The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-22
ALBANY REGISTER.
Supplements. NO.

AAy tntFty -Ouey eighteen huuoiON !
and seventy, entitled i" An act to en- |
force the rights of citizens OF the
United States to vote in the several |
States of this Union, and for other |
purposes."-lNo. 34.l
Be It enpcted Jy the Senate aud House Of
Represes tatirrs of the CHitees States cE Amer
ied IN Congress css-n,ee>d,
That section twenty of the % Act to
enforce the rights of citizens of the
United States to vote in the several
States of this Union, and for other pur-
poses" approved May thirty lone. eight
cen hundred aud seventy, shall be, and
hereby is, amended SO as to read as
follows:
"SEc. 20. And be IL further eRaeed, That
if any registration of voters for An elec-
tion for Representative or Delegate in
the Congress of the United States, any
person shall knowingly personate and
register. or attempt to register, in the
name of any other person, whether lig-
ing, dead, or fictitious, or fraudulently
register, or fraudulentiy attempt to reg
lister, not having lawful right SO TO
do or do any unlaw act to secure reg
istration for himself os any other per
son; or by force, threat, menace, in
timidation, bribery, reward, or promise
thereof, or other unlawful means, pre-
vent or hinder any person having
lawful right to register from duly e1>
ercising such right; or compel or iu-
duce, by any or such means, or unlaw-
full means, any officer of registration to
admit to registration any person not
legally entitled thereto, or interfere in
any manner with any officer of regis
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or by any such means, or other unlaw
full means, induce any officer of regis
tration to violate or refuse to comply
with his duty or any law regulating
the same; or if any such officer shall
knowingly and willfully register as
voter any person not entitled to be reg
istered, or refuse to SO register any
person entitled to be registered or if
any such officer or other person whose
duIy 1t is to persorm any duty ia rela-
tion to such registration or election, or
to ascertain, announce or declare the
result thereof, or give or make any GER
tificate, document, or evidence in reIs-
tion thereto, shall knowingly neglect
or refuse to perform any duty required
by law, or violate any duty imposed by
law, or to do any act unauthorized by
law relating to or affecting such regis
tration or election, or the result thereof
or any certificate, document, or evi-
dence in relation thereto, or any person
shall aid, counsel, procure, or advise
any such voter, person, or officer to do
any act hereby made crime, or to
omit any act the OMISSION of which is
hereby made a crime, every such person
shall be deemed guilty of crime, and
shall be li1ble to prosecution and pun
ishmeut therefor as provided in section
nineteen of eaid act of May thirfy-one,
eighteen hundred aud seventy, for per-
sons guilty of any of he crimes therein
specified Provided, That every regis
tration made under the laws of any
State or Territory for any State or
other election at which such Represent
ative or Delegate in Congress shall be
chosen, shall be deemed to be a regis
tration within the meaning of this act,
Notwithstanding the same shall also be
made for the purposes of any State,
territorial, or munioipal election"
SEo. Q. And be IL further enDcfed, That
whenever in any CRY or town having
upward OF twenty thousand inhabi-
tants, there shall be two citizens there
of who, prior to any registration of
voters for an election for Representa-
tive or Delegate in the Congress of the
at which a Representative or Delegate
in Congress is to be voted for, shall
make known, in writing, to'the judge
of the circuit court of the United
States for the ciecuit wherein such
city or town shall be, their desire to
have said registration, ,or SAID election,
or both, circuit court, within not less
than ten days prior to said registration,
if one there be, or, it no registration
be required, within not less than ten
days prior to said election, to open the
said circuit court at the most conve-
niedt point in said court. And the
said court, when so opened by said
judge, shall proceed to appoint and
commission from day to day and from
time to time, and under the hand of
the said circuit judge, and under the
seal of said court, for each election J
district or voting precinct in each and
every such city or town as shall, in
the manner herein prescribed, have ap-
piled therefor, and TO revoke, change,
or renaw said appointment from time
to time, two citizens, residents of said
city or town, who shall be of different
political parties, and able to read and
write the English language, aud who
shall be known and desigpated as su-
pcrvisors of election. And the said
circuit court, when opened bo the said
circuit judge as required hereiu, shall
therefrom and thereafter, and up to and
including the day following the day of
election, be always open for for the
transaction of business under this act,
and the powers and jurisdictions hereby
granted and conferred shall be eker-
cised as we'll in vacation as ia term
time; and judge sitting at chambers
shull have the same powers and juris-
diction, including the power of keep
ing order and Of Furnishing any con-
tempt of his authority, as when sit
ting in court.
$50. 3. And be IL further enacted, That
whenever, from sickness, injury, or
otherwise, the judge OF the circnit
court of the United States In any ju-
dicial cipcuit shall be unable 20 per
form and discharge the duties by this
act imposed, IL shall be bis duty, and
he 10 hereby required, tn select aud to