The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-05-21
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That itshall be the dutylOf the Judge
Ofthe election to challenge any persO
offering to vote at any election hel
Under any law of this State, having
distinct and visible admixture of Afr
can hleod, and shall tender to him th
following oath on affirmation 'sY5
do solemnly swear Cor affirm) that yo
will, to the best of your knoWledg
and belief, full and true answers make
to such questions as may be put to yol
touching your qualifications asan. .eleC
tor" and thereupOn the said judges
or one of them, shall put to him tn
following questions:
1st. What is your name?
| 3D. Where were you b0rn2 p e
Sd. We're your parents married
and did they live togetheras man anl
wife?
4th. Had your parents, OF either O
them, visible and distinct admixtur,
of African blood?
5th. In the community in whieI
you live, are you classified and recog
nized as white or colOred person, anC
do you associate with white or cOlOreC
persOns2 z-7s-Vrs g E- @
9th. Are there schools for colored
children in operation in the township
village or ward in which you live, and
! if you have children, do they attend
such schools, OF do they attend the
common schools organized for white
children under the law Of the State?
SEC. 2. After the examination Of
the person challenged, as provided in
the preceding section, the judges 0i
election shall, unless the vote of said
person is rejected, require him to pro-
duce before them, two credible witness
les to whom shall be rendered by said
judges, the following affirmation
"YOu and each of you do s0lernnly
swear (or affirm) that you will fully
and truly answer all such questions as
may be put to you, touching the quail
fcatiOns Of 1.-THE name Of the person
challenged as an elector."
ThereupOn the judges, OF one OF
them, shall put to each person respect
lively the following questions
1st. Are you acquainted with 1.-THE
name Of the person challenged if so,
for how long a time have you known
him?
I'd. Do you know when, where,
and in what State he was born?
Sd. Were you acquainted with his
parents, OF either-O Of them ? If yes,
did such parents, or either of them,
have distinct and visible admixture
of African blood and were they mar
ried, OF did they live together As man
and wife
SEC 3. i A record IN writing Of the
questions and answers required to be
given and made in the preceding sec
tiOns of this act, shall be kept and filed
with the poll books, for public inspec-
ton and that the conducting Of such
examinations, and the making of the
record thereof, shall not be permitted
to delay the regular business of such
elections, in receiving votes, where no
such examination and record aforesaid
is required by this act to be made, and
to avoid such delay, it shall be the du-
ty Of such judges of election to employ
an additional clerk or clerks to make
such record, WhorshaI be paid as the
other clerks at such elections, and said
clerks shall first be duly sworn to faith
fully and correctly make such record /;
and the said judges of election, or any
party Challenging, may putsuch other
questions as may seem to them neces-
sary and proper, and the judges of cleo
ton, or the party challenging, may
call and have examined any other
witnesses in the premises that may
seem to them proper. E---...-y
SEC. 4. No evidence shall be re-
ceived as to the admixture of white
blood, which is based on the opinion
of the person challenged or of the wit
ness testifying in his. behalf, founded
merely Upon appearance, unless the
facts are fully stated as to the parent
age Of the person; challenged; and no
evidence of reputation as to parentage
shall be received, unless the parties
about whom such reputation exists are
proved to have been married.
SEC. 8. If the party challenged, or
any person interrogated as aforesaid in
his behalf, shall refuse to answer fully
any question as herein prescribed, the
judges shall reject the vote, and if the
judges shall be satisfied from the state
ments Of all the persons examined and
the evidence adduced, that the person
Offering to vote is a sswhite male citi-
zen of the United States" before re-
ceiving his ballot, they shall tender
him the following oath or affirmation
You do solemnly swear Cor affirln)
that to the best of your knowledge
and belief, you are white male citi-
zen of the United States, and know
the fact to be so from a knowledge Of
both your parents and your pedigree;
and if the judges shall then receive
said vote, the words 'challenged on
the ground of visible admixture of Af-
rican blood" shall be entered on the
poll book opposite said voters name.
SEC. 6. That any person who, on
oath or affirmation, shall procure the
right to vote for himself or any other
person, by wilfuIly and corruptly de-
posing, declaring or affirming any mat
ter to be fact, knowing the same to
be false, or shall in like manner deny
any matter to be a fact knowing the
same to be true, shall be deemed gull
ty of perjury, and, on conviction there
OF, shall besimprisoned III the Peniten-
tiary and kept at hard labor not more
than ten years nor less than three
years. - ( ls-b4
SEC. z. Amy Judge, Ofaeleetion re-
ceiving the vote or sanctioning the re-
ceptiOn Of the same, from any person
havinga distinct and visible admix-
ture OF African blood, contrary to the
provisions of this act, shall on convic-
ton thereof, be imprisoned in the
county jail not more than six months
nor less than one month, and shall also
be liable to a civil action for a penalty
in the sum of five hundred dollars. |
which may be brought against him by
any elector of the county or district in