Mr. INGERSOLL, by unanimous consent, the House took up Senate bill No. 479, to punish illegal voting in the DistCol, and for other purposes; which was read a 1st and 2nd time. The 1st section of the bill provides that any person not duly qualified to vote in the DisCol, 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 declares 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. The 3rd section provides that there shall be 5 judges of elections, within and for the city of Washington, and 3 within and for the city of Georgetown, the same to be appointed by the supreme court of the DistCol, who shall hold their office for 2 years and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified, and whose duty it shall be, 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 evidence of the qualification of persons claiming the right to vote in any election therein, and for correcting said lists, on 2 days, not exceeding 5 days prior to each election for the choice of city officers, giving prior notice of the time and place of each session in some newspaper. Section 4 declares that prior to.tion the said judges in the respective cities shall post up a list of voters thus prepared in one or more public places in said cities, and at least ten days prior thereto; and section 5 further declares that all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.