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 174 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 2083. 1906. has been so elected, and shall issue and deliver to him in writing under Fees. their hands and seals a certificate of his election. Publication m Sec. 13. That each newspaper in Alaska authorized to publish the "°"°°°°”` notice of election provided for herein, and having published the same according to law, shall be entitled to receive therefor not more than 1;1Q:g¤Hm£<>¤¤¢¤ i¤ ten dollars for the entire publications of any one election; that each P° p es' commissioner in the Territory of Alaska is authorized to contract for the_proper posting of all elections notices, as provided herein, in each voting precinct created IH his sa1d election district, and that not more than the sum of ten dollars shall be allowed at each election for the B°““l· posting of said notices in an one voting precinct in Alaska; that not _ more than ten dollars at each election shall be allowed for the rental m°°“°" °m°°'“· of a proper polling place in each voting precinct in Alaska; that each of the judges of election who shall iualify and serve as such in any precinct on said election day and eac of the clerks of election in an jncoiiporated town phall ge entitled to a compensation of five dollars or a l services per orme . · Pe*;gL¤*°¤° 0* *=¤· Sec. 14. That the compensation for said newspaper publications, ` the proper postin of said notices, the rental of said polling places, the fees of the judgges and clerks of election in each precinct, together with the cost of securing a ballot box and the cost of necessary postage alptddstatimnery, shall be certified with proper vouchers and receipts attac by the various election officials to the `udge of the district court in the said judicial division in which said votidg precinct is si tuate, Amino:. and the same shall be audited by said judge and shall be paid by the ` clerk of the court of said division ont of the same fund and in the same manner as the incidental expenses of said district court are paid. §g{_’“l{{g;_, ming, Sec. 15. That any person who, by any means, shall hinder, delay, ew. prevent, or obstruct any other person from qualifying himself to vote or from lawfully voting at any election herein provided for, or who shall knowingly personate and vote or attempt to vote in the name of any other person, or who shall vote more than once at the same election, or shall vote at a place where or at a time when he may not lawfully be entitled to vote, or shall do any unlawful act to secure an opportunity to vote, for himself or for any other person, or who, bv innmmancn, mn. or through any force, threat, intimidation, bribery, reward or offer °"`· °'“· thereof, unlawfully vote himself or procures another to vote, or prevents or induces another to refrain from exercising his right of suffrage, or induces by any means any officer of an election to do any unlawful act or omit to do his duty in any manner, or who, directly ctgh*”€i“¥ ¤>¤¤¤¤¤· or indirectly, in any manner shall fraudulently change or cause to lic ` changed the returns or the true and lawful xesult of an election heregnflcr gr shall attempt to dm; the same, or who shall delay, cause to he e aye, or connive at the < clay of election returns in any manner o1· attempt to do so, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon the conviction thereof shall he punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and pav the costs xu¤1t¤·wruuay,em., of the prosecution; and every officer of an election held hereunder who by °m"”‘ neglects to perform or violates any duty imposed u on him as such officer, or knowingly does any unauthorized act with the intent to affect the election or the result thereof, or who shall permit, make, or conmve at any false count or certificate of election, or who shall conceal, · withhold, destroy, or willfully delay the returns of election, or connive at the same being done, or who shall aid, counsel, or procure anv person to do or attempt to do any act made a crime hereinbefore, oyr shall attempt_to do any of the acts hereinbefore mentioned, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished bv a ‘ ne of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment of not more than five years, or both, in