WASHINGTON COUNTY. 4769

and remain in the polling-room from the opening until the close of the
election, and until the vote has been counted and the result ascertained,
and a refusal to permit any such representation shall be a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprison-
ment not exceeding six months, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the courts; but no such accredited representative or challenger
can demand admittance for any political party which cast less than one-
fifth of all the votes in the State at the last preceding general election;
the position to be held by any challenger or representative shall be outside
of the guard rail; the ballot box shall not be more than six feet from
said rail, inside the same; it shall be unlawful for said representatives to
inquire or ascertain for what candidate or candidates any voter may in-
tend to vote, or has voted, or to confer in the polling-room with any voter,
or to aid or assist him in the preparation of his ballot. Other challengers
may at the instance of the candidates be admitted in the discretion of the
judges of election.

1892, ch. 55, sec. 161K.

275. If at any election hereafter held in the city of Hagerstown, any
person shall falsely impersonate any voter and vote or attempt or offer to
vote, in or upon the name of such voter, or shall vote or attempt to vote in
or upon the name of any other person, whether living or dead, or in or
upon any false, assumed or fictitious 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 same office, except as authorized by law; or shall
vote or attempt or offer to vote in any ward without being registered there-
in as a legal voter; or shall vote more than once, or vote in more than one
ward; or, having once voted, shall vote, or attempt or 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, in-
fluence 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 compel, or induce, or attempt to compel or induce any judge of
election, or other officer of election, in any ward to receive the vote of
any person not legally qualified or entitled to vote at the said election in
such ward; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently interfere with,
delay or hinder in any manner any judge of election, poll clerk or other
officer 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 of election, poll clerk or other officer
of election whose duty it is to ascertain, proclaim, announce or declare the
result of any such election, to give or to make any false certificate, docu-
ment, report, 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,