The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-14

sioners to procure by donation or 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 eref1cted, at the expense of the county, suitable court house and a suitable jail on said lots for the. coun- ty; and pending the erection and conn., 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 practicable; and when said court house shall be completed and ready for occu- papcS,. aesoe Sa..6 coc.ty officers shall -u- Dscve rneir ofsces and the records the-@- of 70 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 De the Court of County Commissioners must provide suitable buildings in which | 2 hold said courts. pending the erection hd completion of the court house.
 Sec & Any officer or person who shall | da,lfully or corruptly fail to perform any nry required of him under any of the i.n isions of this Act: or shall fraudu- eIa alter or change the ballot of any l Spr after 1t has been cast; or shall I r~1 any false or fraudulent count of l | or shall place in the receptacle ! se 9llots any ballot not actually cast
 elector; or shall take therefrom S Pilot cast by an elector; with the l .tsiiafa of unlawfully changing or af- I iectihs Nhe result of the election; or shall a4%he asy false poll list, or any false eeuht ot the ballots, or any false certifi- gate to poll list or to the result of the count or the ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change, secrete, destroy or
 nulliate ths returns from any precinct VT ward, or attempt to do so; or shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required here m, or snail commit or attempt to com my any Fraudulent act in connection with the ordering of said election. or the noioihs or the election. or axing the re- .uFhs' or declaring the result thereof: ano any person who votes more than c-fce. 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 bribe. 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. 1s. The Governor shah not enter tain aany petition hereunder which he may have reason to believe is not made in good faith by persons desiring a re- moval of the county seat. If two or more bona fide petitions with respect to 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- ceedlng which in his judgment. is best calculated to result in q permanent To- cation of the county seat
 Sec. 20. Provided, That after the cleo tion Is called under this Act nothing herein contained shall prevent a quail fled eleetor from casting his vote for any city, town or village in the county the election is held
 Approved March 3, 1903.
 Ofieiai J. Thos. Hefffn,
 Secretary of State.