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 FORTY—FIRS'I‘ CONGRESS. Suas. III. Ch. 99. 1871. 437 such places of registration or at such polls of election, or full and free P°¤°·l*5' *`°*‘ access and egress to and from any such place of registration or poll of election, or in going to and from any such place of registration or poll of of supervisors, election, or to and from any room where any such registration or election m,:" *1*;.- &‘E· “’ or canvass of votes, or of making any returns or certiticates thereof, may g,,§:,?O:§li],° be had, or shall molest, interfere with, remove, or eject from any such p<>l1¤i&¤~; place of registration or poll of election, or of canvassing votes cast thereat, or of making returns or certificates thereof; any supervisor of election, the marshal, or his general or special deputies, or either of them, or shall threaten, or attempt, or offer so to do, or shall refuse or neglect to aid and TOP ¢h}‘¢¤¢¤¤i¤$ assist any supervisor of election, or the marshal or his general or special Q; 2,?§';Yg* &°‘ deputies, or either of them, in the performance of his or their duties when for neglect or required by him or them, or either of them, to give such aid and assist- §f“”}`*° aid: ance, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to instant arrest ,,,;°{,.:;,°° W without process, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment not more than two years, or by fine not more than three thousand dollars, or by both such Ene and imprisonment, and shall pay the costs of the prosecution. Whoever shall, during the progress of any verification for wm ills lv of any list of the persons who may have registered or voted, and which shall be had or made under any of the provisions of this act, refuse to answer, or refrain from answering, or answering shall knowingly give false information in respect to any inquiry lawfully made, such person shall be liable to arrest and imprisonment as for a misdemeanor, and on c0n·viction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or by line not to exceed one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and shall pay the costs of the prosecution. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That whoever shall be appointed a Penalty upon supervisor of election or a special deputy marshal under the provisions of ;l*€l;‘;‘{:;°':n‘:f this act, and shall take the oath of office as such supervisor of election or ,,,6,,;,,; dgpufy such special deputy marshal, who shall thereafter neglect or refuse, with- marshals who out good and lawful excuse, to perform and discharge fully the duties, 2:5;* iQ?;';;;;,, obligations, and requirements of such office until the expiration of the &c. to discharge term for which he was appointed, shall not only be subject to removal thm d'**i°¤· from office with loss of all pay or emoluments, but shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year, or by fine not less than two hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment, and shall pay the costs of prosecution. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the marshal, or his general Marshals and deputies, or such special deputies as shall be thereto specially empowered g:f,‘;§f“°£:g'· in by him, in writing, and under his hand and seal, whenever he or his said call upon tné general deputies or his special deputies, or either or any of them, shall b)g¤¤l¤d€1‘¤ ¤"<>1‘ be forcibly resisted in executing their duties under this act, or the act m ' hereby amended, or shall, by violence, threats, or menaces, be prevented from executing such duties, or from arresting any person or persons who shall commit any offence for which said marshal or his general or his special deputies are authorized to make such arrest, are, and each of them is hereby, empowered to summon and call to his or their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus of his district. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each Circuit courts, of the circuit courts of the United States in and for each judicial cir- Qg‘:‘pl;§£Q’;;&°· cnit, upon the recommendation in writing of the judge thereof, to name ggglfcirgujt 0,,,, and appoint, on or before the first day of May, in the year eighteen hun- <>!`*l1¤**¤¤;¥;]¤¤i¤- dred and seventy-one, and thereafter as vacancies may from any cause ZE;-r;,,:;,,;,,,. arise, from among the circuit court commissioners in and for each judicial ofelectiens for district in each of said judicial circuits, one of such officers, who shall be tm d‘Sm°*i known for the duties required of him under this act as the chief supervisor of elections of the judicial district in and for which he shall be a commissioner, and shall, so long as faithful and capable, discharge the term of omco.