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imprisonment in jail for not less than ten nor more than ninety days,
or by a fine not less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than two hundred
and fifty ($250) dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court.
See sec. 162.

1904, art. 33, sec. 105. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 99.

107. If any officer of registration in any election precinct shall
without urgent necessity absent himself from the place of registration
during the hours prescribed by law for registering voters, or if any
judge or clerk of election shall without urgent necessity be late at the

opening of the polls, or shall absent himself therefrom during the elec-
tion or during the canvass of ballots or the making up of the returns,
he shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than ten
days nor more than six months, or shall be fined not less than twenty
($20) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars.
See sec. 162.

Ibid. sec. 106. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 100.

108. Whoever shall (1) falsely make or fraudulently deface or
fraudulently destroy any certificate of nomination or any part thereof,
or (2) file any certificate of nomination, knowing the same or any part
thereof to be falsely made, or (3) suppress any certificate of nomina-
tion which has been duly filed, or any part thereof, or (4) shall forge
or falsely make the official endorsement on any ballot shall be punished
by fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than one
thousand ($1,000) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for a period
not exceeding three years, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court.
See sec. 162.

Ibid. sec. 107. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 101.

109. Whoever shall, during an election, remove or destroy any of
the supplies or other conveniences placed in the booths or compartments
in this article described for the purpose of enabling the voter to pre-
pare his ballot, or shall during such election remove, tear down or
deface any of the cards or specimen ballots printed for the instruction

of voters shall be punished by fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor
more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for
a period not exceeding one year, or by both fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the court.
See sec. 162.

Ibid. sec. 108. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 102.

110. Whoever shall, except as in this article otherwise provided,
allow his ballot to be seen by any person with the apparent intention of
letting it be known how he is about to vote, or place any distinguishing