CHAP. 229.—An ACT in relation to the preservation of order at
the polls,

Approved March 5, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the judges of election, if it shall appear that voters
are being intimidated or coerced from any source in the
exercise of their suffrage by bystanders about the polling-
place, or that voters are being hindered or tampered with,
in any way so as to prevent the casting of a secret ballot,
may order such person or persons so engaged in intimi-
dating, coercing, hindering, or tampering with voters, to
cease such action, and if such person or persons so engaged
do not forthwith desist, the judges of election or a major-
ity of them may order the arrest of such person or per-
sons by a constable or any other person authorized by law
to make arrests and confine him or them in the county or