The Monmouth inquirer., 1890-07-31
THE MONMOUTH INQUIRER, FREEHOLD N J. JULY 81 1890

and the counting of the votes therea said spe-
cial officer shall be and hereby is, for and during
thereat, clothed and invested with ali the powers
and duties of constables OF this state in criminal
cases said special officers so appointed shall be
paid the sum of three dollars for their services as
such special officer, the same 10 be paid other
election expenses now are or hereafter may be by
law paid said election boards. majoity of them,
may also by writing under their hands whenever in
their opinion it shall be necessary to do request
the municipal authority of any municipality within
which their election district or voting precinct Is
situate the body or officer having charge and di-
rection of the police force in such municipality to
detail one or more policemen to assist in preserving
the peace and good order in and about such polling
place, which request of said board of election shall
forthwith be complied with as far possible by the
body officer TO whom the same is made.
! 81. And be it enacted. That for the services and
duties required and imposed upon them under and
by this act, the members Of the boards of registry
and election and the election poll clerks shall
ceye the of three dollars per day, to be paid as
other election expenses are now paid; and in deter
mining the amount of such compensation eight
hours shall constitute days work.
appointment by the county boards of registration of
the boards of registry and election provided for
in this act the term or terms of Office of all judges
and inspectors of election and all poll clerks and
clerks OF election heretofore appointed or elected
shall cease and determine; and hereafter no such
or assume any of the duties of an election officer
under or by virtue of such prior appointment or
election provided thatthe provisions ofthis section
shall not apply to any of the election officers hereto
fore appointed or elected within and for any NUM-
cipality wherein the elections are to be held and
conducted in pursuance of sections twenty and
| twenty-one of this act.
So And be it enacted That it shall be the duty of
the secretary of state at the expense of the state in
all cases where the ballots are provided and fur
nished by the county clerks for any election to pro-
vide proper and sufficient canvassing books, poll
books registry books cards pamphlets of instruc-
tons for election officers and voters, blanks for the
ocai oatns ana lor election returns ior tne proper
furnish sufficient supply of the same to the clerks
of the different counties Of the state, for in such
Counties at least ten days before the same shall be
required for use; and the said county clerks shall
cause the same to be delivered to the different
boards of registry and election in their respective
enable the provisions of this act to be fully carried
out.
| ly make, make oath to, frauduently deface, or
fraudulently destroy any certificate of nomination
or petition, any part thereof, or file receive
for filing, any certificate of nomination or petition
knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely
petition which has been duly fled. or any part
thereof forge falsely make the official indOrse
ment of any ballot or official envelope; every per-
shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by mprison-
ent in state prison not less than one year nor more
than five years.
81. And be it enacted, That no person shall, dur
ing the election with intent to hinder delay said
election or to hinder delay any voter in the pre-
paration of his ballot destroy any of the
ballots pencils placed in the booths or compart
pare his ballot, any pretext carry any official
envelope from the polling room during the election,
nor shall any person prior To- or on the day OF eee
| in accordance with the provisions of this act any
person wlfully violating any Of the provisions of
this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemean
or and on conviction thereof shall be punished by
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and impris
onment until such fine and the costs of conviction
g. And be it enacted That every public officer
upon whom any duty is imposed by this act, who
I,vili if,1l1x drfu
who neglects or willfuy omits to perform the same
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by imprson
ment for term of not less than six months and not
than three years. or by fine of not less than
three thousand dollars, or both such fine and inn
prisonment; any person charged with the care of
official ballots or envelopes under this act who shall
wilfully destroy them, or either of them. shall be
guilty Of misdemeanOr and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in state
years any person who has undertaken to deliver
official ballots and envelopes to the clerk of any
city, township or municipality, and wilfully or
neglgently negects refuses so to do, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor. and upon conviction there
Of shall be punished by Imprisonment in the county
Jail for not less than six months nor more than one
6s. And be it enacted That no person shall do
any electioneering on election day within any poll
ing place, or publicly within one hundred feet OF
any polling place; no person shall within the poll
ing room show his ballot after it is prepared for vot-
tents. shall any person within the polling place
or within hundred feet thereof solicit the voter to
! show the same; no voter shall knowingly vote to
or offer to vote any ballot except official ballot
| incosed and sealed in an official envelope as by
this act required; any person violating any of the
foregoing provisions of this section shall incur
penalty of twenty-five dollars for each and every of
Tense. to be recovered by action of tort before any
court of competent jurisdiction, by any person who
bona fde shall first bring suit therefor; no voter
| shall place permit to be placed any mark upon
the face back of his ballot official envelope by
which the ballot or envelope may afterwards be
identified by any other person as the voted by
him; whoever shall violate this aforementioned pro-
/ vision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished
| by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year. or both, at the
| discretion of the court
ga. And be 1t enacted, That if any printer en-
pioyed by any county or municipal clerk to print
the official ballots and envelopes. either any of
them, for such clerks, or any person engaged in
printing the same. shall appropriate to himself or
give deliver or knowingly permit to be taken any
OF said ballots envelopes by any other person than
such county municipal clerk or his duly author
lied agent, shall print or 10 be printed any
official ballot or envelope in any other form than
that prescribed by such county municipal clerk,
or with any other names thereon or with the names
spelled or the names or printing thereon arranged
in any other way than that authorized and directed
by this act, such person so offending shall be guilty
of misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall
| be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand