The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-07
supervisors of election shall make prompt

supervisors of election shall make prompt
report, &c.
Section 5522. Every person. whether
With or without any authority. power or
process, or pretended authority, DC. or any
state. Territory or municipality. who OBJ
structs. hinders, assaults OF by bribery, So
lictauon or otherwise interferes with or
prevents the supervisors of elections, or
either OF them. or the marshal or his gen.
eral or special deputies, or either OF them.
IN the performance Of any duty
fuses OF neglects to aid and
assist any supervisor of election. or the
marshal, or his general or special deputies,
OF either Of them, in the performance. &C,
&c., shall be liable 10 instant arrest without
process, and shall be punished by impris-
oninent not more than two years or by a
hne OF not more than tnree thousand dol
lars, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment and shall pay The cost Of the prose-
cutiOn.n
Section QO21" provides that in cities of
twenty thousand inhabitants and upwards
the marshal OF the district shall ''on appli-
cation in writing of at least two citizens
appoint special msrshals. &c.
Section 2022" provides how the marshal
and his general deputies, and such special
deputies. shall keep the peace" and brow
beat the voters.
Section 1923" provides that person arrest
cd shall be taken forthwith before United
States Judge. &c.
Section 2O24' provides that these mar
shals may summons the bystanders to assist
them.
Section 2025" provides for the appoint
ment OF chief supervisor of elections Of
each judicial district
Section 2O26" prescrbes the duties Of the
chief supervisor
Section 1927" prescribes duties Of mar
shals, dc. as 10 forwarding complaints, &c,
10 the chief supervisors.
Section 2O25. No person shall be appoint
cd a supervisor of election OF deputy mar
shsl under the preceding provisions, who IS
not at the time of his appointment a quail
fed voter OF the city. town, county. parish,
election district or voting precinct in which
his duties are 70 be performed"
Section 2O31." go far as he proposed to
repeal it, allows deputy marshale five dol
lars per day each.
sTBKIEo RESEMBLANCE.
The Force bill Of the last Congress, which
was prepared by John /. Davenport. intro
! duoed by Caleb Lodge and pressed through
the House by Thomas Reed, proposed 10 re-
enact some of the very sections General
Weaver sought TO retain upon the statute
| books. Section 81 of the Lodge bill provided
/ that certain sections of the Revised Statutes.
among them from 2Ol7 to 2O24. inclusive,
I should be re-euacted also that 2027 be re-
enacted. In short, the trainers and adyo-
/ Gates OF the Force bill stood just where
/ Weaver did. They wanted 20 restore the
/ laws Weaver had endeavored 20 retain.
THE CONGRESS HALLS DESERTED.
The Capitol. which presented such An
| enlivened appearance durings the closing
| scenes of the first session of the Fifty-sOc-
/ % 4 g. f.ssff
| trast The only signs of life in the Senate
/ and House cham bers are a few members ran
! sacking their desks aud several employees
packing up documents and consigning them
/ TO the dark recesses of the Capitol base
ment A few stray visitors wandered
| about the building, but finding nothing
/ Of interest soon took their departure. A
/ majority Of the representatives and sena-
/ tors did not tarry long after final adjourn
ment. many of them having brought their
valises 10 the Capitol last night prepared to
| leave the city Immediately upon its an
| nouncement. OF those remaining the
greater number left for their homes this
| morning. Judge Crisp will leave fot his
! home on Monday.
TEE COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
Pursuant 10 the resolution passed in the
| House last night Speaker Crisp to-day ap-
] pointed Representatives Pearson (Dem.,
] -. ,, MhIL4n ADtAAsf AAAsys NA-"N- 49,
| MOI Flick rep, Ia.) and Waugh (Rep.
| Ind. a subcommittee of the Committee on
| Pensions and Invalid Pensions TO codify
! the pension laws. The committee will SIT
! during the recess of Congress.
CAPITOL NOTES.
All the arrangements for the interna-
tional monetary conference authorized by
the Sundry iYl bill have been completed
bv the President and State Department.
The names of the five commissioners OF
the United States will be announced next
week -.
Secretary Elkins returned from West Ylr-
| pinia to-day and was at his desk in the Wal
! Department. He will leave for his home IN
West Virginia next week to spend the next
| six weeks.
The net balance in the Treasury has de
creased 10 800, 026. 591, because OF heavy
payments since the first of the month. OF
this amount Sl4. Os5. .452 is in subsidiary coin
and Sl2. go in national bank deposito-
| rles. -,
West Point, Va, is declared a sub-por'
of entry under Richmond. Va.
| The Comptroller of the Currency has de-
| clared first dividend of 80 per cent. in IA
vor of the creditors Of the Bell County Ma
tional Bank of Temple, Tex. on claims
| amounting TO S22,7lL6A