A bill to change the manner of Voting at elections and for other purposes.

Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That in all elections hereafter to be held, whether civil or Military, The electors shall Vote by ballot, upon the face of which shall be placed the name of each person Voted for, and for what office, and the name of the elector, Shall be written on the back thereof, each elector Voting but one ticket, which he shall hand to some one of the Judges, who shall deposite ^it^ in ^a^ box prepared for the purpose. The Clerks shall number and record the2 name of said elector on their poll books.

Sec. 2. When the poles[polls] are closed, and not until then, the votes shall be counted, one of the Judges in the presence of the others, shall read the face of the tickets, and the Clerks shall annex to the name of each Candidate the votes he shall ^have^ received, by plain marks or talies[tallies], and when through the whole, count the tickets, and see that their whole number agrees with the number of electors, no ticket shall be counted or the votes thereof annexed to the name of any Candidate unless the name of the elector shall appear on the back of said ticket. The aggragate[aggregate] Vote given to each Candidate shall be made out, and the returns thereof made as heretofore required by law.

Sec 3. It shall be the duty of the Judges of elections, to deposite with one of their own body, the tickets given at such election. The taly[tally] sheets keep[kept] by the clerks when counting the votes— a copy of the poll books—and of their returns— to be safely kept by said Judge, until the time shall have expired for Contesting any of said elections, and unless an election shall be contested, The Judges thereof shall not disclose the vote of any elector under any pretence whatever and in case of a contested election, the poll books, tickets &c[etc] thus deposited, shall be received as evidence in all cases

Sec. 4. That if any Judge or Clerk whose duty it is ^or may hereafter be^ to hold an elections— or make returns thereof—shall wilfully fail, neglect or refuse to perform such duty at the time, and

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place, and in the manner, prescribed by law, such Judge or Clerk shall be deemed guilty of And upon indictment and conviction thereof, in any Circuit Court in this state, he shall be confined in thepenitiary of this State for a period of not less than two, nor more than ten years

Sec. 5. If any person or persons whatsoever, shall bet, wager, or hazard upon any election, or Candidate whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in any manner relating to an election, any money, property, or other Valuable thing, whether the money[,] property[,] or other Valuable thing, be stated at the time, or not, such person so betting, wagering, or hazzarding, shall be subject to indictment in any of the Circuit Courts of this State, and if convicted thereof, shall be fined in double the amount of money, or Value of the thing bet by ^him or them,^ together with cost of prosecution in which shall be included a fee of ten dollars to the prosecuting attorney in the case, Provided However that in no case shall the fine be less than fifty dollars ^and cost^ which shall be paid or secured to be paid to the satisfaction of the court, or the defendant shall be sent to the prison of said County for a term not less than ten no more than twenty days. And it is hereby made the duty of each of the Circuit Judges of this state to give, or cause this section to be given, in Charge to the Grand Jury of each of the Circuit Courts hereafter ^to^ be held in this state.

Sec. 6. That in all elections hereafter held in this state, the Judges and Clerks thereof are hereby expressly instructed & directed to regard the term “Inhabitant” and “Citizens” to mean the same thing, the same person, and the term Alien not to mean either “inhabitant” or “Citizen,” & until such Alien shall have availed himself of the benefit of the acts of Congress on the subject of naturalization and thereby becoming an inhabitant and citizen, in the legal acceptation of those terms, said Judges and Clerks shall reject all Alien votes.