1478 ARTICLE 5.

ELECTIONS.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 71. 1886, ch. 189.

140. It shall not be lawful for any person in Calvert County to carry,,
on the days of election and primary election, within three hundred yards
of the polls, secretly or otherwise, any gun, pistol, dirk, dirk-knife, razor,
billy or bludgeon; and any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof by
the Circuit Court for Calvert County, or before any justice of the peace
in said county, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars
t for each offense, and on refusal or failure to pav said fine, shall be com-
mitted to the jail of the county until the same is paid.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 72. 1886, ch. 189.

141. The fines collected under the preceding section shall be paid by
the officer collecting the same to the School Commissioners of the county
for school purposes.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 73. 1886, ch. 189.

142. Any constable of said county, or the sheriff thereof, who shall
refuse to arrest any person violating Section 140, upon information of
such offense, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof before the Circuit Court for Calvert County, shall be fined not
less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall, in the dis-
cretion of the court, be discharged from office.

1912, ch. 600.

143. All judges and clerks of election, appointed according to law by
the supervisors of election of Talbot and Calvert Counties are hereby
authorized to qualify for their duties and take the oath of office required
by law before any justice of the peace in said counties, who are hereby
duly authorized to administer such oaths to said judges and clerks of
election, and to certify to the same. And upon such qualification before
such justices of the peace in said Talbot and Calvert Counties, said judges
and clerks of election are hereby authorized to enter upon and perform
the duties of their respective offices according to law.

FENCES.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 74. 1888, ch. 117. 1896, ch. 6, sec. 74.

144. All owners and proprietors of lands in Calvert County who may
have such lands lying contiguous to or adjoining other lands belonging
to different owners or proprietors, shall make and keep in repair division
fences to bound and enclose said lands at their joint expense, unless said
lands are not cultivated and have been used as general outlets or commons.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 5, sec. 75. 1886, ch. 117. 1896, ch. 6, sec. 75.

145. All such joint division fences shall be substantially built, and if
made of iron, wire, stone, hedge, post and rail or plank, shall be four