The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-09
NOTICE TO THE POLICE.


POLICE DEPARTMENT-OFFI OF THE MARSHAL
Baltimore, October 5, 1860. (
Attention is called the following provisions and ex
tracts from provisions of the several laws creating Per-
manent Police and regulating elections in the city
Baltimore.
l. Any citizen who may be required by the Board of
Police, any judge of election aid in enforcing the
law on day of election and who shall refuse or neglect
to comply with such requirement shall be subject TO
penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars judges of cleo
tons by virtue of their Office conservators of the
peace and have full authority upon every dav of cleo
ton, to commit to Baltimore city JAIL their warrants
respectively, any persons who may be disturbing the
creating riot disorder interfering voters
2 any peace officer refuse omit comply with such
requirement, he shall be liable to penalty of fire hun
dred dollars and il any officer Of the corporation of Ba
more city shall prevent forbid the reception reten
ton in Jail of any person committed shall be liable
to penalty of thousand dollars for every offence
by the Board of Police and also to sixty days
imprisonment.
g. 1t shall be unlawful to keep open in the said city on
any election day, any drinking establishment bar
room, or any shop whatsoever to furnish spr
tuous fermened liquor therein therefrom and any
person persons who shall be guilty of violating this
section or OF retailing or dispensing any sprtuous
fermented liquors election day in said city, shall
on thereof forfeit his or their license he
they shall have taken out any, and be disqualified
taking out any other license for the sale liquor
for the space of five thereafter and shall moreover
be liable to penalty of five hundred dollars to be re-
covered by said Board of Police by civil action in the
of the State and shall be the duty said Board
and of the Sheriff and his deputies, and of all policemen
cohstables and other officers take the
provisions of this section be complied WITH to inform
upon all persons violating the same, of whose offences
they shall have knowledge or information.
A. If any person shall prevent hinder attempt or
conpe with any other person to prevent or
hinder any voter from exercising his right of suffrage
the city OF Baltimore, by threat intimidation violence
any other unlawful means whether before during
election times shall detain imprison any person
persons with the view intent of causing procuring
forcing such person persons to vote illegally against
MS or their WILL or under compulson in precinct in
said city, such person, offending and every person
who shall be guilty of wilfuy voting, Offering vote
illegally in any precinct Of the said city shall on con-
vicon thereof be adudged guilty of felony and be
fenced to not less than two than years. i'm
| prisonment in the Penitentiary
| D. Any two or more persons who SHALL during any
election in the city of Baltimore assemble conspire or
combine together for the purpose of driving any
from the polls, preventing obstructing beating
injurng or illuminating any voter voters in coming
10 or eturning from the pos and persons
who shall assault wound beat otherwise maltrea or
injure or shall offer to matreat njure SHALL by
menace violence otherwise intimdate overawe or
control any voter while at the POLLS going to- or re-
turning from the shall forciby resist any police
peace officer or shall forcby resist anv order of
Judge of Election under the provisions of this ar
ce shall be deemed guilty of felony and be sentenced
conviction thereof confinement the Penitentiary
for not less than three than six years. shall
seize take STEAL mutilae destroy, the naturalization
papers or certificate or written evidence of naturalization
OF naturalzed voter attempt do either at or
the polls while the said shall proceeding
thereto or returning thererom shall be deemed guilty
of felony and be sent need upon conviction thereof to
confinement in the Pententary for not less than three
| nor more than six years.
g. Any officer or servant the NAV or and CITY Coun
Gil Of Baltimore, other person whatsoever, who shall
forcby resist obsuct the enforcement Of
any OF the provisions of the law providing permanent
police for the city OF Baltimore, shall be subject to PEN
atty Of thousand dollars for each and every such Of
fence, and be after disqualified from holding apy
office employment whatsoever under the Mayor and
| City Council of Baltimore, or under this article
Referring to the foregoing it is hereby strictly
upon the Captains commanding see that all the
officers and Of the Permanent Police and all of the
Extra Patrol and Detective force appointed the occa
sion of the ensuing election within their respective Dis
cts give special attention to their observance and en-
orceen and to be Immediately arrested all per-
sons offending against the same. ri Ii .r d
| .rr7v1a.f .r -.i. q, Go P. KANE,
| 1t PRst Marshal,