If any registrar appointed by law to register votes shall intentionally refuse or neglect to register any voter entitled to registration, or register any voter not entitled to registration, he shall be punished, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than two (2) years, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Codes, 1871, § 2546; 1880, § 2977; 1892, § 1056; 1906, § 1134; Hemingway's 1917, § 860; 1930, § 885; 1942, § 2111. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 11, eff. 1/1/2017. If any registrar appointed by law to register votes shall intentionally refuse or neglect to register any voter entitled to registration, or register any voter not entitled to registration, he shall be punished, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than two (2) years, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Codes, 1871, § 2546; 1880, § 2977; 1892, § 1056; 1906, § 1134; Hemingway's 1917, § 860; 1930, § 885; 1942, § 2111. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 11, eff. 1/1/2017. If any registrar appointed by law to register votes shall intentionally refuse or neglect to register any voter entitled to registration, or register any voter not entitled to registration, he shall be punished, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than two (2) years, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Codes, 1871, § 2546; 1880, § 2977; 1892, § 1056; 1906, § 1134; Hemingway's 1917, § 860; 1930, § 885; 1942, § 2111. Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 430, HB 866, 11, eff. 1/1/2017. If any registrar appointed by law to register votes shall intentionally refuse or neglect to register any voter entitled to registration, or register any voter not entitled to registration, he shall be punished, on conviction, be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary not more than two (2) years, or be fined not more than Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), or both; or in a county jail not more than one (1) year, or be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both. Codes, 1871, § 2546; 1880, § 2977; 1892, § 1056; 1906, § 1134; Hemingway's 1917, § 860; 1930, § 885; 1942, § 2111.
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