The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14

sioners to procure by donation OF by
purchase at the expense of the county
suitable lots or parcels of land IN such
city. town or village. taking the fee sim
pie title thereto to the county, and to
cause to be eredcted, at the expense of
the county. a suitable court house and
suitable jail on said lots for the coun-
ty; and pending the erection and com
pletion Of the court house, to provide. at
the new county seat, suitable buildings
for the use Of the county officers having
offices in the court house and such officers
shall remove their Offices and the records
thereof to such temporary offices as soon
as practieabe; and when said court house
shall be completed and ready for occu-
paney, the said county officers shall re-
move their offices and the records there
of to such offices or rooms In the new
court house as may be designated for
them respectively, BY the Court of
County Commissioners. and the sheriff.
upon the completion of the jail shall re-
move and keep therein any prisoners IN
his custody. After such removal all
courts Of record for the county shall be
held at the new county seat and if need
be the Court of County Commissioners
must provide suitable buildings In which
to hold said courts, pending the erection
and completion of the court house.
Sec, IS. Any officer or person who shall
wilfully or corruptly fail to perform any
duty required of him under any of the
provisions Of this Act or shall fraudu-
lentiy alter or change the ballot of any
elector after 1t has been cast; or shall
make any false or fraudulent count Of
votes; or shall place In the receptacle
for ballots any ballot not actually cast
by an elector; or shall take therefrom
any ballot cast by an elector; with tho
intention of unlawfully changing or af-
fecting the result of the election: or shall
make any false poll list. or any false
count Of the ballots, or any false certih-
cate to a poll list or to the result of the
count of the ballots: or shall wrongfully
open the returns from any precinct or
ward or shall change, secrete. destroy or
mutilate the returns from any precinct
or ward, or attempt to do so; or shall
prevent or attempt to prevent any such
return from being made as required here
In; or shall commit or attempt to com
nit any fraudulent act In connection
with the ordering of said election. or the
holding of the election, or aking the re-
turns, or declaring the result thereof:
and any person who votes more than
once, or deposits more than one ballot as
his vote at such election or knowingly
attempts to vote when he knows he is
not entitled to vote: and any person,
who, by bribery, or Offering to brihe. or
by any other corrupt means attempts to
influence any elector in giving his vote.
or to deter him in giving the same. or to
disturb or to hinder him in the free
exercise of his right of suffrage at said
election: must. in every such case. on
conviction, be imprisoned In the peniten-
tiary for not less than two nor more than
five years.
Sec 10. The Governor shall not enter
tain AMY petition hereunder which ne
may have reason to believe Is not made
In good faith by persons desiring re-
moval of the county seat If two or more
bona fide petitions with respect 10 the
proposed removal of the county seat of a
county TO two or more different points In
the county shall be pending before the
Governor for the appointment of commits
sioners, the Governor shall favor the pro-
ceedng which in his judgment. is best
calculated to result In a permanent To-
cation of the county seat.
Sec. 20. Provided. That after the cleo
tlon Is called under this Act nothing
herein contained shall prevent a quail
fled elector from casting his vote for
any city town or village in the county
the election is held.
Approved March 3. 1903.
Official. ]. Thos. Heflin,
Secretary of State.