Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1872-06-22
land for a period of not exceeding five

years.
Suisse 8. The officers of registration
appointed under this Act shall be entitled
to receive three dollars per day, for each
and every day in which they shall be ac
tualy engaged in registering voters enti-
tied to vote within the taxable limits of
Frederick city; and the Mayor, Aldermen
and Common Council of Frederick city
shall make provisions for and pay the per
diem of the said officers of registration and
their expenses for office rent, printing,
publishing and posting, which shall be in
cured under. the provisions of this Act:
and the said officers of registration shall
have and = ,s.ercise, during the time they
may be engaged in the discharge Of their
duties, the powers and authority of JUS
tirr of the Peace, for the preservation OF
order in and about the place of rcgistra-
ton; and any of said officers Of registration
who shall willlully and corrup'lv place
upon the registration list Of his ward the
name of any person not entitled, under the
provisions of this Act, to be registered and
to vote. or who shall willtully and corrupt
" refuse to strike from said list the name
of any person not entitled to be registered
or to vote, or who shah wllfully and cor
rl,ptlv refuse to register the name of any
person entitled, under said provisions, to
he registered and to vote, or who shall
willully or corruptly strike from said lists
the names of any person entitled TO n re-
gistrrrd and to vote, shall be guilty OF Il
msdcmcanor. and shall be liable to pre-
sentiment and indictment therefor in the
Circuit Court for Flcdc. ick county, and
upon conviction thereof shall be confined
in the pcn,rnrinry house of the State OF
Maryland for Il period not rNcccdin" seven
years
SrE--SEC o. The judges of election,
under the provisions of th, law shall re-
ceiyc the ballot OF every qualified voter
presented to th,m, whosr name and dcsi%-
nation shall appear upon the list OF regis
tered voters, and who shall present his
halo, to them during Tie hours appointed
for holding any election, and refuse the
ballots of every person whose name and
designation shall not appear upon the list
of said uualitiad voters of his ward; and
any Judge of election willlully and corrupt.
" violating any of the provisions Of this
section. shah br guilty OF a miidrmcanor,
and liable 10 prcscn1mrnt and indictment
therefor in the Circuit Court for Frederick
county, and on conviction thereof shall he
punished 10y confinement in the Prnlirn-
tary Eousc of the State of Maryland for
a period pot exceeding seven wears.
NrB->Ec lO This Act shall not inter
irr with the term OF office of the present
Mayor, Board ot Aldermen, or Board of
Common CoUucimcn %! Frederick city.
SuE-s;l.C. H. Said judges Of election
shall lave and exercise tire powers and
authority o. s,Orticr- of the Peace in and
about IT." polls in their respective wards,
during al elections held under this Act,
loI the purpose of maintaining order and
preserving peace.
SrG-Si.C. - The said judges of elrc-
'ion shall, within two d&yr after any rl"r-
ton, make Il correct return of the result
thereof to thr Register of Frederick city,
who shall Immediately thereafter publish
the same.
SrB-SEc. t. All laws or parts Of laws
inconsistent with this Act, and not herein
expressly repealed, are hereby expressly
repealed so far AS necessary To give !ull
effect to this Act, and no further.
/ Approved April |, 1872.
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