Show CAN BE PUNI sHEI SEVERELY this suggestive inquiry has baa been received by the baws SALT LANE LAKE CITY december 1895 to the editor please answer the following if a candidate didace for the city council obtained a lis jig ot of names of voters that were absent from the cil cit yand paid other men money to go and vote voie those names could he be punished lor for i if is the penalty please answer in the NEWS not only ja Is the candidate who would engage in ID such reprehensible proceedings as that stated elated uy by our correspondent liable to punishment for b bia crime but these who would receive money and vote eta as any there be are guilty it t a felony and subject to a heavy penalty As aa to a candidate or any one else woo proceeds as stated by our interrogator sect n cf 1 tue compiled lawo 1888 saye every person who procures aids encourages cou rages assists counsels coun aels or advises ot another iother to give or his vote voie at any eleo election tiou knowing or believing that the person is not noi qualified and entitled to vote ote is guilty ot of misdemeanor the punishment for this offense is ie imprisonment for six months and r b flue fine ot of 30 for eaon and every per adi n whose unlawful act is thus procured regarding those who receive money and vote in the manner i named amed section of the compiled laws 1888 aay 0 every person not entitled to vote who fraudulently votes and every person who votes more than once at any one elec too ion or adds or at to add any ballot to those polled a ai any elec doD either by fraudulently introducing the ame tame t f into the ballot box before or at af er the ballots therein have been counted is gutile ot of felony ana and shall be punished by a a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or orby by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not noi exceeding two years or by both if our correspondent or any other person has information of any proceedings ce of the nature lature suggested it to ia ri nia Is duty at once to notify the prosecuting sg attorney who will set lu in motion the proper machinery for bringing the guilty parties to justice |