758 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 544]

elections conducted in the manner prescribed by the laws per-
taining to primary and general elections.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Board of Election
Supervisors in Baltimore City are authorized to pay for three
voting machines selected by them out of any moneys appro-
priated for election purposes.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any act on the part of
voters or election officials which shall have for its purpose the
obstruction of a free, untrammeled and unpurchased exercise
of the election franchise, or which shall interfere in any way
with a correct return of the vote cast, or any violation of the
rules and regulations provided by the said Boards of Election
Supervisors in the use of said voting machines, shall subject
each offender to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1000.00), or to imprisonment in jail for not more than ten
years, or to both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of
the Court.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11, 1912.

CHAPTER 544.

AN ACT to repeal Chapter 400 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland, passed at the Session of 1908, entitled
An Act concerning primary elections for the nominating of
candidates of political parties in this State for the position
of United States Senator, and providing penalties for the
violation thereof, as added to and amended by Chapter 441
of the Acts of 1910, and in lieu thereof to add five new sec-
tions to Article 33 of the Code of 1904 of Public General
Laws of Maryland, title "Elections," under the new sub-title
"Senatorial Nominations," to follow section 51 of said arti-
cle, and to be known and designated as sections 5lA, 51B,
51C, 51D and 51E, the same providing for the direct nomina-
tion by the people of candidates of each party for the office
of United States Senator and the election by the Legislature
of one of the candidates so nominated.

(Vetoed.)