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BALTIMORE CITY.

to last one

nesday of October, shall be good for all the purposes of this act

year,

for one year from the day of said election, and for the purpose

of adding the names of any voters, whose names have not been

registered, or correcting any errors which may have occurred,

Amenda-

subsequent to said first election, it shall be the duty of the said

tion.

registers to assemble in their respective wards, at least two days

before any other election, except in cases of the election of

members of the city council only, when the registers shall set

but one day previous to the election, and then and there to

add the names of all persons who are or will be entitled to vote

at such coming election and who may not have been previously

registered, with all the particularity required by this act, and, in

case of error, to stiike off from said registry the names of any

persons which may have been improperly or illegally placed on it.

Persons

SEC. 17. And be U enacted. That if any person shall be

molesting a
voter.

guilty of any attempt to obstruct any legal voter or voters,

within the city of Baltimore, in the peaceful exercise of his or

their right of suffrage, or shall create any noise or disturbance

at the place of holding the registry or election, or in the neigh-

bourhood thereof, with an intent to interfere with the said

Ordered in

registry or election, it shall be the imperative duty of the said

custody.

registers or judges of election, to order such person into custody

and to summon a posse, if necessary, to arrest him, and, upon

trial and conviction of such offence such person shall be sen-

Imprison-

tenced to confinement in the common jail, for three months, and

ment three
months.

be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five

hundred dollars for every such offence, in the discretion of the

court, before whom said person shall be tried.

Expenses to
be levied.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted^ That all the expenses incurred

under this act, shall be paid by the corporation of the city of

Baltimore, and the money necessary for that purpose raised as

the other expenses of holding elections in said city, by taxation

or otherwise.

Special

SEC. 19. And be it enacted. That in case of special elections

ward
elections.

for members of the city council, it shall only be necessary for

the registers of the ward in which said special election is to

be held, to meet, as provided by this act, for correcting their

registry.

Judges of

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That the registers of voters and

elections
empowered

the judges of election, during the time that they are actually

as justices

engaged in the discharge of the duties of their respective offices,

of peace.

shall have all the powers of a justice of the peace of said city of

Baltimore, and that their warrants and commands shall be

observed by all the officers of the state of Maryland, and the

Officers

city of Baltimore.

enjoined to
preserve

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the sheriff of Baltimore

peace, &c.

city and county, and his deputies, and all the constables and