ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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in jail not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the

court.

163. Any person who shall falsely make or wilfully deface or

destroy any certificate of nomination or nomination paper, or any

part thereof, or any letter of withdrawal, or sign any such certifi-

cate, nomination or withdrawal paper contrary to the provisions

of this act, or forge the name of any person to such certificate of

To punish
defacing

nomination, nomination or withdrawal paper, or file any certificate

of nomi-
mation

of nomination, or nomination or withdrawal paper, knowing the

and with-

same, or any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppress any cer-

drawal
papers.

tificate of nomination, nomination or withdrawal paper, or any

part thereof, which has been duly filed, or forge or falsely make

the official endorsement on any ballot, or wilfully destroy or de-

fuce any ballot, or shall take or remove any ballot outside of the

enclosure provided for voting, before the close of the polls, or

willfully delay the delivery of any ballots, shall be punished by

fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in

the jail, penitentiary or house of correction not more than two

years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of

the court.

164. Any public officer upon whom a duty is imposed by this

act who shall wilfully neglect to perform such duty, or who shall

wilfully perform it in such a way as to hinder the objects of this ,

Wilful
neglect or

act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than

duty.

one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in jail, penitentiary or

house of correction for not more than two years, or by both such

fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

165. Any ballot clerk who shall place his initials upon anybal-

lot, save when about to deliver it to a voter in the polling-room,

and any sheriff, deputy sheriff, member of board of police of Bal-

Misdemea-

timore, or any other person whatever, who shall wilfully destroy,

nor by

conceal or retain any ballots duly prepared for voting, or wilfully

officials.

break the seals of any package, book or block of ballots, or ab-

stract any ballot therefrom, or have any such ballot, except for

the lawful purposes in this article provided, in his possession, or

any paper purporting to be an official ballot, before or during an

election, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five or more

than one thousand dollars, or shall be imprisoned in jail, peni-

tentiary or house of correction for not less than thirty days nor

more than two years, or both such fine and imprisonment in the

discretion of the court.

166. The governor shall biennially appoint, by and with the

advice and consent of the senate, if in session, and if not in

session, by the governor alone, in each and every county of the

State, three persons residents in and voters of their respective

counties, two of whom, shall always be selected from the two

leading political parties of the State, one from each of said par-