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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1805.

within fifteen days after the said warrant shall be received by
the said mayor.

Persons to
vote in the
district they
reside in.

SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That every person qualified to
vote, shall vote in the election district in which he shall reside
at the time of the election, and at no other place.
By an amendment to the constitution adopted in 1809, ch. 83, every
free white male citizen of this state, above twenty-one years of age and
having resided twelve months within this state, and six months in the
county or city of Annapolis or Baltimore, next preceding the election at
which he offers to vote, shall have a right of suffrage, &c.
By 1811, ch. 204, a penalty is imposed on persons given any reward to
secure votes.
By 1819, ch. 74, judges of elections may administer an oath touching the
right of a person to vote.
By 1828, ch. 160, a justice may qualify the judges. See 1837, ch. 247,
touching the elective franchise in the city of Baltimore.

Penalty on
offering to
vote a
second time
or in a
district in
which he
does not
reside, &c.

SEC. 25. And be it enacted, That if any person at any elec-
tion, having voted once, shall offer to vote again in the same
district or county, he shall be subject to a penalty of ten dollars
for such offence ; or if any person shall offer to vote in any
name not his own, or in the place of any other person of the
same name, or residing out of such district shall offer to vote
therein, or residing out of the county shall offer to vote at any
such election, he shall forfeit twenty dollars, and in either case
the offender may be immediately apprehended therefor by a
warrant of a justice of the peace, or judge of the election, issued
in the name of the state, and shall be tried by such justice or
judge respectively.

Persons
voting twice
may be pre-
sented, &c.

SEC. 26. And be it enacted. That if any person shall vote
twice at one election, he shall be liable to a presentment in the.
county court of the county where he may reside, and may be
fined not exceeding forty dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding
one month, in the discretion of the court.

Penalty on
persons
attempting
to overawe
elections,
&c.

SEC. 27. And be it enacted. That if any candidate, or other
person or persons, shall practise force and violence, with intent
to influence unduly, or to overawe, interrupt to hinder, any
election to be held in virtue of this act, every person so offend-
ing shall, on conviction thereof in the county court of the county
wherein such offence shall be committed, suffer such fine, not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and such imprison-
ment, not exceeding fifty days, as the court in their discretion
shall adjudge.

Soldiers
not to be
mustered
within view
of an elec-
tion.

SEC. 28. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for
any commissioned or non-commissioned officer, having the com-
mand of any soldier or soldiers quartered or posted in any dis-
trict of any county in this state, to muster or embody any of the
said troops, or to march any recruiting party, within the view
of any place of election, during the time of holding said election,
under the penalty of one hundred dollars.