St. Paul daily globe., 1893-05-04

| offense by imprisonment in the state prison
I for a term not exceeding two years or by
2 a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars
! or both, in the discretion of the court
All Intentional false swearing before a
| board of registration shall be deemed willful
and corrupt perjury, and, on conviction
| thereof, punished such.
Sec. u. Any person who shall take or
| deface. any list of names posted by any
| board of registration as hereinbefore pro-
| yided for, shall be guilty of miSdemeanOr
| and on conviction thereof be punished by
| fine of fifty dollars or be imprisoned in
| the county Jail for term not exceeding
sixty days, or both, in the discretion OF the
Sec. 70. The polls in the several election
| districts in towns, villages and cities of
| less than four thousand inhabitants shall
| be opened at nine o'clock in the morning
and kept open until five O'Clock IN the
| afternoon.
| In cities of four thousand or more, and
| less than twelve thousand inhabitants, the
| polls shall be open at seven o'clock in the
| morning and shall be kept open until six
| O'Clock in the afternoon.
| In cities of twelve thousand inhabitants
| and over, the polls shall be open at six
! O'Clock in the morning and closed at seven
| O'Clock in the afternoon.
No adjournment or intermission what
| ever shall take place until the polls shall
| be closed and until all the votes cast at
| such poll have been counted and the result
| publicly announced; but this shall not be
| deemed to prevent any temporary recess,
| while taking meals or other necessary de-
| lay, provided that the board shall remain
| In session and that not more than one men,
Der or the board of election shall at any
4 time be absent from the polling place.
Sec "A. No election shall be held, nor
| shall any election be appointed to be held
| in any saloon or barrOom. or in any room
used or occupied as a place of resort for
ldiers or disreputable persons, or in any room
| contiguous with or adjoining either therof
Nor shall such election be held in any
| room or place wherein the requirements of
| thlS act relative to booths railingS and dis
| tanceS cannot be substantially complied
| with.
Said polling places having population of
| oyer twelve thousand inhabitants, shall, in
| all cases be upon the ground floor in the
front room, the entrance to which is from a
| highway or public street which is at least
| forty feet wide, and as near the center of
the voting population Of the district as is
! practicable
Sec. 10. Should any place be designated or
appointed for holding an election in viola
tion OF the next above section, or become
| subject to such objection after having been
| SO designated the judges of election shall
! have power, and it shall be their duty, on
| or before the day of such election, and be-
fore the opening of the polls on such day, to
procure suitable place as near thereto as
may be and not subject to like objection.
Such change shall, when practicable, be
| ordered on the first of the days herein pro-
| yided for registration, and the change made
Immediately thereafter
Sec. Is When change Of the place for
| registration. or for holding the election or
both. shall have been determined upon. said
| judges shall meet at tue place first designated
| and, after any vacancies in their number
shall have been filed, adjourn to the place
| chosen by them, and at the time Of such ad-
| Journment give public notice by prOclamG-
tion to the electors present of such change.
| Said judges shall, at said first designated
| place, post in a conspicuous manner notice
| OF the place where such election shall he
held, and all expense attending such change
shall be certified by such judges to the
proper authorities. and shall be allowed and
| paid accordingly.
And, in like manner, said judges shall at
| the place where said place for registration
| or election, or both. post in a conspicuous
manner notice of the change made; and, if
| either of the judges shall deem the same
| necessary, three additional notices shall be
posted. in as many public places in said elec-
Sec. Il. At all polling places the follow
| ing arrangements shall be substantially OBJ
| served:
There shall be provided boxes for voting,
as many in number as the kind of ballots
| voted one ballot box painted white one
painted red and one painted blue.
| easily contain all the ballots liable TO be
| placed therein without being forced into the
| same, and with apertures large enough TO
receive the ballots when folded as provided
| in this act
There shall also be a separate box for each
| polling place where women are entitled TO
vote, in which shall be placed all ballots
There shall be provided in the room in
| which the inspectors of election sit, or i'm
mediately adjoining thereto. not less than
two booths or compartments for every hun
| dred electors registered.
Said booths shall be at least three feet
square and six feet high, and shall contain
shelf at least one foot wide and extending
| from side to side at q convenient height
for writing. Each booth shall be provided
with a door or curtain and properly lighted,
| and shall be so constructed that the voter
can therein retire from observation for mark
ing his ballot.
| structiOn, as provided in this act and it shall
contain an indelible pencil and such other
articles as this act may provide or clrcum-
| stances require
Sec. 7S In case the booths shall be in the
same room in which the judges of election
| sit to receive the ballots, the place where
they sit and the position of the room Were
the compartments are constructed shall be
| separated from the rest of the room by q
| railing so constructed as to leave space OF
at least six feet in front of the booths and
ballot-boXes, and said railing shall be SO
| constructed as to provide separate passage
| for entrance and for exit.
The judges of election may make such ar
rangements for entrance to and exit from the
room or place where the ballOt-bOXeS and
compartments are situated as to them may
| seem the most advantageous anu convenient,
| providing they disregard none or The fofegO-
ing requirements.
Sec. 10. The Judges of election may ap-
| point one or more special cOnstaDles TO at
| tend each place Of election. 1t shall be the
duty of the sheriff, constable or special con
| stable to keep the surroundings OF the polls
| quiet and orderly, and during voting hours
| to allow no person to approach WITHIN SIX
| feet of the ballot boxes or to pass Dehind
the railing or within six feet OF the booth
| or ballot compartments herein provided Tor,
| except electors engaged in receiving, prepar-
| ing or depositing their ballots, without per
| mission OF the judges of election.
If any Of the aboye-named officers neglect
| to perform said duty, then the judges OF
election shall swear in enough, private cit
iZens to enforce order, who Snail nave power
| as constables, or cOnseryators or the peace,
| to make arrests for breach of the peace.
Sec so Any police officer. constable or
| special constable attending the election may
| call to his aid a sufficient number of citizens
| TO arrest any disorderly person or suppress
| any riot or disorder during the election
| Whoever conducts himself in q riotous or
disorIerly manner at any election, and per
| sists in such conduct after being warned
| TO desist. may be arrested without war
| rant; but such person, so taken into custody,
shall not be prevented from Young, II dls-
posed so to do in quiet and orderly man
| Provided that no police officer shall re.
main within the voting room unless ne i silall
| be ordered to do so by the judges of election.
and shall in no manner Interfere with or seeE
| to influence any voter, under the penalty
| hereinafter provided.
! i'm the afternoon on the day preceding any
election the judges OF election Snall procure
the registers provided for in this act from
| the Office of the official with whom they are
| required to be deposited, one being procured
by a Judge representing one of the two lead
ing political parties, and the other ,by q
judge representing another leading political
The ballot boxes and the ballots shall be
delivered by the officer in whose custody
they are to the judges of election Of the
| snch boxes and the poll books and all sta
tionery and material necessary to such
election.
Such judges and clerks shall be held re-
sponsible for the safe-keeping of said reg
tsters and ballots unaItered, as provided in
shis act and shall have all of said ballots,
boxes, registers, poll books, printed instruc-