The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-27

taken as herein provided. which shall appear
to have been duly registered as required by
the same to the total of the poll sheet in
arriving at the total result of the election in
the precinct where the voter lives
counted by the County Board Of Canvassers
s snail be sealed t In an envelope with the en-:
Sosr of op of ward
city," and the same shall be kept in the
county judges office as other ballots are
case of contested elections. the same shall
be opened and counted as in other cases, but
In case the Board of County Canvassers shall
not find the name of such absent voter reg
istered among the voters of his precinct one
of such board shall endorse on the envelope
containing the ballot mot Registered" and
from the envelope, and the envelope and the
ballot therein shall be preserved by the coun-
ty Judge in his Office as in case of ballot
that has been so counted.
Sec. 6, Fraudulent Practices Forbidden
Any person attempting to aid or abet fraud
in connection with any vote cast. or to be
visions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be
sentenced to the penitentiary for not less
than nor more than s years.
Any person attempting to vote by fraud
ulently signing the name of a regularly quail
flied voter shall be guilty of forgery
Any public official who knowingly violates
any of the provisions of this Act and there
by aids in any way the Illegal casting or at
tempting to cast, vote. or who shall con-
order that fraud may be perpetrated shall
forever be disqualified from holding office
in the State of Florida. and shall ever be
disqualified from exercising the right of
Sec. I. Every county registration officer
shall supply the inspectors of election with
reasonable number Of printed forms of af-
fdavits of the character described in Section
Of this Act.
Sec. s. This Act shall take effect immedl-
ately upon its passage and approval by the
la W h.
out such approval.
Approved June Z 1917
CHAPTER 73s1-(No 1927.
IAN ACT to Amend Section 1924 Of the Cen
eral Statutes of Florida Relating to Ger
tifCates by the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture in Respect to the Ownership of Pub
lie Lands, and to Authorize Said Commits
sloner Of Agriculture 10 Make Certificates
Under His Official Seal Of the Conveyances
Lands Of the Trustees Of the Internal I'm
provement Fund or the State Board Of Ed
ucaton or Other officers of the State Of
Florida and to Render All Such Certif-
Gates Admissible in Evidence and Entitled
to Record and Prescribing the Force and
Effect Of the Same"
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Florida
Section l. That Section 1924 of the Cen
eral statutes of the state of Florida be and
the same is hereby. amended so that the
same, as amended. shall read as follows:
Sec 1924 Certificates, of Commissioner
veyance of and other facts in connection
with public lands. A certificate Of the Com
missioner of Agriculture. under his official
seal. with respect to the present or past
ownership by the state or by the School.
Seminary or Internal Improvement Funds Of
any lands in this State, or of the convey,
anCe or transfer of any such lands by said
Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund
or Of the state Board Of Education or other
officers or Boards Of the state Of Florida
having power to convey anv such lands. or
anv facts shown by the public records Of his
office with respect to any such lands or the
transfer. ownership or conveyance Of the
same. shall he prima facie evidence Of the
facts therein certified. and every such certif-
cate shall he admissible in evidence In all
Of the Courts Of this State, All such certih-
Gates shall without other or further proof
Re admitted to record and recorded In the
deed books Of the respective counties Of this
State where the lands mentioned in such GER
tifcates lie. and the record Of every such
certificate shall have the same force and eff
feet for all purposes as the record Of deeds"
Approved May &c, 1917.