The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1892-07-07

deface any list of candidates posted in
accordance with the provisions of this
act, or who, during an election, shall
willfully defaee, tear down, remove or
destroy any card or instruction or spe.
cimen ballot, printed and posted for
the instruction of voters, or who shall,
during an election, willfully remove
or destroy any of the supplies or con-
veniences furnished to enable voters
to prepare their ballots, or shall will
fully hinder the voting of others, shall
be punished by a fine of not less than
ten dollars $40 nor more than one
hundred dollars (S1OO), or imprison-
ment for not less ten (10) days nor ex.
ceeding thirty 1907 days, or by both fine
and Imprisonment.
Sec. 90 Any person who shall falsely
make, or Willfully destroy, any certih-
cate of nomination, or nomination pa
pers, or any part thereof or any letter
of withdrawal, or file any certificate of
nomination, or nomination papers,
knowing the same, or any part there
of, to be falsely made. or suppress any
certificate of nomination, or nomina-
ton papers, or any part thereof, which
have been duly filed, or forge, or false
" make the official Endorsement on any
ballot, or substitute therefor any spu-
rious or counterfeit ballot, or make,
use, circulate, or cause to be made or
circulated, as an official ballot, any pa
per printed in imitation or resem blance
thereof, or willfully destroy or deface
any ballot, or willfully delay the de-
livery of any ballots, shall be punished
by fine of not less than one hundred
dollars (S100) and not exceeding one
thousand dollars Isl, OOo), or by impris-
onment In the peuitentiary not less
than one year and not exceeding five
years, or by both fine and imprison-
ment
Sec, 80. Any public officer upon whom
q duty is imposed by this act who shall
willfully neglect to perform such duty,
or who shall willfully perform it in such
q way as to hinder the object Of this act,
or shall disclose to anyone except as
may be ordered by any court OF
justice, the contents of any ballot, as
to the manner in which the same may
have been voted, shall be punished by
a fine of not less than five dollars (S5),
nor more than one thousand dollars
(S1,0O0) or by Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for not less than one year,
and not exceeding five years, or by
both fine and imprisonment
! Sec 81 1t shall be the duty of the
| secretary of state, with the aid and ad.
vice of the attorney general, to cause
three thousand copies of this act to be
printed Immediately, in pamphlet
form, with all necessary forms and in
structions, to assist election officers to
carry It into effect and to distribute
the same among the county auditors OF
the several counties of the state.
Sec. 8a At all elections to which
this act applies, the polls shall be
opened at o'clock in the morning, and
shall be closed at 8 in the even
ing, but may be held open until 8
o'clock in the evening provided proc.
lamRtion was so made at the time Of
the opening of the polls
Sec. S3 1t shall be the duty of the
board of supervisors of each county at
their June meeting after the passage
Of this act, to select two newspapers,
one from each of the two political par
ties casting the greatest number OF
votes for governor at the election in
1891, in which this law shall be pub
Mshed; provided, that the payment for
such publication shall be fixed by said
board of supervisors, but in no case
shall II exceed the sum of thirty dol
lars to each newspaper publishing the
same. When the board of supervisors
has selected the newspapers in which
the law shall be published, it shall be
the duty of the county auditor to certi-
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who shall at once furnish to each OF
said papers copy of the law, and upon
the receipt by the secretary of state OF
o copy Of said paper with an affidavit
of the publisher, or business manager.
that the law was published in each and
every copy of said paper on a certain
date (which shall not be later than
thirty days after its receipt from the
: secretary of { te), the secretary OF
} state shall certify the amount fixed fol
, payment for the publication of this
, law in said paper to the state auditor,
who shall draw his warrant on the
, state treasurer for the sum named
: provided, that the non-publication OF
this law, as herein provided, shall not
invalidate the law.
, Sec. "a. That the provisions Of thit
: act shall not apply in so far as they
4 may conflict with chapter II, acts Of
/ the seventeenth general assembly, re
, Iating to the election of township a.
q SCISSOR and road supervisors
: Sec. 8A All acts or parts of acts In
= consistent with the provisions Of tai
sSt are hereby repealed
> Approved April Q, 1922.