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adjudged guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the penitentiary, for not less than one nor more than five
years.
~ 1896, ch. 202.
88. If any judge or clerk of election or any officer of regis-
tration, revision, election or canvass of whom any duty is required
in this article or by any other election law of this State, shall be
guilty of any wilful neglect of such duty or any corrupt or frau-
dulent conduct or practice in the execution of the same, he shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in jail,
for not less than thirty days nor more than three years, or by
fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50), nor more than one thous-
and dollars ($1, 000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Ibid.
89. Every judge or clerk of election or other officer or person
having the custody of any record, registry of voters or copy
thereof, oath, return or statements of votes, certificate, poll list
or any papers, documents, ballots, coupons or vote of any descrip-
tion in this article directed to be made, filed or preserved, who is
guilty of concealing, wilfully destroying, mutilating, defacing,
falsifying or fraudulently removing or secreting the whole or any
part thereof, or who shall fraudulently make any entry, erasure
or alteration therein, except as allowed and directed by the pro-
visions of this article, or who permits any other person so to do,
shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a felony,
and shall be punished for each and every such offense by impris-
onment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than
ten years.
Ibid.
90. Every person not an officer, such as is mentioned in the
last preceding section, who is guilty of any of the acts specified
in said last section, or who advises, procures or abets the commis-
sion of the same, or any of them, shall, upon conviction thereof,
be adjudged guilty of a felony, and for each and every such
offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary
for not less than one nor more than ten years, and such offense
shall be deemed to have been committed, whether such person
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