The daily gazette., 1880-10-29
From the Daily News.
DEPUTY MARSHALS.


The following instructions are issued
with reference to the election 10 be
held in the city of Wilmington, the I'd
day of November, A. ID. 1880:
Every deputy marshal and special
deputy will be provided with badge,
and with commission signed by the
marshal.
Such deputy marshals and special
deputies have among others the follow
ing duties and powers:
They are to attend at the places of
election, and canvass and also upon de-
tail by the marshal at the Board of
Canvass Of the county, and there pre-
serve order. and protect and support
the supervisors appointed by the Cir
cult Court of the United States,
They are authorized to arrest, with
out warrants in the following cases,
when the act is committed in their
presence, or in that of the supervisors
/. When any person votes or at
tempts to vote in name that is not
his own name, or votes or attempts to
/ vote more than ONCE, Or votes or at
tempts to vote in an election district
| where he does not reside, votes when
he will not on election day be a quali-
fed elector in the election district in
which he attempts to vote, or if of for
eign birth, votes or attempts to vote,
without being duly naturalized.
2. 1t should be a flagrant case in
which an election officer should be ar
rested without warrant while in the
actual performance of his duties. Such
an arrest should only be made as a
last resort, where obvious fraud is per-
sisted in and repeated after remon-
STRANGE. As, however, fraud in
counting the ballots, If not stopped
while in process of execution, may &C.
complish it's object beyond practical
remedy, an arrest of an election officer
without warrant should be made with
out hesitation if he is found during the
counting of the votes, to be engaged in
an illegal act which could have an eff
feet upon the canvass. Mere trivial
and formal Irregularities not affecting
the canvass may be left for punish
ishment after an arrest by warrant.
8. II any person by threats, intimida-
ton, reward or afterthought, induces or
compels any officer of election to re-
ceive an illegal vote, or to refuse TO re-
ceive legal vote.
4. If any person, by any unlawful
means, induces an officer of election to
give a false certificate, or statement
In writing, in respect to election.
8. If any Inspector of election shall
persistently and arbitrarily refuse to ELL
tertain challenges, lawfully made, when
requested so to do by any citizen, and
shall arbitrarily, pers 'stenLly and fraud
ulently refuse such challenged votes.
9. II any person, inspector, or other
wise places illegally a ballot in any
ballot box.
7. If any inspector OF election refuses
to receive the legal vote of a citizen on
the ground that some one has before
veted on that citizens name. The
right of the citizen to vote is not taken
away IL some one has wrongfully voted
in his name; but he should give convinc.
ing evidence of his identity.
8. If any person allows ballots to bt
put or remain in the ballot box befort
voting commences, or puts any ballots
unlawfully In the ballot box This II
the offence commonly called "Stuffins
the ballot box"
o. Ifany person, by force or threats
or bribery, binders, or delays,or attempts
to hinder or delay citizen from voting
10. If any one hinders or prevents
free ingress to, and egress from the win
dow in which the election is going on
of electors in line, and the duly author
lied watchers and challenger. Or if any
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and egress from the room In which the
canvass of votes is going on, of persons
authorized to be there, to wi: inspec-
tors assistant inspectors, poll clerks,
supervisors, and deputy marshals, un-
less said room is already full of said
authorized persons.
IL. Ii any officer makes, or attempts
To make, any false certificate or return
In regard to the number of ballots.
IL. In connecting with The canvass,
the offence, especially to be guarded
against is the intentional miscountine
of votes. When this is clearly attempted
the deputy marshal, or special deputy
should be prompt and energetic in the
discharge of his duty.
13. If any person purposely intel feres
with deputy marshal, or special depu
ty, when the latter are executing writ
or is attempting to arrest any person foi
any offence committed in his presence
or in that of any SUI ervisor, or if any
person attempts to rescue any person, Jar
rested by any deputy marshal or special
deputy.
IA. If any inspector of election, q
o. her officer or person, unlawfully re
moves, or attempts to remove,or cause
to be removed from the room where
the election or canvass is going on, any
supervisor appointed by the Circuit
Court, or any deputy marshal or spo.-
cial deputy, or if any such person pre-
vents or attempts to prevent any such
supervisor from taking and retaining
such position, with reference to the
poll lists, ballot boxes and ballots, as
will in his Judgment best enable him
to scrutinize the manner in which the
voting and canvassing is conducted.
Is. If any person, officer or other
wise, shall prevent or attempt to pre-
vent any supervisor from inspecting or
sciutinizing any poll list, or keeping
the copy thereof, or from affixing his
signature to any certificate or return
of election, or making statements
thereon in writing in regard to it's
"a nth or fairness.
16. If any person shall hinder or mo-
lest. or aid, or abet in hindering any
super visor, deputy marshal or special