Year: 1869

NO IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN TIE


LEGISLATURE LAST EyENING-sENATOk FOL


GERS BILL FOR THE PREVENTION OF MAJ


URALIZATIoN FRAUDs-FRAUDSlN IN WEIGHTS


AND MEASURES THE ADULTERATION OF


FOOD.


ALBANY, March 29.-The business transacted IN
both houses of the Legislature this evening was OF
no general Importance Senator FOlger introducedi III
the Senate this evening an important bill for the pre-
yention of fraud in Naturalization The first section
provides that any judicial officer who shall know
ingly and wllfully grant order to be issued ana
any Clerk of any Court, or other Ike oncer'
who shall, knowingly and willfully, sign OF
seal, or issue or deliver. 10 any
person. any false or fraudulent certificate that sucn
person or any person has been duly naturalzed as
citizen of the United States, is entitled to the
rights of citizen thereof with the intent to enable
any person to vote at any election in fraud or viola
ton of the laws of the United States or of this State
SHALL on conviction thereof. be deemed guilty OF
felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the
State Prison for the term of not less than one year
nor more than five years. The second section pro-
vdes that if any person shall knowingly and will
fully procure from any Court or any
Judge thereof OF from any clerk OF other
officer any certificate OF Naturalization
which has been allowed, or issued, or signed, OF
sealed in violation of the laws of the United States
of this State with the intent to enable himself or
any other person to vote at any election when he or
such person is not entitled by the laws OF the United
States to become citizen to the exercise of the
franchise of suffrage, he shall, conviction, be
deemed guilty of felony and shall be punished by
imprisonment in the State Prison for not less than
one nor more than we years. The third section pro-
vides that If any person shall knowingly and will
fully present to any board of officers for the purpose
of having himself or any other person placed upon
any list or registry Of voters to any board OF OH
GERS for the purpose of enabling himself any other
person to vote at any election, any GER
tifcate of naturalization which has been al
lowed or issued by any judicial officer,
or by any clerk Of any court or other officer OF any
court or procured by any person from such of1cers,
or either of them by any false statement, oath or
representation, or in violation OF the laws OF the
United States or of this State with intent 10 enable
any person to vote at any election when such per-
son is not entitled by the laws Of the United States,
or of this State to exercise the franchise OF suffrage,
he shall on conviction, be adjudged guilty OF
felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment In
the State Prison for not less than nor more than
| five years.


Senator Chapman has introduced bill " prevent
frauds in weights and measures and for the peven-
ton of the adulteration of food 1t creates Bureau
| of Weights and Measures under the supervision OF
the Metropolitan Board Of Health, consisting of
Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Chemist
and four Policemen who are to have Office for the
reception Of complaints The penalty for short
measures or weights is from $50 to 800 for the first
offense and 800 to $500 penalty for the adulteraton
of food with 10 to 80 days Imprisonment additional.


If the aduteraed food is proven to be dangerous TO
lfe the fine is to be from $5 900 to $4,000 and i'm
prisonment beside.