The Placer herald., 1872-10-26

refuses to be sworn, or who after being sworn,
refuses to answer any pertinent question pro-
pounded by such Board, touching his right or
the right of any other person to vote, is guilty
of msdemeanor
SEC. A. Every person summoned to appear
and testify before any Board OF Registration, who
willfully disobeys such summons, Is guilty of a
msdemeanor.
SFc. 49, Every person not entitled to vote,
who frauduently votes and every person o
votes more than once at any one election, or
knowingly hands i'll two or more tickets folded
together, or changes any ballot after the same
has been deposited in the ballot box, or adds, or
attemuts to add any ballot to those legally polled
at any election either by fraudulently introduc
ing the same into the ballot box before or after
the ballots therein have been counted, or adds
to Or mixes with, or attempts to add to or mix
with, the ballots lawfully polled, other ballots,
while the same are being counted canvassed,
or at any other time with intent to change the
result of such election, carries away de
stroys, attempts to carry away or destroy,
any poll list, or ballots, Or ballot box for the
purpose of breaking up or inyalidatins such
election, or villfuliy detains, mutilates, or de-
| stroy5 any election returns or in amy manner 50
intereres with the officers holding such cleo
ton or conducting such canvass, with the
voters lawfully exercising their rights of voting
at such election, us to prevent such election or
canvass from being fairly held and lawfully con-
Quoted, is guilty of felony.
who fraudulently attempts to vote, or who, be
ing entitled to vote, attempts to vote more than
once at any election, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. A. Every person who procures, aids,
assists, counsels, or advises another to give or
| offer his vote at any election, knowing that the
person is not qualified to vote, is guilty of
misdcmeanor.
SEC. 4S. Every officer or Clerk of Election
who aids in changing or destroying any poll list,
or in placing any ballots in the ballot box, or
| taking any therefrom, OF adds, or attempts to
add, any ballots to those legally polled at such
election, either by fraudulently introducing the
same into the ballot box before or after the bal
lots therein have been counted, or adds to or
mixes with, or attempts to add to or mix with,
the ballots polled, any other ballots, while the
same are being counted or canvassed, or at any
| other time, with the intent to change the result
of such election or allows another tc DO SO when
| in his power to prevent it, or carries away, or
destroys, or knowingly allows another to carry
away or destroy, any poll list, bGotb box, or bat
lots lawfully poled, is punishable by imprison-
ment in the State Prison for not less than two
nor more than seven years
SEC. 40. Every Inspector, Judge, or Clerk of
an election, who, previous to putting the ballot
of an eector III the ballot box, attempts to find
out any name on such ballot, or who opens, or
suffers the folded ballot of any elector which has
been handed in to be opened or examined pre-
vous to putting the same into the ballot box, or
who makes or places any mark or device on any
| folded ballot with the view to ascertain the name
of any person for whom the clector has voted or
who, without the consent of the elector, dscloses
| the name Of any person which such Inspector,
Judge, or Clerk has fraudulently or Illegally dis
covered to have been voted for by such elector,
is punishable by fine not less than fifty nor
more than five hundred dollars.
SEC. so. Every person who forCes or coun-
tcrfeits returns OF an election purporting to have
been held at precinct town, or ward where no
election was in fact held, willfully substitutes
| forged or counterfeit returns of election in the
| place of the true returns, for n precinct town.
| or ward where an election was actually held, is
punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison
| for term of not less than two nor more than ten
years.
SEC. 81. Every person who wilfully adds to,
| or subtracts from, the votes actually cast at an
| election, in any returns. or who alters such
turns, is punishable by Imprisonment iii the
State Prison for not less than one nor more
than five years.
SEC. 81. Every person who aids or abets in
the commission of any of the offenses mentioned
in the fouT preceding sections, who, being
| present ut or cognizant of the commission OF
either of such olfenses, does not give informa-
ton thereof us soon as practicable to the Dis
trict Attorney or Grand Juy of the proper coun-
| ty, or to some Justice of the Peace of such
county, is punishable by imprisonment in the
County Jail for n period of six months or in the
| State Prison not exceeding two years.
SEC. 53. Every person who by force, threats,
menacos, bribery, or any corrupt means either
directly or indirectly attempts to influence any
! eoctor in giving his vote, or to deter him from
giving the same, or attempts 10y any means
| whatever to awe, restrain, hinder, or disturb
any eector in the free exercise of the right of
suffrage, or furnishes any clector wishing to vote,
| who cannot read, with ticket, informing Civ
ing such elector to understand that it contains
| n name written or printed thereon different from
the name which is written or printed thereon,
| or defrauds any elector at any such election, by
| deceiving and causing such elector to vote for
different person or any Office than he intended or
desired to vote fer; or who, being Inspector,
Judge, or Clerk of any election while acting
| such, induces or attempts to induce, any elector,
| either by menack or reward, promice thereof,
to vote differently from what such elector in
| tended or desired to vote he is guilty of a mis-
| demcanor.
SEC. 81. Every person who, with intent to
| promote the election of himself, any other
person, either.
| l. Furnishes entertainment Mt his expense to
any meeting of electors previous to or during an
election;
2. Pays for, procures or engages to pay for
any such entertainment.
| 3. Furnishes or engages to pay or deliver any
money or property for the purpose of procuring
the attendance of voters at the polls, or for the
purpose of compensating any person for procur-
ing attendance of voters at the polls except for
tne conveyance OF voters who are SICK or lntlrm.
H. Furnishes or engages to pay or deliver any
money or property for any purpose intended to
promote the election of any candidate, except
for the expenses of holding and conducting pub
lie meetings for the discussion of public ques-
tons, and of printing and circulating ballots,
handbills, and other papers previous to such
electon-is guilty af Il misdemeanor.
SEC 80. Every person who, being n candi-
date at any election, offers or agrees to appoint
or procure the appointments of any particular
person to Office as an inducement or consdera-
ton to any person to vote for or procure or aid
in procuring the election of such candidate is
guilty of msdemeanor.
SEC So. Every person, not being candidate,
who communicates any offer made in violation
of the last section to any person. with intent to
induce him to vote for or to procure or aid in
procuring the election of the candidate making
the offer, is guilty of misdemeanor