1-20-19. Offenses by messengers.
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Offense by messenger consists of the wilful [willful] delay or failure of any official messenger to convey or deliver election supplies to the precinct board [election board], or the wilful [willful] delay or failure of any official messenger to convey or deliver the ballot box, key, election returns or other supplies to the county clerk.
Any messenger committing such offense is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-20-17, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 443.