In the performance. of his or their duties. when required by him or them. or either of them. to give such aid and assistance. shall be liable to instant arrest without process. and shall be punished by imprisonment not more than two years. or by a fine of not more than $3.000. or. by both such fine and imprisonment. and shall pay the cost of the prosecution. " SEc. 5523. Every person who. during the progress of any verifcation of any list of the persons who may have registared or voted. which Is had or made under any of the provisions of title " The elective franchise." refuses to answer or refrains from answering. or. answering. knowingly gives false information in respect to.any inquiry lawfully made. shall be punishable by Imprisonment for not more than 30 days. or by fine of not more than $100. or by both. and shall pay the costs of the presecution." Add at the end of the bill a new section. as follows: " SiC. 23. That the chief supervisors of elections now in office. their successors.. and such chief supervisors of elections as may hereafter be appointed under any law of the United States are. charged in their respective judicial districts and in such congressional districts the majority of the counties o which are within their judicial districts and in congressional districts- where the counties are equally divided in number between. two. judicial districts. or where they are within more than two judicial districts that chief supervisor of elections shall be charged witht duty hereunder in. whose Judicial district there shall be situated the counties. which by the last national census contained the greatest number of inhabitants. both in person and by and through the supervisors. of election who may from time to time be appointed. with the supervision of elections at which Representatives or Delegates in Congress are voted for. with the enforcement of the national election laws. and with the prevention of frauds and irregularities in naturalization. "The words judicial district where hereinafter used in this act or where found in any law of the United States relating to elections in connection with the duties. rights and powers of chief supervisors of election Shall be understood to refer to and to run throughout the jurisdiction in this section conferred. "Any registration of voters held prior to or for any election. general or special. at which a Representative or Delegate in Congress is to be voted for and any such election shall be guarded. scrutinized. and ipdrmised in the following mentoned and In the manner herein set forth.:. "First. In any city or town havin 20.000 inhabitants or upward. Whether such city or town contains within its boundaries one or more congressional districts or is only a part of one or more congressional districts. " Second.
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