New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-28

any person or persons who shall counsel,
aid, connive at, abet, encourage or partlcl-
pate in any riots, tumults, acts OF violence,
intimidation or armed disturbance at or
near the Office of any supervisor OF regis
tration on any day OF registration or re-
vision of registration, or at or near any poll
or voting place on any day Of election,
shall be deemed guilty of felony and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less
than one hundred dollars, and by imprison-
ment in the Penitentiary for period not
exceeding two years nor less than SIX
months.
SEC. 48. Be it further enacted, etc. That
any person who shall register, or cause to
be registered, his name, or that of any other
person, as q legal voter, in violation OF law,
or vote or induce or cause another to vote,
in violation Of the laws or of the cOnstltu-
tional provisions in such cases made and
provided, shall be deemed guilty OF a felony,
and on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not more than five hundred
dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars,
and by Imprisonment in the Penitentiary
for a period of not less than one year, nor
more than three'years.
SEC 49, Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person or persons who shall purchase,
or cause to be purchased, the registration
papers, or certificate of registration,
of any person duly registered ac-
cording to law, shall be deemed guilty of
a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall
be punished by fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars nor less than one hundred
dollars, and by imprisonment in the Peni-
Tertiary for a term not less than one year
uOr more than three years.
SEC. So Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person who shall vote or attempt to
vote on any false aud fraudulent paper or
certificate of registration, or upon any pa
per or certificate of registration issued to a
person other than the the one voting or at
tempting to vote on said paper or certificate
Of registration shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and, on COM ictiOn thereof, shall be
punished by tine not exceeding five hun
bred dollars nor less than one hundred dol
lars and by imprisonment in the Peniten-
tiary tor term not less than one year nor
more than three years.
SEC ST. Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person who shall induce, by offer of re-
ward, by threats of violence, or otherwise,
any person to vote, or attempt to vote, on
any false or fraudulent paper or certificate
OF registration, or upon any papers or cert1-
ticate of registration belonging to person
other than the one voting or attempting to
vote on said paper or certificate of registra-
ton shall be deemed guilty of felony,
and on conviction thereof, shall be punished
nor less than one hundred dollars, and
by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for a
period not exceeding three years, nor less
than one year.
SEC So. Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person who shall vote, or attempt to
vote more than once at the same election,
shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than one hundred
dollars and by Imprisonment in the Peni
Tertiary for a term OF not less than three
years.
SEC. 50. Be it further enacted, etc, That
it shall be the duty of any commissioner Of
election to forthwith arrest any person who
shall vote, or attempt to vote, more than
once, and commit him to the parish prison,
and to Immediately file an information
against such person with the district attOr-
ney or district attorney pro tempore, whose
duty it shall be to prosecute such person
before the proper court, and upon his failure
SO to do, the Attorney General shall appoint
some attorney to prosecute such person;
and also to prosecute such district attorney
or district attorney pro temp0re tor such
failure. Any supervisor of registration,
commissioner of election district attorney
or district attorney pro temp0re, who shall
provisions of this section of this act shall
be deemed guilty of "a misdemeanor in
office, and upon conviction thereof shall be
removed from office and punished by
fine of not less than one hundred dollars
and imprisoned for not less than three, nor
more than six months.
SEC. 81 Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person who shall by threats of dis
charge from employment, of withholding
wages, or prescription in business, influence
or attempt to influence any voter in the
casting Of his vote at any election, shall be
deemed guilty of a mlsdemeaDor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by
fine of not less than five hundred dollars,
which shall go to the school fund of the
parish, and be imprisoned in the parish
prison for not less than three months.
SEC. S. Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person who shall discharge from his
employment any laborer, employe, tenant,
or mechanic, who shall have been working
for such person under contract, written or
oral, for a specified time, before such time
shall have expired, or who shall withhold
from any labOrer, emplOye, tenant, or me-
chanic, any part of the wages due to such
laborer, emplOye, tenant or mechanic on ac-
count of any vote which such laborer,
employe, tenant or mechanic, has given or
proposes to give, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanOr and, upon conviction there
of, shall be punished by fine Of not less
than five hundred dollars, one-half Of which
shall go to the school fund Of the parish in
which the Otfense was committed, and by
imprisonment in the parish prison for not
less than three months.
SEC. Sc. Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person who shall modest, disturb, in
tertere with, or threaten with violence, any
commissioner of election, or person in
charge Of the ballot boxes, while in charge
OF the same, shall be deemed guilty of a
felony, and upon conviction thereof shall he
punished by fine of not less than five hun
dred dollars, or by Imprisonment in the
Penitentiary not less than one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
SEC 81. Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person, not authorized by this law to
receive or count the ballots at any election
who shall during or after any election and
before the votes have been counted dis
turs, displace, conceal, destroy, handle or
touch any ballot after the same has been
received from the voter by a commissioner
of election, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by fine OF not less
than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for not less than six months, or both, at the
discretion of the court
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted. etc. That
any person not authorized by this law to
take charge of the ballot boxes at the close
OF the election, who shall take, receive, con-
ceal, displace or in any manner handle or
disturb any ballot box at any time between
the hour OF the closing of the polls and the
of the ballot box to the clerk
OF the district court, or during such trans
mission, or at any time prior to the count
ing OF the votes, shall be deemed guilty of
a felony, and on conviction thereof, shall he
punished by fine of not less than five hmm
dred dollars, or by imprisonment in the
Penltentlary for not less than one Year NJ,