The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-16
GENERAL LAWS.
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
 OF ALABAMA.
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 envelope shall be opened and the copy therein shall be accepted as a eertiii.,a le '. of the result of the eleeu"il ioi ',,ls 1,.as voting place. Any inspector who makes or signs a false copy of the -certlhcate ol the result. or any returning ofheer Wno fails to deliver the envelope and ceTul- cate as delivered to him 10 tae Jnase U, probate before the meeting Of the Board of Supervisors or any Judge of Probate whah fails to properly preserve tue sam forThe use od the Board or 5operFisois ;, if needed. shall be guilty of felony' ana on conviction shall be punished oy m. prisonment in the penitentiary Tor ho' less than one nor more than live years.
 Sec 55 1-2. The poll list shall be sealeo ;n an envelope before the inspectors be- gin to count the votes and snail not ue onened Any election officer or any otnei nerson who makes a copy Of the poll HSs or any memoranda therefrom or lst "i the persons voting or the number ol tuet' hallot or discloses the number of such voters ballot shall be guilty h i',a demeanor and upon conviction snah pe fined moi less than two hundred dollars.
 Sec. 6. That any person. who by orlp- ing or offering to bribe with money UT other valuable thing, or by any otiel corrupt means attempts to influence alis qualified eIector at any election Tn eiNihs his vote or 10 deter him from eiNihs 'iio same shall be guilty of q fhisde '., , and on conviction thereof shail De hlieu h rot less than fifty nor more than HNe hundred dollars. es. oe
 rho+ any nerson who by the offer or money or the gift of money, or by the eift of intoxicating liquor or otheI N"i 1ahle thing to any qualified elee'or d. any election. or by the loan ot money +o euch elector with the intent lhat ."o same shall not be repaid, with ene in- tent to influence the vote oi sueii eies'o at such election. shall be guilty or a ,,,isder,eanor. and on conviction thereoi shau ha fined not less than nIty nor ,,,,ra than five hundred dollars nat anv nerson who buys or oIefs io DuS any vote or registration certlheate oi any qualified elector at such eleetleh pS 'iS ma vnent of money or the promise 'o pay inc same at any future time. or oy .lie off of intoxicating liquors or other val e,, ets .tina shall be deemed guilty of n noisdeneanor and on conviction thereol shai he fined not less than htty nor s,,o.o than one hundred dollars. Any candidate for office fin any eleetioh uPoi' conviction under this section snail III uu- dition to the fine, be declared lnells'oie for the office to which he was eiec'eu for that term. ,,, oleo-
 
 tion who takes or receives any money ar other valuable thing, or upon cohdi- .io, that the same shall be paid at any f,ture time. in exchange for the vote of such elector for any parueuiaI caii'i date or the promise to vote TOT any narticular candidate, shall be guilty ol a miedemeanor. and upon cohVlction ' thereof, shall be fined not less thah Hi'S nor more than five hundred dollars
 Iafo entering upon lltll auties insnectors and clerks must take an oath to perform their duties at the election according to law, and such oath may be administered by any person au- thorized by law to administer oaths or Inv any one of the inspectors.
 Sec 5S. Any qualified elector or 'he nrecinct in which any person proposes t ,,ote ehar have the right to challenge such persons so offering to vote Who, be may know or suspect, is not entitled hr duly qualified as an eleetof 10 Npte' at the precinct where he offers 10 Note' The challenge shall be communicated to the inspectors before the person IS per mltted to vote, by the sherih or some other person in attendance ana III Charge of admission 10 the polling place, where his right to vote must De deter- mined as provided in Section S2.
 Sec 5e Except as electors are admit ted to vote and persons to assist 'heil, as herein provided and except the sherll or his deputy. the inspectors, returning officer. clerks of election and watchers no person shall be permitted within 'hr- ty feet of the polling place.
 Sec. 6O The probate judge or each county shall cause to be printed on the ballots to be used in their respective counties the names of all candidates who nave been put in nomination by any caucus convention mass meeting prl- mafv election or other assembly or any political party or faction in this state and certified in writing and nied Wlth him not more than sixty nor less than twenty days previous to the day of cleo ton The certificate must contain the name of each person nominated and the office for which he is nominated ana must be signed by the presiding ohlcer anu secretary of such caucus, conventions mass meeting. or other assembly, UT ps the chairman and secretary or the car wasting board of such primary elecuoh' and their signatures must be duly ac- lrnovledeed by one or more of them oe- fore an officer authorized by law to take aclxnowledgments. The judge or pro hate shall also cause to be printed upol, the ballots the name Of any quai'neu elector who has been requested ID De candidate for any State, county, munlcl- nal or federal office by written petition Gd.
 nr federal office by at least three hun ared electors, and, in case of a county nr municipal olnce by at least twenty Ave electors qualified to vote In the election to fill said office. when such netition has been filed with him not more than sixty days nor less than twenty days previous to the election. In case or a nerson to be voted for by the electors of the whole State, or of an entire congressional district or 1u- dicial circuit or division the certificate of nomination Of the pet- tion must be filed in the office or the Secretary of State not less than thlrty days before the day of eleeuon ana the Secretary of State must therenpon lm- mediately certify to the Judge of Propate of each county in the State in case or an officer to be voted for by the electors of the whole State, and to the judges or nrohate of the counties composing the circuit, division or district, Tn case an officer to be voted for by the electors of a circuit. division or district. upon suita- hle blanks to be prepared by him for that nurpose. the fact of such nomination. and inc name of the nominee or nominees. and inc office to which he or they may be nominated In case of a person to be voted for by the electors of senatorial district. the petition or certificate Of nomination must be filed with the judge of probate of each county composing the senatorial district
 Sec. 61. The ballots printed in accord ance with the provisions of this act shall contain the names of all candidates nomi- mated by caucus. convention. mass-meet- ing primary election or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by