The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-19

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not voted clcp lre 81 fhdt election and
the Secretary ~ State saH hc required 10
furnish % The presiding aud - 81 election in
each voting prccIuct IN this si.slc sufficient
nEml,cr % blanks. which shall hc In form as
follows. ~ a. 81 do solemn3y swear that
lam The identical person claimcd AZ .no-
isicrcd, and that have not volei sos
other poll Oh voting place, and thai harf
not voted elsewhere q This election enc
the Judge of election Shall be required IS
furnish each person who Is required tomakc
oath, as herein provided. with one of said
blanks. aud t. administer the oath.
SEC. IS. That all The names of the persons
-voied for by each voter shall be written OF
printed on one ticket, and together with
the office Tor which they are voted, shall he
specified; and should taxo or more tickets
- folded together, they shall be injected
and not counted
a-A-
unorganizcd county shall be entitled to reg
lister and vote in any precinct in the county
70 which IL IS attached FOR judicial purposes,
for any officer for whom be may he entitled
to vote.
SEC. %. That during the entire day OF
any election IN this State, FOR municipal,
county. district or State officers, 1t shall be
unlawful for any bar ROOM, saloon, or other
place, house OF establishment, where vinous,
malt spurious OF intoxicating liquors are
sold, to be open; but the same shall be
closed by any sheriff or constable Of the
county, or by any constable whose special
appointment IS provided for by this ACT, on
the order Of the judges of election, and It
shall be unlawful for any person or persons,
OF firm, to sell, barter or give away any
vinous, spurious, malt or Intoxicating liquor
within the limits of the county within which
such election is being held, during the day
thereof And any person violating any pro-
vision Of this section shall. for each offence,
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject 70
Indictment, and may be fined in any sum not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than
FIVE hundred dollars for each offence; pro
yided, nothing herein contained shall pre-
vent the sale of liquor at any drug store or
establishment where drugs are sold for
medicinal purposes, on the prescription of a
practising physician, nor to the sale OF
liquor by regular wholesale merchants, to be
shipped OF. sent out Of the county; and pro
vided, further, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall prevent stores from being
opened for the sale of other goods, wares
and merchandise.
SEC. IS. That the Governor shall com
mission all officers elect, except members Of
the Governor.
Sec 90. That in all elections hereafter,
if there should be an equal number of votes
given to two or more persons for the same
Office, and no one elected thereto, the cleo
ton of such Office shall again be returned to
the people, and an election he ordered,
notices given, and another election held IN
the same manner as in the general election.
SEC 80. That in all city or town cleo
tons, where not otherwise provided for by
the charter Of said city or town, the mayor
thereof, or in the event he fails or refuses to
act, then any two of the aldermen, shall
order elections give notices, appoint pre-
siding officers, who shall hold the election
and make returns to the mayor under the
same regulations and with like effect as in
county elections, 50 far rs applicable. And
elections held in parts of the county not
confined to Justices precinct, the presiding
justice of the county shall act for that the
same as in elections for county officers.
SEC. 81. That any person who shall vote,
or attempt to vote, more than once at the
same election, shall be deemed guilty Of a
1 felony, and on conviction shall be confined
in the penitentiary not less than two mol
more than five years. Any person who sllal
4 disturb any election, by melting or eneo,t
raging a tumult or mob, or shall cause any
| disturbance in the vicinity of any poll Of
voting place, OF any person who Shall will
! fully aid or abet or advise any one not
legally qualified IN voting or attempting tC
vote mt any election, or any Person or per
sons who shall, by force or intimidation,
obstvlct or attempt to obstruct, or influence
any voter in his free exercise OF the electiy,
I franchise, or any person who may carry any
gun, pistol, bowie-knife or other dangerous
weapon, concealed or unconceGlcd, on any
day Of election, during the hours the polls
are open, within the distance Of one hal
mile Of any poll or place Of voting, shall b.
deemed guilty Of an offence, and on ccnvic
ton thereof shall, for every such violation
be fined not less than one hundred nor NOR,
than FIVE hundred dollars, aud may in addi
ton thereto, be imprisoned in the count,
/ Jul HOS GACtctIuS DuB .ilvHll.
SEC. 50. That in every year in which Al
election shall be held for President or Vic
! President Of the United States, such cleo
ton shall be held on the first Tuesday mex
after the first Monday in November and il
accordance with an act Of Congress OF th'
United States, approved January 23, 1S45
entitled AN act to establish a uniform
time for holding elections for electors o
President and Vice President in all th
States Of the Union and such election
shall be held and conducted, and return
made thereof, as IN the manner and form
1 provided by law for the general election.
SEC. 80. That the provisions of this act
except as to the time Of holding elections
shall apply to the elections Of all officers. o
for any other purposes, where not otherwis
provided by law.
SEC 81. That those who may hereafte
receive certificates of election TO the Senat
and House Of Representatives of the Iegis
lature of this State, and those Senator
whose terms Of Office shall not have termi
mated, and none other shall be competen
to organize the said Senate and House o
Representatives.
SEC 35. That the act entitled An ac
to provide for the mode and manner o
conducting elections, making returns, anC
for the protection and purity Of tie ballo
box, approved August ), 1870, and al
other laws and parts Of laws in conflict witt
the provisions Of this act, be and the SAM
are hereby repealed.
SEC SO. That this act take effect ana
be in force from aud after the fifteenth das
Of May, 1873
Approved March, 1873.
STATE DEPARTMENT
AUsuE, Texas.
7, J. f. 0ldight Acting Secretary d
State for the State OF Texas, do hcrebl
certify that the foregoing is q true copy o
Office