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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114. 1870. 141 if he had in fact performed such act; and any judge, inspector, or other P°¤°l*Y “P°¤ officer of election whose duty it is or shall be to receive, count, certify, §T,$°;;.°£,$:,°`_ register, report, or give effect to the vote of any such citizen who shall ful refusal to iswrongfully refuse or omit to receive, count, certify, register, report, or €°;"°·,Sl‘°~Lh° give effect to the vote of such citizen upon the presentation by him of ;8,,e§p;:cmi>;;: his affidavit stating such offer and the time and place thereof, and the Vit,,&¤· name of the officer or person whose duty it was to act thereon, and that be was wrongfully prevented by such person or officer from performing such act, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an action on the case, with full costs, and such allowance for counsel fees as the court shall deem just, and shall also for every such offence be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 4. And be tt further enacted, That if any person,by force, bribery, Yéfmlty {01* threats, intimidation, or other unlawful means, shall hinde1·, delay, pre- ;m$c°;'£1ll*;n?b` vent, or obstruct, or shall combine and confederate with others to hinder, combintiag to delay, prevent, or obstruct, any citizen from doing any act required to be °lf“'“°?· °“Y done to qualify him to vote or from voting at any election as aforesaid, ghiiiggégngim. such person shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of five Self to Vqte, 0* hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by an from v°°'"gi action on the case, with full costs, and such allowance for counsel fees as the court shall deem just, and shall also for every such offence be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sue. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall prevent, inf°;ll“jml;l`*";_ hinder, control, or intimidate, or shall attempt to prevent, hinder, control, ing ,0,m,m,,fQ,,, or intimidate, any person from exercising or in exercising the right of suf- certain persons frage, to whom the right of suffrage is secured or guaranteed by the tif- giggtsgggégght teenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, by means of of suifrage by bribery, threats, or threats of depriving such person of employment or oc- :flb°g’_°¤` cupation, or of ejecting such person from rented house, lands, or other mm ’ property, or by threats of refusing to renew leases or contracts for labor, or by threats of violence to himself or family, such person so offending shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 6. And be it/`urther enacted, That if two or more persons shall for two of band or conspire together, or go in disguise upon the public highway, or L‘;%;;£?;;°;:_ upon the premises of another, with intent. to violate any provision of this gether or going act, or to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen' with intent ;*°l}°¤» to prevent or hinder his free exercise and enjoymentof any right or pr1v— &,,_ O,. wm, iQ,, ilege granted or secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United gint praxis States, or because of his having exercised the same, such persons shall be Ofigrillifl mM_ held guilty of felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined or 1mpris— leges, &c. or beoued, or both, at the discretion of the court,- the fine not to exceed five °¤¤$°» &<>·t thousand dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed ten years, —and shall, moreover, be thereafter ineligible to, and disabled from holding, any office or place of honor. profit, or trust cremed by the Constitution or laws of the United States. _ _ _ _ _ Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That if in the act of violating any anggrcggapéngéng provision in either of the two preceding sections, any other felony, crime, while ,,,,,,,;,,,,2% or misdeameanor shall be committed, the offender, on conviction of spch ppytproviiégzder Violation of said sections, shall bepunished for the same with such punish- in; Sxgiigusl ments as are attached to the said felonies, cr1mcs, and misdemeanors by the laws of the State in which the offence may be committed.