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Rutherford B. Hayes: “The intent and effect of the sixth section of this bill is to prohibit all the civil officers of the United States…”

On the recordApril 28, 1879
The intent and effect of the sixth section of this bill is to prohibit all the civil officers of the United States, under penalty of fine and imprisonment, from employing any adequate civil force for this purpose at the place where their enforcement is most necessary, namely, at the places where the Congressional elections are held.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican · Ohio

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