Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1892-10-21

S SO. Penalty for destruction of
election machinery of any klnd.] Any|
person who shall, during the election
willfully remove or destroy any of the
supplies or other conveniences placed
in the booths or compartments for the
purpose of enabling the voter to pre-.
pare his ballot, or prior to or OH the
day of election willfully deface or de-
stroy any list Of candidates posted in
accordance with the provisions of this
act, or copy Of printed ticket, or who
shall, during All election, tear down or
deface the cards printed for the intruct.
ion Of voters, shall be deemed guilty
Of misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, IN any court Of competent iur-
isdlction, shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding one hundred (100) dollars.
S 50. Penalty for failure public oftic-
er to attend to duties prescribed] Any
public officer upon whom any duty is
imposed by thus act, who shall willfully
do or perform any act or thing herein
prohibited, or willfully neglect or omit
to perform any duty imposed upon him
by the provisions of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and
upon conviction thereof shall forfeit
his Office and shall be punished by i'm
prisonment i'll the county Jail for q
term of not less than ono month nor
more than six months or by fine Of
not less than fifty (5O) dollars and not
more than five hundred (5O0) dollars, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
S 81. Elcctionecring prohibited,
secret ballot.] No officer of election
shall do any electioneering on election
day. No person shall do any electioneer-
ing within polling place or any build.
ing in which an election is being held,
or within fifty feet thereof, nor obstruct
the doors Or enteranco thereto, or pre-
vent free ingress to and egress from
said building. And the inspector and
judges of election, shall, if they deem
it necessary, appoint an election officer;
such election officer. sheriff, constable
or other peace officer, is hereby author
lied and empowered, and it is hereby
made his duty to clear the passage way
and prevent such obstruction and to
arrest any person creating such OBJ
struction. No person shall remove any
ballot from the polling place before the
closing Of the polls. No person shall
show his ballot after it Is marked to
any person in such way as to reveal
the contents thereof, or the name Of
any candidate or candidates for whom
he has marked his vote, nor shall any
person solicit the elcctor to show the
same; nor shall any person except a
Judge of election receive from any
elector a ballot prepared for voting.
No electer shall receive 4 ballot from
any other person than one Of the judges
Of election having charge of the ballots,
nor shall any person other than such
inspector or judges of election deliver q
ballot to such elector. No elector shall
vote or offer to vote any ballot except
such as he has received from the judges
of election having charge Of the ballots
No elector shall place any mark upon
his ballot by which it may afterwards
be identified as the one voted by him.
Any elector who does not vote ballot
delivered to him by the judges of elect
ion having charge of the ballots shall,
before leaving the polling place, return
such ballot to such Judges. Whoever
shall violate anv Of the provisions OF
this section shall be deemed guilty of Il
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, In any court of competent
jurisdiction, shall be fined in any sum
not exceeding one hundred Q0O) dsllars
and adjudged to pay the costs Of prose
cutiop.