Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1870-11-04
To all Whom it may Concern;

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the un-
" dersigned has been duly commissioned by
the United States Circuit Court and is prepar-
ed to hear testimony in all cases of alleged vio-
lation of the United States laws in reference to
the enforcement of the provisions of the Fif-
teenth Amendment, and the laws passed in pur-
suance thereof, in the matter of Registration
and Voting.
Attention is invited to the following sections
of the law passed by Congress to enforce the
right of citizens of the United States to vote in
the several States:
Sec. S. And be ii. further enacted, That if any
person shall prevent, hinder control, or intim-
idate, or shall attempt to prevent, hinder, con-
troll, or intimidate, any person from exercising
or in exercising the right of suffrage, to whom
the right of suffrage is secured or guaranteed
by the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, by means of bribery,
threats, or threats of depriving such person of
employment or occupation, or of ejecting such
person from rented houses, lands, or other pro-
perty, or by threats of refusing to renew leases
or contracts for labor, or by threats of violence
to himself or family, such person so offending
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor. and
shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less
than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not
less than one month and not more than one
year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if two
or more persons shall band or conspire togeth-
er, or go in disguise upon the public highway,
or upon the premises of another, with intent to
violate any provision of this act, or to injure
Cypress, threaten, sor intimidate any citizen
with intent to prevent or hinder his free exer-
else and enjoyment of any right or privilege
granted or secured to him by the Constitution
or laws of the United States, or because of his
having exercised the same, such persons shall
ha, hafA Cf fol :ok:~
thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
at the discretion of the Court-the fine not to
exceed five thousand dollars, and the imprison-
ment not to exceed ten years-and shall, more
over, be thereafter ineligible to, and disabled
from holding any Office, or place of honor, pro-
fit, or trust created by the Constitution or laws
of the United States.
Sec. IL. And be 1t further enacted, That any
person who shall knowingly and wilfully OBJ
struct, hinder, or prevent any officer or other
person charged with the execution of any war
rant or process issued under the provisions of
this act, or any person or persons lawfully as
sisting him or them from arresting any person
for whose appre ehension such warrant or pro-
cess may have been issued, or shall rescue or
attempt to rescue such person from the custody
of the officer or other person or persons, or
those lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so
arrested pursuant to the authority herein given
and declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist any
person so arrested as aforesaid, directly or in
directly, to escape from the custody of the Off
Ger or other person legally authorized as afore-
said, or shall harbor or conceal any person for
whose arrest a warrant or process shall have
been issued as aforesaid, so as to prevent his
discovery and arrest after notice or knowledge
of the fact that warrant has been issued for
the apprehension of such person, shall, for eth
er of said offences, be subject to a fine not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars, or Imprisonment
not exceeding six months, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court, on conviction before the
district or circuit court of the United States for
the district or circuit in which said offence may
have been committed, or before the proper
court of criminal jurisdiction, if committed
within any one of the organized Territories Of
the United States.
WM R. WILMER,
Nov 4, l870-lt U. S. Commissioner.