New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-23

| exceeding three months. nor less than on
| month.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc, Tha
auy person or persons who shall counsel
aid, Connive at, abet, encourage or psrtici
pate in any riots, tumults, acts of violence
! intimidation or armed disturbance at o
near the office of any supervisor of regis
tratiOn on any day OF registration or re
vision of registration, or at or near any pol
or voting place on any day of election
| shall be deemed guilty of felony, and OF
| conviction thereof shall be punished by tint
| not exceeding five hundred dollars nor les
| than one hundred dollars, and by impris0n
ment in the Penitentiary for period no
| exceeding two years nor less than 81
| months.
SEC 4S. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
| any person who shall register, or cause tC
| be registered his name, or that OF any otheI
| person, as legal voter, in violation of law
or vote, or induce or cause another to vote
| in violation of the laws or of the constitu
| tional provisions in such cases made and
| provided, shall be deemed guilty OF felony
and on conviction thereof shall be punished
| by a fine of not more than five hundred
| dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars
| and by imprisonment in the Penitentiary
! for q period of not less than one year. MOI
more than three years.
! Sec. 40. 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
| q felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall
| be punished by a fine not exceeding five
| hundred dollars nor less than one hundred
! dollars, and by imprisonment in the Peni-
| Tertiary for term not less than one year
| nor more than three years.
| SEC. so. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| any person who shall vote or attempt to
vote on any false and fraudulent paper or
| certificate of registration, or upon any pa
| per or certificate of registration issued to q
| person other than the the one voting or at
| tempting to vote on said paper or certificate
Of registration shall be deemed guilty of a
| felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be
| punished by fine 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. 81. 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 certi-
fcate 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 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 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 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 fer 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 tempOre for such
failure. Any supervisor of registration
commissioner of election, district attorney
or district attorney pro temp0re. who shall
refuse, neglect or fail to comply with the
provisions of this section of this act shall
be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanor in
office. and upon conviction thereof, shall be
removed from office and punished by a
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 III business, influence
OF attempt to influence any voter in the
casting of his vote at any election, shall be
deemed guilty of a mlsdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine Of not less than five hundred dollars,
which shall go TO the school fund of the
parish, end be imprisoned in the parish
prison for not less than three months.
SEC IS. Be it further enacted, etc, That
any person who shall discharge from his
employment any laborer, employee, tenant,
or mechanic, who shall have been working
for such person under contract, written or
oral, for specified time, before such time
shall have expired, or who shall withhold
from any laborer, employee tenant, or me-
chAnic, any part Of the wages due to such
lab0rer, empIoye, tenant or mechanic on ac
count Of any vote which such lab0ror,
employe, tenant or mechanic, has given or
proposes to give, shall be deemed guilty of
of, stall 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 So. Be it further enacted etc, That
any person who shall modest, disturb. in
terfere 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 be
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
tuHs, dlsplace, conceal destroy, handle or
touch any ballot after the same has been
received from the voter by a commissioner
OF election, eh4ll be deemed guilty of a
miEdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by fine of not less
than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for not less than ak months, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
SEC. So. 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
transmission of the ballot box to the clerk
of the district court, or during suoh trans
mission, or at any time prior to the count
ing of the votes, shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and on conviction thereof, shall be