1482 ARTICLE 33

An. Code, 1924, sec.. 98. 1912, sec. 90. 1904, sec. 88. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 83.

134. If at any election hereafter held in any city or county, any person
shall falsely personate any voter or other person, and vote or attempt or
offer to vote in or upon the name of such voter or other person 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 author-
ized by law; or shall vote or attempt to offer to vote in any election pre-
cinct 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 ex-
ercise 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 qualified
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
punished by imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary for not less than
six months nor more than five years.

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person), was not repealed or modified by act of 1890, ch. 538.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

See sec. 212.

An. Code, 1924; sec. 99. 1912, sec. 91. 1904, sec. 89. 1900, ch. 71, sec. 83A.

135. At every election, whether national, State or municipal, hereafter
held in this State, every employer, whether a body corporate, firm or in-
dividual shall allow its or his employe or employes sufficient time, not ex-
ceeding 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, and any officer or agent of any em-