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[CITE: 42USC1974]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                     CHAPTER 20--ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--FEDERAL ELECTION RECORDS
 
Sec. 1974. Retention and preservation of records and papers by 
        officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for 
        violation
        
    Every officer of election shall retain and preserve, for a period of 
twenty-two months from the date of any general, special, or primary 
election of which candidates for the office of President, Vice 
President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the 
House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico are voted for, all records and papers which come into his 
possession relating to any application, registration, payment of poll 
tax, or other act requisite to voting in such election, except that, 
when required by law, such records and papers may be delivered to 
another officer of election and except that, if a State or the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico designates a custodian to retain and 
preserve these records and papers at a specified place, then such 
records and papers may be deposited with such custodian, and the duty to 
retain and preserve any record or paper so deposited shall devolve upon 
such custodian. Any officer of election or custodian who willfully fails 
to comply with this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(Pub. L. 86-449, title III, Sec. 301, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88.)


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-449 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
subchapter and sections 837, 1074, and 1609 of Title 18, Crimes and 
Criminal Procedure, and amending section 1971 of this title and sections 
241 and 640 of Title 20, Education] may be cited as the `Civil Rights 
Act of 1960'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1974a, 1974b of this title.
