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1 OFFICIAL. LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. sau at tm siraKMi or Tut fnmf COKWM4. ALBANY REGISTER. KupiIoment. INo. AN ACT to amend au act approved May thirty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled ' An act to en force tbe rights of citizens of tbe United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes." No. 34. He it enrrctrd hjf the Srmntr and Iouite nf Bepreeentatirrenf the United Statu of Amer ica in VaKqrrwm nwW'rf, . That section twenty ot tbe " Act to enforce tbe rights of citizens of tbe Coiled States to Tote in tbe several States of tbis Union, and for other par poses," approved May thirty-one.eigbi-en hundred and seventy, shall be. and hereby is, amended so as to read as follows : "Sec. 20. And be it further enaced. That if any registration of voters for an elec tion for Representative or Delegate in tbe Congies of tbe United States, any person shall knowingly personate and register, or attempt to register, in the name of any other person, whether liv ing, dead, or fictitious, or fraudulently register, or fraudulently attempt! to reg ister, not having a lawful right, so to do ; or do any unlaw act to sm-ure reg istration for bimself on any other per. son ; or by fjree, threat, menace, in timidation, bribery, reward, or bromine thereof, or other unlawful means, pre vent or binder any persou having a lawful right to register from duly ex ercisiog such right ; or compel or in duce, by any of such means, or unlaw ful means, any officer of registration to admit to registration any person not legally entitled thereto, or interfere in any manner with any officer of regis tration in tbe discharge of bis duties. or by any each means, or other unlaw ful means, induce any officer of regis tration to violate or refuse to ! comply with his duty or any law regulating tbe same : or if any such officer shall knowingly and willfully register as voter any person not entitled to be reg istered, or refuse to so register any person entitled to be registered : or it any such officer or other person whose duty it is to persorm any duty in rela tion to such registration or election, or to ascertain, aonounce. or declare tbe result thereof, or give or make any cer tificate, document, or evidence in rei. tion thereto, shall knowingly; neglect or refuse to perform any duly required by law, or violate aBy duty imposed by law, or to do any art unauthorized by law relating to or affecting such regis tration or election, or tbe result thereof or any certificate, document, or evi dence in relation thereto, or an v person shall aid, counsel, procure, or advise any such voter, person, or officer to do any act hereby made a crime, or to omit any act tbe omission of Wbich is hereby made a crime, every such person ball be deemed guilty of a crime, and ball be liible to prosecution and pun ishment therefor as provided in section nineteen of raid act ot Hay thirty-one, eigbteen hundred and seventy: for per eons guilty of any of .be crimes therein specified : Provided, 1 bat every regis tration made nndet the laws or any State or Territory for any state or other election at which snch Represent stive or Delegate in Congress shall be chosen, shall be deemed to be a regis tration within tbe meaning of tbls act. notwithstanding tbe same shall also be made for the purposes of any State, territorial, or municipal election." Sic. 2. And be it further enoetcd. That whenever in any el'y or town Jiaving upward of twenty thousand, inhabi tants, there shall be two citizens there of who, prior to any registration of voters for an election for Representa tive or Delegate in tbe Congress of tbe United states, or prior to any! election at which a Representative or Delegate in Congress is to be voted (or, shall make known, in writing, to' the judge of tbe circuit court of the) United States for the ciecuit wherein such city or town shall be, their desire to have said registration, or said election or both, circuit court, within not less than ten days prior to said registration, if one there be, or, if no registration be required, with'n not less than ten days prior to said election, to open the said circuit court at tbe moat conve niedt point in said court. And the said conrt, when so opened by said judge, shall proceed to appoint and commission from day to day and from time to time, and under the band of tbe said circuit judge, and under tbe seal of said court, for eacbjelectioa district or voting precinct in each and every such city or town as 'shall, io tbe manner herein prescribed, have ap plied therefor, and. to revoke j change, or renew said appointment from time to time, two citizens, residents of said city or town, wbo sall be of different political parties, and able to read and write tbe English ; language, and who ehall be known and designated as su pervisors of election." And the said circuit court, when opened bo the said circuit judge as required herein, shall therefrom and threafter, and nip to and including the day following tbe day of election, be always open tor tor the transaction of business under this act, and tbe powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and conferred shall. be exer cised as well in vacation as in term time; and a judge sitting at ebembtrs ball have tbe same powers eed juris diction, including the power of keep ing order and of punishing ny con tempt of his authority, m when eit ting in eonrt. - . ,. , j So. 3. And be it further enacted. That whenever, from sickness, injury, or otherwise, tbe judge of ; thei circoit . court of the United State la any ju dicial cipcuit shall be unable to per form and discharge the duties by this - act imposed, it ball be bis duty, and he U hereby required, to select and to direct and assign to the performance thereof, ia bU f leee a&4 aufad, such one of the judges of the district courts fif tbe United Stites within his circuit s abshi.ll oeem beat; and upon such selection aad assignment being made, it sball b lawful for, and thall be tbe duty of, the district jurige so designa ted to perform and discharge, in the place and stead of tbe said circut judge, all tbe duties, powers, and obligations imposed and conferred upon tbe sail circuit judge by tbe pro visions of this act. Szo. 4. And be a further enacted. That it sball be the duly of the supervisors of election, appointed under this act, and they and each of tbem are hereby authorised and required, to attend at all times and places fixed for tbe regis tration of voters, wbo, being regis tered, would be entitled to vote for a Representative or Delegate in Congress, and to challenge any person offering to register; to attend at all times and places a ben (be names of registered voters may be marked for challenge. and to cause such names registered as they sball deem proper to be so marked; to make, when required, the lists, or either of them, provided for in section thirteen of tbis act, and verify the same; and upon any occasion, and at any time when in attendance under tim provitijos of this act, to person ally inspect and scrutinize such regie- try, and for purposes ot identilicatioo to affix their or bis signature to eacb and every page of tbe original list, and of : eacb and every copy of any such list of registered voters, at such times, upon each day when any name may or thall be received, entered, or registered, and in such manner, as will, in their or bis judgment, detect and expose the improper or wrongful removal therefrom, or addition thereto, io any way, of any name or names. Sac. 6. And be it further enacted, That it sbiill also be tbe duty of tbe said supervisors of election, and they, and etch ot them, are hereby authorized and reqnired, to attend at all times and places lor bolding elections of Repre sentatives or Delegates in Ceogtess, and for counting tbe votes cast at said elections; to challenge any vote offered by any person whose legal qualities lions the supervisors, oreither of tbem, shall doubt; to be and remain where tbe ballot boxes are kept at all times after tbe polls are opened until eacb and every vote cast at said time and place sball be counted, tbe canvass of all votes polled be wholly completed and tbe proper add requsite certificates or returns made, wbetber said certin catee or returns be required under any law of the United States, or any State, territnrial, or municipal law, and to personally inspect and scrum ize, from time to time, und at all times, on tbe day of election, tbe manner in which the vot'mg is done, and tbe way and method in wbicb tbe poll books, regis try lists, and tallies or check books wbetber tbe same are required by any law of tbe Uoited Stales, territorial, or municipal law, are kept; and to tbe eod that eacb candidate for tbe office ot Representative or Delegate in Coo grass saall obtain the benefit of every voto for him cast, tbe said supervisors of election are, and eacb of tbem is, hereby required, in their or big re spective election districts or voting precincts, to personally scrutize, count, and canvass eacb and every ballot in their or bis election district or voting precinct cast, whatever may be the in dorsement on said ballot, or in what ever box it may bave been placed or be found; to mage and forward to the officer wbo, io accordauce with tbe provisions of -section thirteen of this act, sball bave been designated as the chief supervisor of the judicial district in wbich tbe city or town wherein they or he sball serre sball be, such certificates and returns of all such ballots as said officer may direct and require, and to attach to tbe registry list, and all copies thereof, and to any certificate, staiement,or return, wheth er tbe same, or any part or portion thereof, be required by any law of tbe United States, or of any State, territo rial, or municipal law, any statement touching the truth or accuracy ot tbe registry, or tbe truth or fairness of the election and canvass, which tbe said supervisor of election, or either of tbem, may desire to make or attach, or which should properly and honestly be made or attached, in order that the facts may become known, any law of any State or Territory to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, Tht, tbe better to enable tbe said supervisors of election to discharge their duties, they are, and each of tbem is, hereby authorized and directed, in theis re spective election district or voting pres cincts, on tbe day or day of registra tion, on the day or days whan register ed voter may be marked to be chal lenged, and on the day er day of elec tion, to take, occupy, aad remain in such position or positions, from time to time, wbetber before or behind the ballot boxes, as well, io their judgment best enable tbem or him to see each person offering himself for registration or offering to vote, and a wM beet conduce to their or his scrutinizing the manner in wbicb the registration or voting is being conducted ; and at the closing of the poll for the reception of vote, they are, and each- of. tbem ia, hereby required to place themselves or himself in snch position in relation to the ballot .boxes for tbe purpose of en gaging in the work of canvassing the ballot ia said boxes contained a wilt enable tbem er him-to fully perform tbe duties ia respect to such canvass. certificates, returns, and statements halt have been wholly completed, any law of any . Stat or Territory to the contrary notwithstanding. - Sec. 7. And be it further taacled, That if in any election district or voting pre cinct in any city, town, or village, for wnten mere snail dare been appointed supervisors of election for any election at which a Representative or Delegate in Congress shall be voted for, the aaid supervisor of election, or either of them, aball not be allowed to exercise and discharge,' folly aad freely, and without bribery; solicitation, Interfer ence, hindrance, molestation,' violence, or threat tbrreof, on tbe part of or from any person . or persons, each and very of the duties, obligations, and powers conferred nppn tbam by this act and tbe act bereb- amended, It shall report, under oath, wilhin ten days af ter tbe day of election, to the officer who, in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen of this act, sball have been designated as the chief su pervisor of tbe judicial district in wbich the city or town wherein they or he served shall be, of tbe manner and means by which they were, or be was, not so allowed to fully and freely ex ercise and discharge the duties and ob ligatioes required and imposed by this act. And upon receiving any such re prrt, st shall be the duty of the said chief supervisor, acting both in such capacity and officially as a commissioner of tbe circuit court, to forthwith exam ine into the facts thereof ; to subpoena and compel the attendance before him of any witnesses ; administer oaths and take testimony in respect to the charg es made ; and prior to tbe assembling of the Congress for wbicb any such Representatives or Oelagate was voted for, to bave filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives of tbe Con gress of the United Sta e-i all tbe evi dence by him taken, all information by him obtained, and all .reports to him made. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted. That whenever an election at which Repres sentatives or Delegates in Congress are to be chosen sball be held in any city or town of twectv thousand inhabitants or upward, the marsbal ot tbe United States for tbe district in - which said city or town is situated shall have pow er, and.it shall be his duty, on the ap-i plication, in writing, of at least two citizens residing in any snch' city or town, to appoint special depuiy mar shals, whose duty it shall be, wben re qnired as provided in this act, to aid and assist tbe supervisors of election in the verification of any list of person made under tbe provisions of tbis act, wbo may bave registered, or voted, or either ; to attend in each election dis trict or voting precinct at the times and places fixed for tbe registration of vours, and at all times and places wben and where said registration may by law be authorized, and tbe names of regis tered voters be marked for challenge ; and also to attend, at al times for hold ing such elections, tbe polls of the elec tion in such district or precinct. And tbe marsbal and bis general deputies, shall have power, and it sball be the duty of such special deputies, to keep the peace, and support and protect tbe anperv rs of elections ia tbe discbarge of their duties, preserve order at such places ot registration and at such polls prevent frad u lent registration and fraud ulent voting thereat, or fraudulent con duct on the part of any officer of elec tion, and immediately, either at said place of registration, or po'ling place, or elsewhere, and either before or after regfsteriog or voting, to arrest and take into custody, with or witbot pro cess, any person who shall commit, or attempt or offer to commit, any of ibe acts or offenses prohibited by this act, or tbe act hereby amended, or who shall commit any offense against tbe laws of tbe United States : Provided, Tbat no person sball be arrested without pro cess for any offense not committed in the presence of the marshal or bis gen eral or special deputies, or either of them, or of the supervisors of election, or either of tbem, and, for tbe purpo ses of arrest or tbe preservation of tbe peace, the supervisors of election, and eacb of tbem, sball, in the absence of tbe marshal's deputies, or if required to assist said deputies, have the same duties and powers as deputy mashals : And provided further, Tbat no person shnll, on the day or day of any such election, be arrested witout process for any offense committed on tbe day or days of registration. Sec. 9. And be it further enactei, That whenever any arrest is made under any provision of this act, tbe person so ar rested sball forthwith be brought be fore a cemmissiooer, judge, or court of the Uoited States for examination of the offenses alleged against him ; and such commissioner, judge, or court sball proceed in respect thereto as au thorized bylaw in case of crime against the United States. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, Tbat jrboever, with or without any authority power, or process, of any State, terri torial, or municipal authority, shall obstruct, hinder, assanli, or by bribery solicitation, or otherwise, interfere with or prevent tbe supervisor of election, or either of them, or the marshal or hi general or special deputies, or either of tbem, in tbe performance of any duty required of tbem, or either of them, or which he or they, or either of tbem, may be authorized to perform by any law of tbe United States, whether in tbe execution of process or otherwise, or shall by any of tbe mean before mentioned binder or prevent tbe free attendance and presence at such place of registration or at such poll of elec tion, or full and free access and egress to and from any such place of registra tion or poll of election, or in going to and from any such place of registration or poll of election, or to and from any snch registration or election or canvas of vote, or of making any return or certificates thereof, may be bad ,or shall molest, interfere with, remove, or eject from any such place -of registration or poll of election, or of canvassing vote cast thereat, or of making return 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 assist any supervisor of election, or tbe marsbal or hi general or special deputies, or either of tbem, in tbe per formance of bis or their duties wben required by him or them, or either of tbem, to give such aid and assistance, be shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to instant arrest without pro cess, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment not mora than two year, or by fine not mora than three tbonsand'doliars, or by both inch fin and' Imprisonment, and aball pay tbe cost of tbe prosecation. Who ever aball, during tbe progress of any verification of any list of tba person wbo may have registered or voted, and wbich (ball be bad or mad nnMer any of the provisions of thia act, refaao to answer, or refrain from answering, or ensweriog sball knowingly give false information in repct to any inquiry lawfully madd, snch person aball be liable to arrest and imprisonment aa for a 'misdemeanor, and on conviction ha the dntr of tha annerviaora of e4tr (joii, as each, of i.uo, to mto jJ'rof ,h'11 be Plbed by Imprison- meat not to exceed thirty days, or by tine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment and shall pay tbe costs ot tbe prosecu tion. 1 Sac. 11. Andbeit further enacted, Tbat whoever shall be appointed a supervi sor of election or a special deputy mar shal under the prouisions of this act, and shall take the oath of office as such supervisor of election or such special deputy marsbal, wbo shall thereafter neglect or refuse, without good and lawful excu&e, to perform and discbarge fully tbe duties, obligations, and re quirements of such office until the expi ration of the term for which he was appointed, sball not only be subject to removal from office with loss of all pay or emolument, but shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction sball be punished by imprisonment for not less than six mouth nor more than one year, or by fine not less' than two hun dred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment, and shall pay tbe cost ot prosecution. Sec. 12. And be it f nether enacted. That tbe marshal, or his general deputies, or such special deputies as sball be thereto specially empowered by bim, in writing aud under bis hand and seal, whenever be or his said general deputies or his special deputies, or either or any of them, shall be forcibly resisted in exe cuting their duties under tbis act, or tbe act bereoy amended, or sball, by violence, threats, or menaces, be pre vented from executing such duties, or from arresting any person or persons wbo shall commit any offense for which said marshal or bis general or his special deputies are authorized to make ,-uch arrest, are, and each of tbem is hereby, empowered to summon and call to bis or tbeir aid tbe bystanders or pose comitatus of hi district. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it sball be tbe d uty ot eecb ot be circuit courts of tbe United Ssatea ia and for eacb judicial circuit, opon tbe recom mendation in writing of tbejudge there- of, to name aud appoint, on or before tbe first day of May, in tbe year eight een hundred and seventy-one, and there after as vacancies may from any cause arise, from among the circuit court commissioners in and for eacb jxdicial district in each of said judicial circuit ooeolsuoh officers, wbo shall be known tor tbe dnties revuired of him uoder tbis act as tbe cbief supervisor of elec tions of the judicial district in and for which be sball be a commissioner, and sball, so long as faithful and capable. discbarge tbe duties in tbis act imposed and wbo.-e duty it shall be to prepare and furnish all necessary books, forms, blanks, and instructions for the nse and direction of the supervisors of elec tion in tbe several cities and towns in their respective districts ; to receive tbe Hpplications of all parties for appoint ment to sucb positions ; and npon tbe opening, as contemplated io tbis act, it the circuit court tor the judicial cir cuit ia wbich the commissioner so des ignated sball act, to present such ap plication to tbe judge thereof, and furnish information to said judge in re spect to tbe appointment by tbe said court of such supervisors ot election ! to require of the supervisors of election where necessary, list of tbe persons wbo may register and vote, or either io their respective election districts or voting preciots, and to cause tbe names of those upon any such list whose right to register or vote sball be honestly doubted to be verified by proper inqui ry and examination at the respective places by them assigned aa tbeir resi dences ; and to receive; preserve, and file all oaths of office of said supervi sors of election, and of all special dep uty marshals appointed under tbe pro visions of this act, and all certificates, return, reports, and records of every kind and nature contemplated or made requisite under and by tbe provisions of this act, save where otherwise herein specially directed. And it is hereby made tbe duty of all United States mar shals and commissioners who shall ia any judicial district perform any duties under tbe provisions of thi act, or tbe act hereby amended, relating to con cerning, or affecting tbe election of Representative or delegates in the Congress of tbe United State, to, from time to time, and with due diligence, forwrrd to the chief supervisor in and for fheir judicial district all complaints examinations, and record pertainiog thereto, and all oath of office by tbem administered to any snpervisor of elec tion or special deputy masbal, in order tbat the same may be properly preserv ed and filed. Sec. 14. And be it farther enacted. That there sball be allowed aod paid to each cbief supervisor, for bis services, aa such officer, tbe following compensation apart from and in excess of all fees al lowed by law for tbe performance of any duty a circuit court commissioner: For filing and earing for every return, report, record, documrnt, or other pa per required to be filed by him under any of tbe provisions of thia act, ten cents ; for affixing a seal to any paper, record, report, or instrument, twenty cents ; for entering and indexing the records of his office, fifteen cents per folio ; and for arranging and transmit ting to Congress; as provided for in sec tion seven of tbis act, any report, state ment, record, return, or examination, for eacb folio, fifteen cents ; and for any copy thereof, or of any paper on file a like sum. And there aball be allowed and paid to each and every supervisor of election, and each and every special deputy marsbal who shall perform his duty under tbe provision of thi act, compensation yt the rata of five dollars per day each and every day he shall have actually been on duty, not exceed ing ten days. And tba fees of the said chief supervisors shall be paid at the Treasury of tba United State, such ac counts to be made oat, verified, exami ned, and certified aa in tha case of ac counts of commissioners, save that the examination or certificate reqnired may be mad by either tha circuit or district judge. . Bsc. 15. And be it 'further enacted'. That tbe jarisdietion of tba circuit conrt of tbe United State shall evtend to all case n law or equity arising under the provision of thi act or tha act hereby amended ; and if any person or proper tv for or en account of aay act by him dona -tinder any of the provisions of tbis act or the act hereby amended, be hall be entitled to maintain aolt for damages therefor in tbe circuit court of the United States in the district wherein the party doing the injury may reside or shall be found. Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, Tbat in any case where suit or pro.-ecution, civil or criminal, shall be commenced in a conrt of any State agalntt any of ficer of the United States, or other per son, for or on account of any act done under the provisions of tbis act, or un der color thereof, or for or on account of any right, autbeority, or title set up or claimed by snch officer or other per son under any of said previsions, it shall be lawful for the defendant in suit or prosecution, at any time before trial, upon a petition to tbe circuit conrt of the United States in and for the district in which the defendant shall have been served with process, setting forth the nature of said suit or prosecution, aod . verifying th said petition by affidavit, together with a certificate signed by an attojney or councillor at law of some court of record of tbe State in which such suit sball bave been commenced, or of the United States, setting forth that as counsel for tbe petition he has examined tbe proceedings against bim, and has carefully inquired into all tbe matters set forth in tbe petition, and that be believes tbe same to be true, which petition, affidavit, and certificate shall be presented to tbe said circnit court, if in session, and, if ao, to tbe clerk thereof at bis office, aod shall be filed in aaid office, aod tbe cause shall thereupon be entered on tbe docket of said court, and shall be thereafter pro ceeded in as a cause originally com menced in tbat court ; and it shall be the duty of tbe clerk of said court, if tbe suit was commenced ia tbe court below by summons, to issue a writ of certiorari to tbe State court, requiring said court to send to the said circnit court the record and proceedings in said cause ; or if it was commenced by capias, be shall iesue a writ of habeas corpus cum causa, a duplicate of wbich said writ sball be delivered to tbe clerk of tbe State court, or left at bis office by tbe marshal of the distaict, or bis deputy, or some person duly authorized thereto; and thereupon it shall be the duty of tbe said State court to stay fur ther proceedings in such cause, and tbe said suit or prosecution, upon delivery of sucb process, or leaving tbe same as aforesaid, sball be deemed and taken to be moved to tbe said circuit court, and any further proceedings, trial, or judgement therein in tbe State court sball be wholly null and void; and auy person, woetber an attorney or officer of any State court, or otherwise, wbo shall thereafter take any steps, or in any manner proceed in tbe State court in any action so removed, aball be guilty of a misdemeanor' aud liable to trial and punishment in the court to wbicb tbe action shall bave been re moved, and upon conviction thereof sball be punished by imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year, or by fine not less than five hucdred nor more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and im prisonment, aod shall in1dition there to be amenable to tbe .Utd court to which said action shall . ave been re moved as for a contemp ;ad if tbe de fendant ia any such suit be ia actual custody on mesne process therein, it shall be the duty of tbe. marsbal, by virtue of tbe writ of habeas corpus com causa, to take tbe body of tbe defend ant into his custody, to be dealt with in the said cause according to the role of law and the order of the circuit court or of any judge thereof in vacation. And all attachments made and all bail or other security given opon such suit or prosecution shall be and continue in like force and effect as if tbe same suit or prosecution bad proceeded to final judgment and execution in the State oonrt. And if npon the removal of any . such suit or prosecution it shall be made to appear to said circuit court tbat no copy of tbe record and proceedings therein in tbe State court can be ob tained, it shall be lawful for said circuit court to allow and require tbe plaintiff to proceed de novo, and to file a declar ation of bis cause ol action, and the. parties may thereupon proceed as in actions originally brought in said cir cuit court; and on failure of so proceed ing judgment of noa prosequitur may be rendered against the plaintiff, with cost for the defendant. Sec. 17. And be it Jurleer enacted. That in any case in which any party is or may be by law entitled to'copies of tbe rec ord and proceedings in any suit or pros ecation ia any State court, to be used ia enp court of the United States, if the , clerk of aaid State court aball, upou de mand and tbe payment of tender of the legal feel, refuse or neglect to deliver to sucb party certified copies of such record aud proceeliogi, the court of the United States in which such rscord and proceedings may be needed, on proof by affidavit tbat the clerk of such State court haa refused or neglected to deliver copies thereof on demand as aforesaid, may direct and allow auch record to. be aupplied by affidavit or otherwise, as tbe circumstances of the cue may re quire and allow; and thereupon such proceeding, trial, and judgment may be bad in the said oourt of the United States, and all such processes awarded as if certified copies of snch records and proceedings had been regularly before' tbe said court; and hereafter in all civil actions in the courts of the United' States either party thereto may notice the same for trial. Sao. 19. And be it further enacted. That ' sections five and six of tbe act of tbe Congress of the United States approved i joly fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, aad eatitled "An act to amend tbe naturalisation laws, and to punish crimes agaiost tbe same," be, and the same are hereby repealed : bat this re- -' peal shall not affect any proceeding or ? proaeeution now pending for any offense J under the said tactions, or either of J teem, or any question which may arise therein respecting the appointment of 1 the ptrsooa in aaid section, or either of them, provided for, or the power, duties, or obligations of auch peraoae. Sao. 19. And be it further' enacted. That . all votes for Representatives in Congress , sball hereafter be by written or printed ballot, any law of any State to the eon- trary notwithstanding ; and all votes , received or recorded . contrary to the i provisions of this section shall be ol ' none effect. AnaravMi. Taftpaarw 1BT1 ' " ' AN ACT making appropriations, for tbe service of the Fost Office Department for the year ending J nne thirty, eight een hundred and seventy-two, and fo other purpose. f w . ; Be it enacted by the Senate and Bovet tf Regrtientative of the United State of America in Congrcet atembled : ' ! ' That tbe following sum be,' and tbe same are hereby, appropriated for tb erviee of tbe fost UQiee Department tor tbe year ending June thirty, eigbt een hundred aod seventy-two, eat of any money in the treasury arising front tbe revenues of said department, in con formity to tbe act of July two, eighteen hnndren and thirty-six: ' For inland mail transportation, twelve million three hundred aud twenty-nine dollars. For pay of mail messenger, five hun dred aod six thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars. For pay of route agents, seven bun dred and eigty-aix thousand five hun dred and sixty -nine dollars. For pay of mail route messengers, fifty-nine thousand toar hundred and four dollars. For pay of local agents, forty-nine thousand aod forty-four dollars. For pay of railway post office clerk, five bnndred and eighty-five thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars. For pay of baggage master in charge of through mails, five thousand dol lar. For foreign mail transportation, four hundred thousand dollars. For ship, steamboat, and way letters ten thontand doltars. For pay of postmasters, five million one hundred thousand dollars. For pay of cletks in post offices, two million six hundred thousand dollars. For pay cf letter carriers one million four hundred thousand dollars. For wrapping paper.thirty.fi ve thous and dollars. For twine, thirty five thonsand dol lars. For letter-balances, two thousand five b ii v dred dollars. For pay of blank agents, ten thousand dollars. For office furniture, two thonsand five hundred dollar. Far advertising, fifty thousand dol lars : Provided, That no part of thi um shall be paid to any paper in tbe Dis trict of Columbia for advertising mail rout- other than those in Virginia and Maryland. For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand dollars. For manufacture of postage-stamped envelopes and newspaper v rappers, four bnndred and fourteen thousand two hundred dollars : Provided, Tbat no en velope a furnished by the government shall contain any lithographing or en graving, and neprinting excepta print ing except a printed request to return the letter to tbe writer. For salary of distributing agents aod assistants, and incidental expenses of agency, six thousand eight hundred dollars. Foi mail -depredations and special agents, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For mail-bags and mail-bag catchers one hundred and eighty thousand dol lars. For locks aad keys, forty thonsand dollars. For post marking and cancelling stamp tcr post offices, twelve thousand five hnndred doMars. For balances due foreign countries, two nnnarea tnousana aoiiars. For preparing and publishing post route map, twenty dollars. For rent of post offices, two hundred thousand dollars. For fuel for post offices one hundred thousand dollars. For lights for post offices, one hun dred and ten thousand dollars. Fot stationery and miscellaneous items for post offices, forty thousand dollars. For registered package envelopes. fifteen thousand dollars. For official eaqelopes for of postmas ters, thirty thousand dollars. For envelopes for return of dead let ter to writer, four thousand dollars. For fees to United State attorneys. clerks of court, aad United States mar shals, tea thousand dollars. For engraving, printing aod binding draits and warruta, three thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thous and dollars. Tbat no money appropriated by thia act shall be applied to tbe payment of the alleged claim against the United States in favor of George Cborpenniog, ' now pending before tbe Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, or any part thereof. Sec. 2. That the following sums, or so roach thereof as may be necessary, , be, and the same are hereby, appropri ated for tbe year ending June thirty, eighteen bundled and seventy-two, out of any money in the treasury not other wise appropriated, namely : Fob steamship service between Sen! ., Francisco, Japan, and China, five hun dred thousand dollar. For ateamsbip service between tbe United State and Brasil, one hundred and fifty thousand dollar. For steamship service between San , Francisco and tbe Sandwich Islands, seventy-five thousand dollars. Sc. 3. That it the revenues of. the Post Office Department shall be insqffi. cient to meet the appropriations mad : by this act, then the sum of tbjee mill ion nine hundred and sixty-nine thous and three hundred and eighty-three ' dollars, or so much thereof as may be ' -neccessary, be, ana the same is hereby ' appropriated , to be paid out of any ' money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in ! tbe revenue of the Post Office Depart- ' meat for the year ending June thirty,'"' eighteen hundred and seventy-two. 30. 4. That all biddere, upon every mails upon the same, shall hereafter 1 accompany tbeir bids (where tbey.es:! ceed five thousand dollars) with a eer." tided check or draft, payable to the or der of the Postmaster General, of some ' reliable banking honse or banking in- ' titntioa, which cheek ot draft oll! not be leu than five per oent. on the amount that they weald receive la aay one year under ench bid. Ia case nay" bidder, on beisg awarded eay such eon tract, isall fail to enter Into goof and uiBeient boada to taltbfnlly carry eat BCit biddfr or Mddort ebay forfeit tbe