The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
A BILL AGAINST BRIBERY.
Vote Buying Made Extra Hazardous-No
More 'sBlOcks of Five"

More ''BlOckS or rive"
daily Sentinel, Jan. III
The following very important measure
was introduced in the senate Tuesday by
Senator Byrd:
An act to secure the purity and freedom of
the ballot and to repeal sec. l, 2, 8 and
5 of an act entitled IAN act to protect the
ballot box, to procure fair elections, to pre-
vent the purchase or sale of votes to provide
means OF proving such ofenses, prescribing
the punishment therefor and repeating sec.
26S and 269 of An act concerning pub
lie offenses and their punishment" approved
April IL, 1881, being sec. p 1S4 and 2 1S5
of the revised statutes of 1881, and repeating
all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the
provisions OF this act
Section l. Be it enacted by the general
assembly of the state of Indiana, That
whoever hires, buys or offers to hire or
buy directly or indirectly, express or i'm
piled, or furnishes or handles any money
or other means, knowing that the same is
to be usedto induce, hire or buy any per-
son to vote or refrain from voting any
ticket or for any candidate, for any office
at any election held pursuant to law, or at
any primary election or convention OF any
political party; or whoever makes any
threat directly or indirectly, express or
implied, to deprive any legal voter of en-
ployment, patronage or benefit of any
kind whatever TO induce such voter to
vote or refrain from voting any ticket or
for any candidate for any Office at any
such election or convention; or whoever
by such threat or otherwise, shall intimi-
date or attempt to intimidate any legal
voter from voting, or from voting any
ticket, or for any candidate for any Office
at such election held pursuant to law; or
xuhnouor choll oOparn1 horcnitnlHTnr
legal voter to move out of any house
within sixty days next before any election
held pursuant to law with intent to de-
prive such voter of his vote; or whoever,
within sixty days next previous to any
election held pursuant to law, shall dis
charge any employee who is legal voter
with intent to cause him to remove his
residence so as to disqualify him from
voting at such election; or whoever, being
an employee of any laborer or laborers, or
the agent of such an employer, shall, on
the day of or previous TO any election
held pursuant to law, order such laborer
or laborers, who are legal voters, away on
business of such employer or any other
service whatsoever, so far from his or their
voting-place as to deprive him or them
of the opportunity to vote at such cleo
ton, then the person so offending IN any
one OF the foregoing particulars, ana all
other persons aiding abetting. counsel
ing, encouraging. or advising such acts,
shall thereby become liable jointly and
severally to the person hired, bought or
induced to vote or refrain from voting by
the means above enumerated, or to the
person against whom any of the other
acts above enumerated are perpetrated, in
the sum of $500, and reasonable attorneys
fees for collecting the same in an action to
be brought as hereinafter provided, on the
relation of the voter in whose favor the
liability is created by this section.
Sec. 2. When any liability accrues
against any person in favor of another
under the provisions of the foregoing Sec
ton, the latter may bring an action there
| for in the name of the state of Indiana
on his own relation, either in the circuit
or superior court, or before any justice of
the peace in the county where the de-
PENDANT or one of the defendants resided
on a complaint in writing under oath.
Sec. 3. When the complaint is filed in
the circuit or superior court, the clerk
shall issue a warrant to the sheriff of any
county, or several warrants to sheriffs of
different counties where the defendant or
| different defendants NAV be. commanding