902 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33

1904, art. 33, sec. 95. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 89.

97. Every judge or clerk of election or other officer or person hav-
ing the custody of any record, registry of voters or copy thereof, oath,
return or statements of votes, certificate, poll-list, or any papers, docu-
ments, ballots, coupons or vote of any description in this article directed
to be made, filed or preserved, who is guilty of concealing, wilfully
destroying, mutilating, defacing, falsifying or fraudulently removing
or secreting the whole or any part thereof, or who shall fraudulently
make any entry, erasure or alteration therein except as allowed and
directed by the provisions of this article, or who permits any other
person to do so, shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a
felony and shall be punished for each and every such offense by impris-
onment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than ten
years.

See sec. 162.

Ibid. sec. 96. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 90.

98. Every person not an officer, such as is mentioned in the last
preceding section, who is guilty of any of the acts specified in said last
section, or who advises, procures or abets the commission of the same,
or any of them, shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a
felony, and for each and every such offense shall be punished by
imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than
ten years, and such offense shall be deemed to have been committed
whether such person has or had any custody or control, rightful or other-
wise, over, or is charged with any duty in relation to said records
registers, ballots, coupons or other documents.
See sec. 162.

Ibid. sec. 97. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 91.

99. Any person who shall be convicted of wilfully and corruptly
swearing or affirming in taking any oath or affirmation prescribed by or
upon any examination provided for in this article shall be guilty of a
wilful and corrupt perjury, and shall be punished according to the laws
of the State.

See sec. 162.

False swearing by either register or voter, comes within the purview of this
section. Carter v. Applegarth, 102 Md. 341; Wilson v. Carter, 103 Md. 129.

Ibid. sec. 98. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 92.

100. Every person who shall wilfully and corruptly instigate,
advise, induce or procure any person to swear or affirm falsely, as
aforesaid, or to offer so to do, shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged
guilty of subornation of perjury, and shall suffer the punishment
directed by law in cases of wilful and corrupt perjury.
See sec. 162.

Ibid. sec. 99. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 93.

101. If any person who shall have been convicted of bribery, felony
or other infamous crime, under the laws of this or any other State, and