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of the judges of election or other official in charge thereof, or. shall alter,
deface, injure or destroy or conceal any ballot which has been deposited in
any ballot-box at such election which has not been counted and canvassed,
or any poll-list used at such election, or any report, return, certificate or
any evidence in this article required, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be
adjudged guilty of a felony, and shall for each and every such offense be
punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor
more than five years.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 114. 1912, sec. 106. 1904, sec. 104. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 98.

150. If at any election precinct, at any registration of voters or re-
vision thereof, any officer of registration shall knowingly wilfully admit
any person to registration, or make any entry upon any register unless a
majority of the board of registry in said precinct are present and concur,
or if at any election hereafter held, any judge or clerk of election shall
receive any vote or proceed with the canvass of ballots, or shall consent
thereto, unless a majority of the judges of election in said election pre-
cinct are present and concur, he shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 115. 1912, sec. 107. 1904, sec. 105. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 99.

151. If any officer of registration in any election precinct shall with-
out 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 election or during the
canvass of ballots or the making up of the returns, he shall upon convic-
tion 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 116. 1912, sec. 108. 1904, sec. 106. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 100.

152. Whoever shall (1) falsely make or fraudulently deface or fraudu-
lently 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 nomination 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 117. 1912, sec. 109. 1904, sec. 107. 1896, ch. 202, sec. 101.

153. 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 prepare 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