HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1579
of, or at any time after the establishment of a system of per-
manent general registration, as provided in this Article, any
person shall falsely personate a voter or other person, and reg-
ister or attempt or offer to register in the name of such voter
or other person, or if any person shall register or attempt to
make application to register in or under the name of any
other person, or in or under any false, assumed or fictitious
name, or in or under any name not his own; or shall register
in two election precincts; or, having registered in one pre-
cinct, shall attempt or offer to register in any election precinct,
not having a legal right to register therein; or shall knowingly
or wilfully do any unlawful act to "secure registration for him-
self or any other person, or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudu-
lently, by false personation or otherwise, or by any unlawful
means cause or procure or attempt to cause or procure, the
name of any qualified voter in any election precinct to be
erased or stricken, as in this Article provided, from any reg-
istry of the voters of such precinct made in pursuance of this
Article or otherwise; or by force, threat, menace, intimidation,
bribery, reward or offer or promise thereof, or other unlawful
means prevent, hinder or delay any person having a lawful
right to register or be registered from duly exercising such
right; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently, compel or
induce or attempt or offer to compel or induce, by such means
or by any unlawful means, any officer of registration in any
election precinct to register, or attempt to register any per-
son not lawfully entitled to registration in such precinct; or
to register any false, assumed or fictitious name, or any name
of any person, except as provided in this Article; or shall
knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently interfere with, hinder or
delay any officer of registration in the discharge of his duties;
or counsel, advise or induce, or attempt to induce any such
officer to refuse or neglect to comply with or perform his
duties, or to violate any law prescribed for regulating the
same; or shall aid, counsel, procure or advise any voter, person
or officer of registration to do any act by law forbidden, or in
this Article constituting an offense, or to omit to do any act by
law directed to be done, every such person, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail or in the
penitentiary for not less than six months nor more than five
years.
162, If at any general, special or primary election here-
after held in any city or county, any person shall falsely per-
sonate 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 per-
son, whether living or dead, or in or upon any false, assumed
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