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 Trrnm xxvr.—THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. 357 which the commissioner so designated acts, he shall present such applications to the ]udge thereof, and furnish information to him in resplect to the appointment by the tionprt of sucl;1 supervisors of electpon; he s all require 0 thesupervisors 0 e ection w en necessary, lists 0 the rsons who may register and vote., or either, lin their respective election gtricts or voting precincts, and cause the names of those upon any such list whose right to register or vote is honestly doubted to be verified by proper inquiry an examination at the respective places by them assigned as; their residenc;s;land he shall receppe, preserve, and file all oaths of officg 0 supervisors 0 e ection and of a s cial deputy marshals appointe under the provisions of this Title, and alliertiiicates, returns, reports, and records of every kind and nature contemplated or made requisnte by the provisions hereof, save where otherwise herein specially directed. [Son S •2¤·] Sec. 2027. All United States marshals and commissioners who in any M¤\‘¤l¤¤l¤ YQ for judicial district perform any duties under the preceding provisions relat— :_',;:}s°`:"“Pl!‘*‘“`Es"° ing to, concerning, or aifectipg the election of Representatives or Dele- gates in the Congress of the mted States, from time tO'tl.IIlB, and, with Ibidall due diligence, shall forward to the chief supervisor in and for men ]|.1dlCl8»l. district, all complaints, examinations. and records pertaining thereto, and all oaths of office by them administered to any supervisor of election or spepial élepusy marshal in order that the same may be properly preserve an i1 e. Sm. 2028. No person shall be appointed a supervisor of election or a supm-mon md deputy marshal, under the preceding provisions, who is not, at the time deputygmrshalsto of his appointment, a qnalitied voter of the city, town, county, parish, ‘l:;‘l“l‘6°dV°*£”» election istrict, or voting precinct IH which his duties are to be per- farmed- ss. .· Sec. 2029. The supervisors of election appointed for any county or 416,,,l,lr,,1l’£,?,?_ parish in any congressional district, at the instance of ten citizens, as visms nocwmake provided in section two thousand and eleven, shall have no_authority *****6- &¢· to make arrests, or to perform other duties than to be m the immediate in Jum_ 1872, c, prewnce of the officers holding the election, and to witness all their pro- 415, s. 1, v. 17, p. ceedings, including the counting of the votes and the making of a retum 349- thereo. Sec. 2030. Nothing in this Title shall be construed to authorize the No moremarshals appointment of any marshals or deputy marshals in addition to those :;d?:*¥m*“;:£db authopizid by law, prior to the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and zh? n°wp£3,hm,_ seven y- wo. i. 10 June, 1872, c. 415, s. 1, v. 17, p. 349. Sec. 2031. There shall be allowed and paid to the chief supervisor, _P•·Y of ¤¤p¤1‘· for his services as such officer, the following, compensation, apart from f“__f’f_“_;___ and in excess of all fees allowed by law for the performance o any duty 28 Feb., 1871, c. as circuit court commissioner: For tiling and·caring for every return, gf- N. V- 16, P- report, record, document, or other paper required to be filed by him under lb Jum’,8,2’ c_ any of the preceding provisions, ten cents; for afiixipg a sp:l_ to any gg, ,_ 1, v_ 17, p_ pa r, record, report, or- instrument, twenty cents,_ or en ring an. in exing the records of his office, fifteen cents per folio; and for arranging and transmitting to Congress, as provided for in section two thousand and twenty, any report, statement, record, return, or examination, for each folio, fifteen cents; and for any copy thereof, or of any paper on file, a. like sum. And there shall be allowed and paid to each supervisor of election, and each splecial dzputy marshal who is appointed and performs his duty under the prec ing prov1sions, compensation at the (pate of five dollars per day for each day he IS actually_on duty, not excee ing ten days; but no compensation shall be allowed, in any case, to supervisors of election, except to those appointed in cities or towns of twenty thousand or more in abitants. nd the fees of the chief supervisors shall be paid at the Treasury of the United States, such accounts to be; made out, verified, examined, and certified as in the case of agplounts o commissioners, save that the examination or certificate requir may be made by either the circuit or d1str1ct ]udge.