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 146 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 114, 115. 1870. °l;?*§;>¤8;‘* f shall be voted for, whether such officer of election be appointed or created Kcéfgct 0:,,,2,; by or under any law or authority0f the United States, or by or under any satmdo his duty State, territorial, district, or municipal law or authority, who shall neglect g;e;‘;§>°;‘;;°tig°h or retlise to perform any duty in regard to such election·required of him cm;;;,,,,;,, gy ,6- by any law of the United States, or of any State or 'I.`err1t0ry thereof; or tum thereof, &c. violate any duty so imposed, or knowingly do any act thereby unauthorized, with intent tc ailect any such election, or the result thereof; or fraudulently make any false certificate of the result of such election in regard to such representative or delegate; or withhold, conceal, or, destroy any certificate of record so required by law respecting, concerning, or pertaining to the election ot" any such representative or delegate ; or neglect or refuse to make and return the same as so required by law; or aid, counsel, procure, or advise any voter, person, or officer to do any act by this or any of the preceding sections made a crime; or to omit to do any duty the omission of which is by this or any of said sections made a crime, or attempt to do so, shall be deemed guilty of a crime and shall be liable to prosecution and punishment therefor, as providccl in the nineteenth section of this act for persons guilty of any of the crimes therein specified. P¤rS<>¤S de-_ Sec. 23. And be itjitrl/cer enacted, That whenever any person shall be {’;‘;§‘mf;°‘°" defeated or deprived of his election Ito any office, eircept elector of Presexcept, &¤. by ident or Vice-President, representative or delegate in Congress, or mem-
 * };a;’°g’“’£** Of ber of a State legislature, by reason of the denial to any citizen or citizens

c,,,,,,; OHKOG, who shall otler to vote, of the right to vote, on account of race, color, or color, Su;. may previous condition of servitude, his right to hold and enjoy such officc, and “;‘(S;‘;S;`0°r; the emoluments thereof, shall not be impaired by such denial; and such otkuchomca; person may bring any appropriate suit or proceeding to recover possession ?’l*°¤5“°h of such office, and in cases where it shall appear that the sole question   me touching the title to such office arises out of the denial of the right to vote United suites to citizens who so offered to vote, on account of race, color, or 'previous °"““’· condition of servitude, such suit or proceeding may be instituted in the circuit or district court of the United States of the circuit or district in Jurisdiction of which such person resides. And said circuit or district court shall have,
 * ';$;;3a‘;'2f_§K"" concurrently with the State courts, jurisdiction thereof so nar as to deter-

,,,,,9 cou,,, mine the rights of the parties to such officc by reason of the denial of the right guaranteed by the fifteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and secured by this act. Armzovxcn, May 31, 1870. June 1, 1870. CHAP. CXV`. ·— An Act l0_/Ezrlher amend the Law rflhe District of Columbia in Relation ”`°-`-—"*"" to judicial Proceedings, and preserve Records q/'Marriayw therein. Be il enacted by the Senate and House 0 Re resentatives 0 the United pI£é>S)<;¤ii;¤ a0_ iglcztee of Amer1;ca in Congress assembled,J;l`l1a{) all iictions if the plead— mm 0,·éjm_ ings in the action of ejectment within the District of Columbia be, and mgm in the Dis- are hereby, abolished; and all actions for the recovery of real estate in said District shall be commenced in the name of the real party in inter- Rea] ,,,,;,0,,,, est, and against the party claiming to own or be possessed thereof. Mw ¤<>¤r Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any of the duties of the clerk mgxgg Omwk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia may be performed, in ofnupromeccurt his name, by any of the assistant clerks in his office; and said assist-
 * ‘8:·&t:g£f’¤° bY antslmay sign the name of the clerk to any process, certificate, or other

ofhcial act required by law or by the practice of the court to be performed by said clerk, and may authenticate said signature by ailixing the seal of the court thereto, whereon the impress of the seal is neces~ sary to its) authentication. In such cases the signature shall be, "—-—-——· -1-, ler, by -—-;—- ———-—-, Assistant Clerk? ce,;,;,, jugs, Srcc. 3. And be it further enacted, That after a judgment for a debt aiggfoygihta amounting with interest to twenty dollars, exclusive of costs, before 21 H '° justice of the peace of the District of Columbia, the judgment creditor