New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-16

preservation of peace, the supervisors of
election, and leach of them, shall. in
the absence of the marshaPs deputies.
or if reuuireds to assist said deputies
have the same duties and powers
as deputy marshals And provided further.
That no person shall, on the day or days Of
any such election, be arrested without pro ,
cess for any offense committed on the day or
DAYS of registration.
SEC g. And be 1t further enacted, That
whenever any arrest is made under any pro-
vision of this act, the person so arrested
shall forthwith be brought before com
missioner, judge, or court OF the United
States for examination OF tue otfenses al
legged against him and such commissioner.
nudge. or court shall proceed in respect
thereto as authorized by law in case of
crimes against the United States.
SEC. TO- And be it further enacted, That
whoever. with or without any authority.
power or process, or pretended authority
power, or process, OF any State, territorial,
or municipal authority, shall obstruct,
hinder, assault, or by bribery, solicitation,
or otherwise, interfere with or prevent
the supervisors of election, or either of
them. or the marshal or his general or
special deputies, or either of them, in the
performance of any duty required of them,
or either of them, or which he or they, or
either of them, may be authorized to per
form by any law of the United States
whether in the execution of process or
otherwise. or shall by any of the means
before mentioned hinder or prevent the free
attendance and presence at such places of
registration or at such polls OF election, or
full and free access and egress to and from
any such place of registration OF poll of
election, or in going to and from any such
place of registration or poll OF election, or
to and from any room where any such regis
tration or election or canvass OF votes, orOf
making any returns or certificates thereof
NAV be had or shall modest, interfere with
remove or eject from any such place of
registration or poll OF election, or OF can
wasting votes cast thereat, or OF making
returns or certificates thereof, any
supervisor of election, the marshal, or his
general or special deputies, or either Of them,
or shall threaten, or attempt, or offer so to
do. or shall refuse or neglect to aid and as
sist any supervisor of election, or the mar
shall or his general or special deputies, or
either of them, in the performance of his
or their duties when required by him or
them or either of them, to give such aid
and assistance, he shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and liable to instant arrest with
out process, and on conviction thereof shall
be punished by imprisonment not more than
two years. or by fine not more than three
thousand dollars, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, and shall pay the costs Of
the prosecution. Whoever shall, during
the progress of any verifcation of any list
of the persons who may have registered or
voted, and which shall be had or made IN
der any of the provisions of this act, refuse
TO answer, or refrain from answering. or
answering shall knowingly give false in
formation in respect to any inquiry lawfully
made, such person shall be liable to arrest
and Imprisonment as for misdemeanOr, and
on conviction thereof shall be punished
by imprisonment not TO exceed thirty days,
or by fine not to exceed one hundred dol
lars, or by both such fine and Imprisonment,
and shall pay the costs of the prosecution.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That
whoever shall be appointed a supervisor of
election or special deputy marshal under
the provisions of this act, and shall take the
oath of office as such supervisor of election
or such special deputy marshal, who shall
thereafter neglect or refuse, without good
and lawful excuse, to perform and discharge
fully the duties, obligations and require
ments of such office until the expiration of
the term for which he was appointed, shall
not only be subject to removal from office
with loss of all pay or emoluments, but
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction shall be punished by imprisOn-
ment for not less than six months nor
more than one year, or by fine not
less than two hundred dollars, and
not exceeding five hundred dol
lars. or by both fine and Imprisonment, and
shall pay the costs of prosecution.
SEC. II. And be it further enacted, That
the marshal, or his general deputies, or such
special deputies as shall be thereto specially
empowered by him, in writing and under his
hand and seal, whenever he or his said gen
eral deputies or his special deputies, or either
or any of them, shall be forcibly resisted in
executing their duties under this act, or the
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threats, or menaces, be prevented from ex-
ecuting such duties, or from arresting any
persons who shall commit any Otfense for
which said marshal or his general or his
special deputies are authorized to make
such arrest, are, and each of them is hereby,
empowered to summon and call to his or
their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus
of his district.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of each of the circuit
courts of the United States, in and tor each
Judicial circuit, upon the recommendation in
writing of the judge thereof, to name and
appoint, on or before the first day of Nav,
III the year eighteen hundred and seventy
one. and thereafter as vacancies may from
any cause arise, from among the circuit
court commissioners in and for each judicial
district in each of said judicial circuits one
of such officers, who shall be known for the
duties required of him under this pct as
the Chief supervisor of elections of the
judicial district in and for which he shall
be commissioner, and shall so long as
faithful and capable, discharge the duties in
this act imposed. and whose duty it shall
be to prepare and furnish all necessary
books, forms, blanks and instructions for the
use and direction of the supervisors of cleo
ton III the several cities and towns in their
respective districts; to receive the applea-
tions of all parties for appointment to such
POSITIONS; and upon the opening. as
contemplated in this act, of the circuit court
for the judicial circuit in which the com
missioner so designated shall act to pre-
sent such applications to the Judge thereof,
and furnish information to said Judge in
respect to the appointment by the said
court of such supervisors of election; to re-
qulre of the supervisors of election, where
necessary, lists of the persons who may
register and vote, or either, in their respec-
tive election districts or voting precincts,
and to cause the names of those upon any
such list whose right to register or vote
shall be honestly doubted to be verified by
proper inquiry and examination at the re-
spective places by them assigned as their
residences; and to receive, preserve, and
file all oaths of office OF said supervisors of
election, and of all special deputy marshals
appointed under the provisions of this act,
and all certificates, returns, reports and
records of every kind and nature coutem-
plated or made requisite under and by the
provisions of this act save where otherwise
herein specially directed. And it is hereby
made the duty of all United States marshals
and commissioners who shall in any judicial
district Darforrn any IutipS un1ny = no ,,rc.