LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

bribery or reward, or offer or promise thereof, or otherwise
unlawfully, either directly or indirectly, influence or attempt
to influence any voter in giving his vote; or prevent or hinder
or attempt to prevent or hinder, any qualified voter from freely
exercising the right of suffrage ; or by any such means induce
or attempt to induce any such voter to exercise any such
right; or shall, by any such means, or otherwise, compel or
induce, or attempt to compel or induce, any judge or clerk of
election in any election precinct to receive the vote of any per-
son not legally qualified or entitled to vote at the said election
in such precinct; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently
interfere with, delay or hinder in any manner any judge or
clerk of election in the discharge of his duties ; or by any such
means, or other unlawful means, knowingly, wilfully or fraud-
ulently counsel, advise, induce or attempt to induce any judge
or clerk of election whose duty it is to ascertain, proclaim,
announce or declare the result of any such election, to give or
make any false certificate, document, report, return or other
false evidence in relation thereto ; or to refuse or neglect to
comply with his duty, or to violate any law regulating the
same ; or to receive the vote of any person in any election pre-
cinct not entitled to vote therein ; or to refuse to receive the
vote of any person entitled to vote therein ; or shall aid, coun-
sel, advise, procure or assist any voter, person or judge of elec-
tion or other officer of election to do any act by law forbidden,

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or in this Article constituted an offense; or to omit to do any
act by law directed to be done ; every such person shall, upon
conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in jail or in
the penitentiary, for not less than six months nor more than
five years.

Penalty.

270 XXX. If any clerk of election, or any person perform-
ing the duties of such clerk, shall wilfully 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

keeping false
poll-list,
etc.

as in this Article provided, he shall, upon conviction thereof,
be adjudged guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by im-
prison ment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more
than five years.

Penalty,

270 Y Y Y. Every 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 election ; or shall wil-
fully receive a vote from any person who has been duly chal-
lenged in relation to his right to vote at such election without
exacting from such person such oath or other proof of qualifi-

Excluding
lawful
votes, etc.