according to the
command thereof, or shall Wilfully make 9
false return thereof, such sheriff or coroner
shalI forfeit and pay the sum Of one thousand
dollars which sum may be rsco vered by the
party aggisyed. or By any person susiug fol
the use Of said party, but, in case of sui
for che use Of said party, the court in which th,
same may be brought, shall make such ordel
for securing to such party the amount recover
ed as shall seem just and expsdient.
SECTION 5. Bsa further enacted, That nC
person who shall be set at large upon any wri
ar hahaas aornus. shall ba again iulpfisoned n