Mr. MORRILL. I move to take up for consideration Senate bill No. 479. The motion was agreed to; and the bill (S.No.479) to punish illegal voting in the DistCol, and for other purposes, was considered as in ComWhole. The 1st section of the bill, which was introduced by Mr. EDMUNDs, provided that any person not duly qualified to vote in the DistCol, who, knowing that he is not so qualified, shall vote or offer to vote therein, or who shall procure or attempt to procure himself to be registered therein as a voter, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceedin 6 months, and not less than 2 months; an the 2nd section declared that if any person, being a qualified voter in the District, should knowingly vote or attempt to vote in any other ward or election precinct than that in which he shall be lawfully entitled to vote, or should unlawfully and knowingly vote or attempt to vote more than once, or in more than one ward or election precinct, or should so vote double therein, he should be punished by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months and not less than 2 months, and be disqualified from voting thereafter in the District. An amendment was reported by the ComDistCol, to add the following additional sections: SEc. 3. Abife:, That there shall bWeafsihviengjutdogne, s of elections within and for the city of and 3 within and for the city of Georgetown, the same to beoby the supreme Cboeu, rbtieonfntihaellyDistCol, whoseduty it shall and prior to each election, to prepare a list of the persons, qualified to vote in the several wards of said cities in any election; and said judges shall be in open session in their respective cities to receive eyidence of the qualification of personsclaiming the right to vote in any election therein, and for correcting said lists, on 2 days, biennially, not exceeding fiye days prior to each election for the choice opflacciety officers, giving prior notice of the time and of each, session in some newspaper. SEg. 4. Abife:, That prior to said election the said judges in the respective cities shall pFosot up a list of voters thus prepared in one or more places in said cities, and at least ten daysprior ereto. paSretsc. 5. Abife: That all actsand of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.