New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-20

The gIass or bottle situated within radius
of two miles of any poll or voting place.
And said Supervisors or Commissioners OF
Election shall have the power to CAL on
any Sheriff, constable or ponce onceT 10 en-
| force this regulation. Ii such sherln' COLI
sta BILE Or police officer shall refuse 70 o1Ty
any order issued under the authority OF tnis
section, the Commissioner or supervisor
giving the order Shall summariiy arrest ana
| imprison such sheriff, constable or ponce OH,
| Ger. such Imprisonment not to extend oeyOhd
the beur of closing the polls. And such
| Sheriff, Constable or Police othcef 30 re,
! fusing to obey such order Shall De ueelueu
guilty of 4 misdemeanor in ONCE, ana UPON
| conviction thereof, shall be punished Dy I'M
| urisopment for a term not to exceed SIX
| months nor less than three months, ana oy
q fine of not more than $500 five hundred
| dollars, nor less than tSlOO) one nundreo
| dollars
SEC. A. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the Governor, any Justice OF the Peace; Az
| derman, Mayor. Judge CT any State oiucer
| who may be present at, or have knowledge
of any drinking saloon, dram shop, grog-
gerry, or place where liquor Is sold by the
| glass or bottle, which is open contrary to
| the provisions of the foregoing section
within the limits therein prescribed, may IN
writing order any police officer or Constable
to seize any such liquors, or any Carriages
| or vessels containing the same, or any
| booths or tents erected within said hmlts
| for the purpose OF exposing such InioXcaL-
| ing liquors for sale.
| SEC. 43. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Constable or police officer to whom such
order shall be delivered. shall thereupon
| seize all such liquor, carriages, vesseis, and
the materials OF any such tent Or booth and
| hold and detain the same until twenty four
| hours after the close OF the election, then
| fgNh o do den IN
the person from whom they were taken, on
| the payment of ten dollars for the safe keep
| ing Of said articles.
| SEC. Al. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| if these effects be not thus demanded, the
| same shall be sold at public auction by the
police officer or Constable making the
| seizure. aud the proceeds Of such sale, after
| deductng costs of sale and safe keeping,
shall be paid to the owner Of the articles
sold, or the person from whom the same
were taken.
SEC. AS Be it further enacted, ETC., That
no voter whose name is registered accord
ing to law shall be challenged at
the polls on any question of residence,
but it shall be the duty OF the Com
missioners of Election to require every per
son whose name appears on the reglstra-
ton books to prove his identity if required
by either Commissioner Of Election and any
Commissioner of Election who shall receive
a second vote on the same day by virtue of
the same certificate of registration, and any
personiwho shall offer to vote a second thine !
upon any certificate of registration hall be
deemed guilty OF misdemeanor, and on
convection thereof shall be fined or lmpris-
oned, or both at the discretion oft the court,
but the fine shall not exceed enc hundred
dollars i'll each case, nor the imprisonment
one year, and the like punishment shall be
inflicted on any Commissioner OF Election
who shall neglect or refuse to make the en-.
dUrsement required AS aforesaid, on the said
registration certificate.
SEC. 46. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
if any clerk of a court. or deputy Of any such
clerk, or any other person, shall attix the
seal of Office to any naturalization paper or
permit the same to be affixed, or give out, or
cause or permit the same to be given
out, in blank, whereby it may be
fraudulently used, or furnish natu-
radiation certificate to any person who
shall not have been duly examined and
sworn in open court, in the presence OF
some of the judges thereof, according to the
act of Congress, or shall did in, cOnpive at,
or in any way permit the issue of fraudu-
lent naturalization certificates, he shall be
guilty of misdemeanor; or if any one shall
fraudulently use any such certificate of nat
uraliZatiOn, knowing it to have been fraud
ulently issued, or shall vote, or attempt TO
tempt to vote, on any certificate of NATURAL
cation cot issued to him, he shall be entity
OF misdemeanor; and either or any of the
persons, their aiders or abetters, guilty of
either of the misdemeaLOrs aforesaid, shall,
on conviction, be lined in a sum not exceed
ing one thousand dollars and imprisoned in
the Penitentisry for a period not exceeding
three years.
SEC A.. Be it further enacted, ETC., That if
any person On oath or affirmation in or before
any court in this State. or officer authorized
to administer oaths, shall, to procure a GER
tificate OF naturalization for himself Or any
other person, willfullY depose, declare or
affirm any matter to be fact, knowing the
same to be false, or shall in like manner deny
any matter to be fact, knowing the same to
be true, he shall be deemed guilty OF perjury:
aud any certificate of naturalization issued
in pursuance of any such deposition or affir-
nation, shall be null and void; and it shall
be the duty of the court Issuing the same,
npou p oot being made before it that ii was
iraudulently obtained, to take immediate
measures for recalling tue same for cancel
lstion; and any person who shall vote, or
attempt to vote, On any paper so obtained,
or who shall in any way aid in, connive at,
or have any agency whatever i'll the issue.
circulation or use of any fraudulent natur-
aizaticn certificate, shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall undergo an Imprisonment in
the Penitentiary for not more than two
years. and pay fine, not more than one
thousand dollars, for every such offense. or
either or both, at the discretion OF the
court.
SEC. 45. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
at ali general elections the names of all
candidates to be voted for IN the cities of
New Orleans and Jefferson shall be written
or printed on one ticket, or slip of paper,
and the number of the ward and election
precinct in which the ticket is to be voted,
shall be printed or written on the outside
fold thereof.
SEC. 40. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Supervisors of Registration in the par
ishes of Orleans and Jefferson shall, during
registration and at least six days preceding
any general election, furnish to the Board
of Metropolitan Police Commissioners
copy of the lists of registered voters in each
precinct in said parishes.
SEC. so. Be it further enacted. etc.,
That the Board Of Metropolitan
Police Commissioners shall forthwith
proceed by means of the police to inquire
into and report to said supervisors the
names of all persons falsely, fraudulently or
improperly registered; and to this end the
Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners
shall divide each ward into convenient sub
divisions or blocks, and shall assign to each
sub diyi-ion one or more police officers,
whom they shall direct and cause to COM
pare the names Of the actual residents of
said Subdivisions Or blocks with the names
of the registered voters thereof, and to re-
port TO them the names of all persons whom
they shall find to be falsely, fraudulently or
improperly registered, and the Board of Me
tropolitan Police Commissioners shall re-
port the same in an alphabetical list, with
the names and residences thereof as regis
tered, TO the Supervisors of registration of
said parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, re-
spectively, who shall Immediately make
notification thereof in the Off ial innrnaI of