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The Annotated Code of the Public Civil Laws of Maryland, 1911
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ART. 33] OFFENSES. 899

tions name, or in or upon any name not his own, or shall knowingly,
wilfully or fraudulently vote more than once for any candidate for the
game office, except as authorized by law; or shall vote or attempt to offer
to vote in any election precinct without having a legal right to vote
therein; or shall vote more than once, or vote in more than one election
precinct; or having once voted shall vote or attempt to offer to vote
again; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently do any unlawful
act to secure for himself or for any other person a right or opportunity
to vote; or shall by force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery or
reward, or offer or promise thereof, or otherwise unlawfully, either
directly or indirectly, influence or attempt to influence any voter in
giving his vote; or prevent or hinder, or attempt to prevent or hinder
any qualified voter from freely exercising the right of suffrage; or by
any such means induce, or attempt to induce any such voter to exercise
any such right; or shall by any such means or otherwise compel or
induce or attempt to compel or induce any judge or clerk of election in
any election precinct to receive the vote of any person not legally quali-
fied or entitled to vote at the said election in such precinct; or shall
knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently interfere with, delay or hinder
in any manner any judge or clerk of election in the discharge of his
duties; or by any such means, or other unlawful means, knowingly,
wilfully or fraudulently counsel, advise, induce or attempt to induce
any judge or clerk of election, whose duty it is to ascertain, proclaim,
announce or declare the result of any such election, to give or make any
false certificate, document, report, return or other false evidence in
relation thereto; or to refuse or neglect to comply with his duty, or to
violate any law regulating the same: or to receive the vote of any
person in any election district not entitled to vote therein; or to refuse
to receive the vote of any person entitled to vote therein; or shall aid,
counsel, advise, procure or assist any voter, person or judge of election
or other officer of election to do any act by law forbidden, or in this
article constituted an offense; or to omit to do any act by law directed
to be done; every such person shall upon conviction thereof be pun-
ished by imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary for not less than
six months nor more than five years.

Section 55 of the code of 1888 (dealing with attempts to vote by person-
ating another person), was not repealed or modified by the act of 1890, ch.
538. Indictment under this section. Fleet v. State. 74 Md. 553.

See sec. 162.

1904. art. 33, sec. 89. 1900, ch. 71, sec. 83 A.

91. At every election, whether national, State or municipal, here-
after held in this State, every employer, whether a body corporate,
firm or individual shall allow its or his employe or employes sufficient
time, not exceeding four hours, within which to vote; provided, that
the said employer shall have the right to designate the time when his
employe or employes shall exercise the right herein granted, the
employe or employes to be allowed sufficient time not exceeding four
hours. Any employer, whether a body corporate, firm or individual,

 

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