1824 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. [Apr. 1
the column headed "Remarks" the fact that such en-
try was made, altered or stricken out and the date
thereof.
"Sec. 17. If at any primary held under the provis-
ions of this act any person shall falsely impersonate
any voter or other person and vote or attempt or offer
to vote in or upon the name of such voter or other
person, or shall vote or attempt to vote in or upon the
name of any other person whether living or dead, or
in or upon any false, assumed or fictitious name or in
or upon any name not his own, or shall knowingly,
willfully, fraudulently vote more than once for any
candidate for the same office or shall vote or attempt or
offer to vote in any election precinct without having a
legal right to vote therein or shall vote more than once
or in any more than one election precinct or having once
voted, shall vote or attempt or offer to vote again or
shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently do any un-
lawful act to secure for himself or for any other per-
son the right or opportunity to vote or shall by force,
threat, menace, intimidation, bribery or reward or
offer or promise thereof, or otherwise unlawfully
either directly or indirectly influence, attempt to in-
fluence any voter in giving his vote or prevent or
hinder or attempt to prevent or hinder any qualified
voter from freely exercising his right to vote at said
primary election, or shall by any such means or other-
wise compel or induce or attempt to compel or induce
any judge or clerk in any election precinct to receive
the vote of any person not legally qualified or entitled
to vote at said election precinct shall be deemed guitly
of a misdemeanor and every such person shall upon
conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for not less than thirty days, nor more
than one year.
"Sec. 18. Any judge of election who shall wilfully
exclude any vote duly tendered, knowing that the
person offering the same is lawfully entitled to vote
at such primary election, or who shall wilfully receive
a vote from. any person who has been duly chal-
lenged in relation to his right to vote at such pri-
mary election without exacting from such person
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