The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1870-10-22

| So ~ TIC Ol UnC par.
ish, and by imprisonment in the parish
prison for not less than three months.
Any person who shall discharge from
his employment any laborer, employe,
tenant or mechanic, who shall have been
| working for such person under contract,
| written or oral, for n specified time be-
forc such time shall have expired, or
who shall withhold from any labOrer,
employe, tenant or mechanic any part
Of the wages due to such laborer, en-
ploye, tenant or mechanic, on account
of any vote which such laborer, en-
ploye, tenant or mechanic has given or
purposes to give, shall be deemed guilty
Of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of
not less than five hundred dollars, one
half Of which shall go to the school fund
of the parish III which the offence was
committed, and by imprisonment In
the parish prison for not less than three
months.
Any person who shall molest, disturb,
interfere with, or threaten with vio-
| lence, any commissioner of election or
person i'll charge of the ballot boxes,
while in charge of the same, between
the time of the close of the polls and
the time that said ballot boxes are de-
livered to the supervisor of registration,
shall be deemed guilty Of a felony, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ishcd by Il fine of not less than five hun
dred dollars, or by imprisonment in the
penitentiary not less than one year, or
both, ut the discretion of the court.
Any person not authorized by this
law to take charge of the ballot boxes
at the close of the election who shall
take, receive, conceal, displace or lin]
any manner handle or disturb any bal
lot box at any time between the hour of
the closing of the polls and the trans
mission of the ballot box to the super
visor of registration, or during such
transmission, or ut any time prior to the
counting of the votes by the supervisor
of registration, shall be deemed guilty
of Il felony, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by Il fine of not less
than five hundred dollars, or by impris-
onmcnt in the penitentiary not less than
one year, or both, ut the discretion Of
/ the court.
i If any person shall by bribery, men,
ace, willful falsehOod, or other corrupt
means, directly or indirectly attempt to
influence any clector of this State in the
giving his vote or ballot, or to induce
him to withhold the same, or disturb or
hinder him i'll the free exercise of the
right of suffrage ut any election in this
, deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
be fined not more than five hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned in the par
: ish prison for I, term not exceeding six
t.. months, and shall also be ineligible to
r any Office in the State for the term OF
t two years.
/ 1t shall be unlawful for any person to
r carry any gun, pistol bowie knife or
f other dangerous weapon, concealed or
/ II,
| ing the hours the polls are open, or on
any day of registration or revision of
registration, within II distance of one
half mile of any place of registration or
revision of registration; any person vi
olating the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor
and on conviction shall be punished by
Il fine of not less than one hundred dol
lars, and by imprisonment in the parish
Jail for not less than one month; pro-
vidcd, that the provisions of this section
shall not apply to any commissioner or
officer of the election or supervisor or
assistant supervisor of registration, pO-
lice officer or other person authorized to
preserve the peace on days of registra-
ton Or election.
Each parish in this State except the
parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, is
hereby fixed as an election precinct, and
the supervisor of registration in each of
said parishes shall direct what number
of polls or voting places shall be estab-
lishcd in each precinct, fix the places of
holding the election, and appoint COM
missioners of election for each poll or
voting place.
; The elections at each poll or voting
place shall be presided over by three
| commissioners of election, residents of
the parish, who shall be able to read
and write, to be appointed by the su-
pervisor of registration for the parish,
who shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties, take and sub
scribe the oath or Oaths prescribed for
State officers. Should only one of the
commissioners appointed be present, he
, shall appoint another, and both together
shall appoint Il third, and the commits
| siOncrs SO appointed shall take the oath,
! and perform all the duties of commits
: siOncrs of election in the same manner
f as if they had been appointed by the
supervisor of registration.
1T shall be the duty of the commits
t SiOncrs of election to receive the ballots
% of all legal voters who shall offer to vote
. and deposit the same in the ballot box
Y to he provided for that purpose. The
n commissioners shall deposit the ballot
t of each voter i'm the ballot box in the
{ full and convenient view of the votel
q himself.
@ I'm all cases the vote of the pcrsor
= Offering to vote shall be taken froIn tn,
h hand of tho voter by one of the commits