The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-22

have been designated as the CHIEF su-
pervisor of the jndicIal district in winch
the city or town wherein they or he
served shall be, of the manner and
means by which they were, or he was,
not SO allowed to fully and freely ex-
ercise and discharge the duties and OBJ
ligatioes required and imposed by this
set. And upon receiving any such re-
prrt, at shall be the duty of the said
chief supervisor, acting both in such
capacity and officially as a commissioner
of the circuit court, to forthwith exam
inc into the facts thereof !: to subpoena
and compel the attendance before him
of any witnesses administer oaths and
take testimony in respect to the charg-
es made and prior to the assembling
of the Congress for which any such
Representatives or Delegate was voted
for, to have filed with the Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the Con-
gress of the United Sta,e all the evil
dence by him taken, all Information by
him obtained, and all reports to him
made.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted That
whenever an election at which Repre-.
sentatives or Delegates in Congress are
to be chosen shall be held in any city
| or town of twenty thousand inhabitants
| or upward, the marshal of the United
States for the district in which said
| city or town is situated shall have pow
er, and it shall be his duty, on the APP
| plication, in writing, of at least two
citizens residing in any such city or
| town, to appoint special depuay mar
shals, whose duty it shall be, when re-
| quired as provided in this act, to aid
and assist the supervisors of election
in the veriication of any list of persons
made under the provisions of this act,
| who may have registered, or voted, or
! either; TO attend in each election dis
| trict or voting precinct at the times
| and places fixed for the registration of
voters, and at all times and places when
and where said registration may by law
| be authorized. aud the names of regis
| tered voters be marked for challenge
and also to attend, at all times for hold
ing such elections, the polts of the elec-
ton in such district or precinct. And
the marshal and his general deputies,
shall have power, and it shall be the
| duty of such special deputies, to keep
the peace, and support and protect the
| superv sors of elections in the disc barge
of their duties, preserve order at such
places OF registration and at such polls
| prevent frad ulent egistratioua a nd fra I'D
| uient voting thereat, or fraudulent con-
duct on the part of any officer of cleo
ton, and Immediately, either at said
place of registration, or polling place,
or elsew here, and either before or after
registering or voting. to arrest and
take into custody, With or withot pro-
| cess, any person who shall commit, or
attempt or offer to commit, any of the
acts or offenses prohibited by this act,
or the act hereby amended, or who shall
commit any offense against the laws of
the United States Prorided, That no
person shall be arrested without pro-
cess for any offense not committed 10
the presence of the marshal or his gen
eral or special deputies, or either of
them, or of the supervisors of election,
or either of them, and, for the purpo-
ses of arrest or the preservation of the
peace, the supervisors of election, and
each of them, shall, in the absence of
the marshals deputies, or if required
to assist said deputies, have the same
duties and powers as deputy msshals
And provided further, That no person
shall, on the day or days of any such
| election, be arrested witout process for
any otfeDse committed on the day or
days of registration.
| Sec. 9. Ind be it further enacted, That
whenever any arrest is made under any
provision of this act, the person SO ar
rested shall forthwith be brought be-
fore commissioner, judge, or court Of
the United States for examination of
the offenses alleged against him and
such commissioner, judge, or court
shall proceed in respect thereto as au-
thorized by law in case of crimes against
the United States.
SEC. 10. And be IL further enacted, That
whoever, with or without any authority
power, or process, of any State, terri
r;al ohaD
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 he authorized to perform by any
law of the United States, whether in
the execution of process or otherwise,
or shall by any of the means before
mentioned hiuder or prevent the free
attendance and presence at such places
| of registration or at such polls of eIec-
tiou, or full and free access and egress
to and from any such place of registra-
tion or poll of election, or in going to
and from any such place of registration
or poll of election, or to and from any
such registration or election or canvass
of votes, or of making any returns or
certificates thereof, may be had or shall
| molest, interfere with, remove, or eject
from any such place of registration or
poll of election, or of canvassing 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 assist any supervisor OF election,
or the marshal or his general or special
deputies, or either of them, in the per-
fermance of bis or their duties when
required by him or them, or either of
them, to give such aid and assistance,
he shall be guilty of 8 misdemeanor,
and liable to instant arrest without pro-
cess, and on conviction thereof shalt be
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