ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.
17. If any clerk of election, or any person

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performing the duties of such clerk, shall wil-
fully keep a false poll list, or shall knowingly
insert in his poll list any false statement, or any
name, or statement, or any check, alteration, or
mark, except as in this act provided, he shall,
upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by im-
prisonment in jail for not less than one nor more
than five years, or by a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars, or by both fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court.
18. Every judge of election who shall wilfully
exclude any vote duly tendered, knowing that

Penalty for
keeping false
poll list

the person offering the same is lawfully entitled
to vote at such election; or shall wilfully receive
a vote from any person who has been duly
challenged in relation to his right to vote at
such election, without exacting from such person
such oath or other proof of qualification as may
be required by law ; or shall wilfully omit to
challenge any person offering to vote whom he
knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, to be
not entitled to vote, and who has not been chal-
lenged ; or shall wilfully refuse to open and show
the ballot-box to be empty prior to the opening
of the polls ; or shall permit any barricade or
obstruction of any kind to be interposed, so that
all who desire cannot constantly see such ballot-
box, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be
adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
punished by imprisonment in jail for not less
than one nor more than five years, or by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.
19. Every judge or clerk of election who shall
make, sign, publish or deliver any false tally

Penalty for
wilfully ex-
cluding , any
vote.

or return of election, or any false certificate or
statement of the result of an election, knowing
the same to be false, and every judge or clerk of
election, or other officer or person, who shall wil-
fully deface, destroy or conceal any statement,
tally or certificate intrusted to his care and cus-

Penalty for
publishing
false tally.