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and provision is made under which the ballot 

 is rejected from the count in case, on trial, the 

 voter is found to have been unqualified. An- 

 other provides for punishing M'ith fine and im- 

 prisonment persons who shall lay wagers upon 

 the result of elections, or sell pools upon such 

 result. Another defines and punishes bribery 

 in elections. The following cases are specified : 

 1. Giving or offering money, or other thing 

 of value, to influence votes or to induce voters 

 to refrain from voting. 2. Agreeing to give 

 or procure, or offering or promising to procure, 

 or to endeavor to procure, any office, place, or 

 employment for the like purpose. 3. Making 

 any gift, loan, etc., in order to induce persons 

 to procure, or endeavor to procure, the elec- 

 tion of any person to a public office, or the 

 vote of any voter at an election. 4. Agreeing, 

 in consequence of a gift, loan, etc., to procure, 

 or endeavor to procure, the election of any per- 

 son, or the vote of any voter. 6. Advancing or 

 paying money to be used for bribery, or know- 

 ingly paying or causing to be paid moneys in 

 discharge or satisfaction of moneys so used. 

 The penalty imposed is a fine of $200. Can- 

 didates for office, however, are permitted to 

 pay the reasonable cost of printing, advertis- 

 ing, holding meetings, procuring speakers, dis- 

 tributing tickets, " getting out the people " to 

 meetings, and " bringing voters out to the polls." 

 A similar penalty is imposed upon voters who, 

 for a consideration, refrain from voting. Can- 

 didates are prohibited from furnishing refresh- 

 ments to voters in order to influence their ac- 

 tion, under penalty of from $25 to $200. The 

 election of a voter procured by bribery or cor- 

 rupt practices is declared void. The sale of 

 spirituous liquors on election days is absolutely 

 prohibited under penalty of fine and impris- 

 onment. Any person who shall threaten to 

 discharge persons in his employ in order to 

 influence votes, "and any priest, pastor, cu- 

 rate, or other officer of any religious associa- 

 tion or society, who shall impose or threaten 

 to impose any penalty of excommunication, 

 dismissal, or expulsion, or who shall command 

 or advise, under pain of religious disapproval, 

 for the purpose of influencing any voter at an 

 election," is declared guilty of corrupt prac- 

 tice, and punishable by fine of from $25 to 

 $200. To promise office, place, or employ- 

 ment under the Government of the United 

 States in order to influence votes for United 

 States Senator, or the endeavor to procure the 

 same on account of any member of the Legisla- 

 ture having voted or refrained from voting for 

 any person for that office, is made punishable 

 by imprisonment not more than five years in the 

 State-prison, or by fine not exceeding $1,000. 

 General acts were passed under which corpo- 

 rations may be formed by voluntary associates, 

 as follows: Mutual and cooperative associa- 

 tions; Knights of Pythias; military compa- 

 nies; St. Andrew's societies; temperance re- 

 form clubs; eclectic medical societies; for^the 

 prevention of cruelty to animals ; for receiving, 



loaning, and investing money; land companies; 

 cooperative savings societies. By another act, 

 any person selling, giving, furnishing, or caus- 

 ing to be sold, given, or furnished to minors 

 under 18, any intoxicating, spirituous, malt, 

 brewed, or fermented liquors, cider, or wine, 

 or permitting such liquor, etc., to be drank by 

 such minor on his premises, is made liable for 

 actual and exemplary damages to the father, 

 mother, guardian, master, or other person 

 standing in the place of parent, the recovery 

 to be not less than $50 in any case. Druggists 

 selling on request of parent, etc., or on tho writ- 

 ten prescription of a physician, are excepted. 



The only general election for the year was 

 for Justice of the Supreme Court and Regents 

 of the University. For the first-named office 

 the vote was as follows: Thomas M. Cooley, 

 Republican, 112,653; Henry F. Severens, Dem- 

 ocrat, 85,748 ; scattering, 1,195 ; Cooley over 

 Severens, 26,905. For Regents the vote was: 

 Victory P. Collier, Republican, 110,545; Geo. 

 L. Maltz, Republican, 111,230 ; AnsonE. Chad- 

 wick, Democrat, 87,600; John Lewis, Demo- 

 crat, 87,844; scattering, 1,263. Collier over 

 Chadwick, 22,945 ; Maltz over Lewis, 23,386. 

 Mr. Collier did not qualify, and George Duf- 

 field was appointed in his place. The election 

 of United States Senator, to succeed Thomas 

 W. Ferry, resulted as follows : 



Scnit*. Houw. ToUl. 



For Thomas "W. Ferry, republican 28 71 94 

 For Charles S. May, Democrat 9 88 88 



Ferry's majority 63 



The balance of cash in the Treasury, Sep- 

 tember 30, 1876, was $1,064,005.80. Receipts 

 for the year, $1,838,824.77. Total resources, 

 $2,897,830.07. Cash payments, $2,288,058.84. 

 Balance, September 30, 1877, $609,771.28. The 

 bonded debt of the State is as follows : 



Bonds due July 1, 1677, bearing Interest $44,000 Of 



July 1,1878. u 101,00009 



" January 1, 1878, " 248,00000 



" January 1, 1888, " 829.00000 



" May 1. 1890, " 867,00000 



Non-interest-bearing demands IftjMi OT 



Total 01,891,148 9T 



There is now on hand, applicable to this debt : 



United State* bonds, In hand* of Fund Commis- 

 sioners $800,000 00 



Canalfund 46.000 00 



Sinking fund 480.2W 08 



Total $88*4M 



Balance of debt lew these Items M4.865 44 



The receipts into the State Treasury for the 

 year were : For delinquent taxes, tax rtatn 

 ments, etc., $846,485.98 ; receipts into trust 

 funds, $164,087.81 ; taxes. 1876, and redemp- 

 tions, $691,127.77; specific taxes paid by cor- 

 porations, $512,904.08 ; interest and penalty, 

 $58,677.84 ; sales of reports, etc., $5,4738.43 ; 

 received for fees in State offices, $5,7to.W; 

 rents, $200; St. Mary's Canal, $24,744.88; 

 earnings of State-prison, $14,866.67 ; other 

 items, $8,560.66. Total, $1,833,824.77. The 

 debt of the State to the several trust, fund* to 

 as follows : 



