Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-10-22
The New Election Law.

The New Election Law.
We copy the following abstract of the New
Election Law of this State, passed last winter,
from the Milwaukee Sentinel. 1t will be seen
that severe penalties are provided for the in
fringement of its provisions.
1t is made '.the duty of the inspectors of the
election, or one of them, Immediately before proc
lamation is made Of the opening Of he polls, :
open the ballot-boxes in the presence OF the pc
pie there assembled, and turn them upside de~s,
so as to empty them of everything that may be
in them, and lock them; and they shall not be
re-opened until for the purpose of counting the
ballots therein, at the close of the polls.
SEC % provides that 1.-THE canvass of votes
shall be made publicly in the presence OF any
persons desiring to attend the same, and the re-
suit thereof shall be publicly announced by the
inspectors at the close thereof, and they shall In
the announcement declare the whole number of
votes cast at such election, and the number Civ
respectively for each candidate or proposition
voted at such election"
The instructions, and forms of questions to be
put to persons challenged. are very full and par.
ticular, and the Clerks are to write the word
"sworn" after the name of every man who takes
the oath when challenged.
We annex the penalties of the Law, in con-
densed form, for the benefit of those who need
to consider them:
For voting in town or ward where the per-
son does not reside, but in the right county, TO
6 months in county Jail.
For voting in another county, to years IN
State Prison.
For voting more than once, to 2 years in
State Prison.
For voting IN this State by resident in another
State, l to 3 years in state Prison.
For voting when not qualified according TO
the Constitution, 2 to months in county Jail.
For procuring, aiding, counselling % advising
an unqualified person to vote, a fine of . lo0 to
$500, and to months i'll the county Jail.
For procuring, aiding, endeavouring person
to vote where he does not reside, ] to years in
State Prison.
For procuring or inducing persons to yotesor
withhold their votes, by bribery or t,rsats, .
fine of $500 to 1000, or three to twelve hsonths
in the county Jail.
For deceiving voters who cannot read, with
voting against their inclination, or for deceitfnl
| ly changing their ballots, one to two years in
State Prison.
For inserting ballots ffaudulently into the
boxes, one to two years in State Prison.
| For an inspector to place any ballot in the box
except his own regularly received, three to Ave
years in State Prison
Perjury to be punished according to Statute
| (two to five years in State Prison.)
| For inspectors to knowingly receive or sane
ton the reception of votes, from persons who
| are not qualified, or who shall refuse to answer
the questions or to take the oaths; or to refuse
to administer the oaths or to act with wilful
neglect of dutv, or corruptly, one to FIVE years
in State Prison, or fine of 800 to $500.
For inspectors or clerks to make or aid in ma
king false returns on poll books. or refuse to
make returns one to five years in State Prison.
For canvassers of votes to make false certif-
Gates, or alter or destroy the canvass, two or
three years in State Prison.
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ALBANY HALL last nigat.-There was an i'm :
mense audience at Albany Hall last night, to to
hear Judge RANDALL speak for his cause, which
is that the good people of Wisconsin ought to
know that he will make better Republican
governor, than Mayor Cross will, rs demo-
crat. We must admit, that his speech went far
towards substantiating his claims as an honest
spoken man, fit for the Office which he aspires
to, even if he is no better than his opponent.
The Judge took up the charges that have
been made against him in certain newspapers,
and answered them handsomely and satisfactor.
lily. One of the ex-Governors received a severe
| castigation at his hands, and as the gentleman
was in the Hall at the time, he must have win
ced considerably, under the expose. The Judge
comes out and "shows his hand to the world,
speaks fearlessly, and swings clear from numer-
which are not very sugary--in taking this
course, he deserves the respect, il not the sup
port of all honest men.
Senator DOoLITTE was not present. MI.
Schultz commenced speaking, after the Judge
finished, but hoarseness soon cane upon him
and he was obliged to sit down. 1t was spir-
tied and important meeting. -Mit,caakce MS.
KANSAS EMIGRANTs, by way of Chicago or
Vnli of off will GrI - 4Ia;x
to take the Chicago, Alton and St Louis Rail
Road. This is the most direct route and avoids
all change of cars and baggage. You take the
Steamboat at Alton for st. Louis, which az
fords an agreeable change from the cars, and
involves no Inconvenience other routes, as
in any event you have to cross the river by boat.
From ST. Louis, unless you have a plenty of
time to spare, it is much the preferable route to
take the Pacific r. Il. to Jefferson Oity. Alss
run 40 maze IN about 3 hours and you esten Id .
from two to three hours over the river route
To reach the interior, stop either at Wyandot,
Quindaro, or Leavenworth-Ibid.
The Fox Lake Journal says: "Our village
for some time past has been strangely visited
by disease carrying off some Of our best
citizens. The average for the past eight or
nine each week would reach no less than two
each week. One week there was an average of
one day, and in one day there were three bur
Jed The patient is first afflicted with fever,
dysentery sets in, and the patient soon expires;
though Ill two instances that we have in mind
the illness was prolonged for more than month
The illness is apparently of simple nature. and
yet our best physicians have been compelled to
acknowledge their ncompetency to subdue it in
many instances, and the victims OF it have felt
the pang of death it quickly and surely sew
cred the vital chords.
hao L., e.. al.
Thursday night, two vessels were driven ashore
near this city, and many others were in great
danger The brig Genera, laden with lumber
from Green Bay, went ashore near the Cemetery
The deck load was lost off, but the cargo in the
hold can be taken out and the vessel hauled off
by steam-tugs. She is only two years old, worth
about $l1 900, owned by John s. Reed, lumber
dealer of this city, and is uninsured. Another
vessel, name unknown, went ashore below the
Central Railroad round house. The brig Prebie
lost her foremost and dragged her anchor ill she
came near wrecking on the breakwater at the foot
of Jackson St.-Chicago Tribune.
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Loss Of the propeller Crom,oeH.--A telegram
from Detroit reports the British Propeller Oiirsr
Crom,reH as having collided with an unknown
vessel in the Straits and sunk. Vessel and car
60 perfect loss. The Crom,ceH left here on Sat
urday last with l0,S00 bus of wheat shipped by
Mes Kellogg Il Strong, of this city, for Kings
ton, G. W. The wheat was insured in
this city. She also had on a quantity of -four,
shipped from Chicago
LATER learn that the vessel that COLI
ded with the CromueH, was the schooner Jessie
bound for Chicago.-MH Free Democrat 18th
Mercantile Failures.
The number of failures reported in
last weeks Independent are one hundred