The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-09-08
STATE LAW FIXES A PEN.
Atty FOR FALSE IN
FORMATION WHICH
is GIVEN
Duty of Every Person to Furnish
Information in Regard to
Names, Residences
and Qualifications

w liiiiii tilS hS@Nl iSW NONhS l4iC
Democrats and thte Republicans
of Indiana will be engaged in the
big task of taking a poll OF the
voters of thte state. And it is a
big job, too. There are between
$500 and 3,4OO voting precincts
in the state.
The poll taking must be COM
pleted by September 8, which will
be sixty days prior TO the ele,-
ton on November 8. Another
poll, the thirty day poll, will be
taken early in October, but this
will not be as big job as the
sixty day poll. The thirty day
poll is more for the purpose of
erecting mistakes and revising
The lists to cover removals and
newcomers in the precincts than
Tor anything else.
The law coverig the taking OF
lie poll is as strict as any other
at OF the election law of the
ta.tt. 1T not only binds the poll
taker to obtain accurate and
ruthful information and make
irrpe lists OF the voters, but it also
provides severe penalties for per-
sons that refuse to give truthful
n.ormation or that deceive the
,oll taker with false information.
Section 81 of the election law OF
lS9. is as follows:
1T shall be the duty of every
erson to whom application is
made for information in regard to
.ucll poli TO furnish to the poll
aSar, upon the exhibition of such
certificate, all information in the
possession OF such person TO
whom application is made with
ega7d to the names, residences
md other qualifications in regard
voting OF any and every person
s:t.fin such district, county,
ownSllip, municipality, ward or
.resinct; and it shah be Il duty
evey proprietor or manager of
e.y D.arding house, restaurant,
Ctel. building or other place
within which such persons are
lodged, to obtain a complete and
ccurate list of all legal voters
omi:iled in such boa7ding house
dying house. hotel or other
lace. not less than sixty days
rior to each election which list
nall state the name, age, occupa-
n, place OF business and place
previous residence, with the
length of residence in the state
'ouny, township precinct and
ward of each person named there
III. and such list shall be retained
v $ c, owner or manager of
lch boarding house, lodging
use. hotel or other building for
period of not less than forty
Iys thereafter, and, upon appli-
alton, shall be submitted TO the
lspectioa of each and every poll
aker who NAV demand the same.
every person who shall violate
he provisions of this section may
fined in any sum not less than
i nor more than S25, towhich
nav be added Imprisonment in
he county jail or workhouse for
period not exceeding ten deys.
Section 50 of the law reads as
follows:
Any person who shall withhold
ny information in his possession
en- any poll taker with regard
o the qualifications of any voter
NJ voters or other person or per-
sons not entitled to vote, upon
ne demand of such poll taker,
,hall be fined in any sum not less
han one nor more than twenty
i've dollars, to which may beadd-
d Imprisonment not exceeding
hirty days"
False Information Penalty.
On .he subject OF deceiving a
III tak,r Section 10 says:
very person who shall know
,gly furnish to any poll taker
ny false information with regard
F., .he qualifications OF any person
persons for voting, or shall
lowingly return to such poll
ake- as voters any false names,
r The names of any persons who
ire dead or are not voters, shall
e fined in any sum not less than
)ne or more tha twenty-five dol
ars. 10 which may be added inn
Drisonment in the county jail
fo, a period not EXCEEDING six
months"
Section IL requires the poll TAX
er 10 return truthful information.
1t says: ~
Every poll taker who shall
knowingly return the name of
INV person who is OF entitled to
rche in he precinct or district for
which such poll is taken a. the
election Immediately ensuing, or
any fictitious name or the name