The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-04-13

guilty of a felony, and on conviction: shall be
fined not exceeding five thousand dollars, or
imnrisoned in the Penitentiary not exceeding
FIVE wears. at the discretion of the court
SEC. 10. Be 1t further enacted, That after
the county board of registration shall nave eX
amined and determined the result OF any cleo
ton and certified the result thereof, as required
bv law. they shall deliver to the clerk of the
chancery court the registration books and
comics thereof and take his receipt for the same
and said chancery clerk shall be charged with
the safe keeping of such registration books and
copies until required for use by the county
board of registration, who shall receipt the
chancery clerk for the same, and If any chan
cery clerk or registrar shall wllliully loose de-
stroy conceal, deface or make away with any
registration book or copy thereof, or shall will
fully refuse to deliver the same to the officer
entitled thereto he shall be deemed guilty OF a
felony and SHALL on conviction, be punished
bv fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or
be imprisoned in the penitenhary not exceed
ing five years at the discretion of the court.
Sec 90. Be 1t further enacted, That the reg
istrars shall receive such compensation as may
be fixed by the board of supervisors and pay
able out of the county treasury, said compen-
sation not to exceed in the agggreg ate the sum
of six hundred dollars in any county, nor three
dollars per day for each registrar, for each day
that he may be actually engaged, discharglng
the duties of his office.
Sec 81 Be 1t further enacted, That if on the
day of any election or within four days Of any
election any two or more of the county board
of registration shall resi- gn, refuse, fail to
act, then the sheriff of the county, or in the
event of his resignation, refusal or failure to
act, then the chancery clerk shall discharge
the duties, and exercise the powers imposed
and conferred by law on the county board OF
registration and if such resignation, refusal or
failure shall be willful, and with the intent to
defeat any election, or postpone the same, then
such registrars or sheriff or chancery clerk shall
be deemed guilty of a felony and on convic-
ton, shall be punished by fine not exceeding
five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in
the penitentiary not exceeding five years, at
the discretion of the court.
Sec 22 Be 1t further enacted, That chapter
five of the Revised Code of 1871, entitled Gan
Act in relation to registration of voters" being
sections 340 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347
34S, 349, $50 351, 352, 353, 354 and 355 of said
Revised Code of 1871, and that an Act entitled
s'an Act to provide for the registration ofvoters
and for other purposes" approved July 81,
1875, and that an Act entitled san Act to regu-
late the registration Of voters in the State. and
to repeal section 2 of an Act approved April
18th, 1873 approved March 9th, 1875, and that
an Act entitled an Act to amend the laws in re-
lation to registration, and for other purposes,
ssapproved April 18th, 1873 and all acts or parts
Of Acts amendatory of chapter Of the Revised
Code of 1871, and all acts in conflict herewith,
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec %. Be 1t further enacted, That all the
rights, powers and duties conferred by chapter
6, of the code of 1871, entitled an Act in rela-
ton to elections on the registrars, be and the
same are hereby conferred on the county board
of registration.
Sec a. Be 1t further enacted, That section
373 of the code of 1871, be so amended as to
read as follows: Registration shall be primaa
facie evidence of the right to vote, but on the
day of the election, challenges for any legal
cause may be made, but the party challenging,
shall establish his cause of challenge by salts
factory proof
Sec. 25. Be 1t further enacted, That this Act
shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
APPROVED, April 18th, 1876