1534 ARTICLE 33

An. Code, 1924, sec. 208. 1912, sec. 193. 1908, ch. 737, sec. 160Q. 1910, ch. 741, sec. 160P

(p. 128).

246. If any person shall wilfully disobey any lawful command of
any judge of such primary election given in the execution of his duty at
any primary election, or if during any primary election or during the
canvass of votes cast thereat or during any subsequent canvass of returns
shall cause any breach of the peace or be guilty of any disorder, violence
or threats of violence whereby any such primary election or canvass shall
be impeded or hindered or whereby the lawful proceedings of any judge,
clerk or challenger or watcher or person designated to be present during
the reception or canvass of any ballots, are interfered with, any such per-
son shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 209. 1912, sec. 194. 1908, ch. 737, sec. 160R. 1910, ch. 741,

sec. 160Q (p. 128).

247. If any person knowingly or wilfully shall obstruct, hinder or as-
sault, or by bribery, solicitation or otherwise interfere with any judge or
clerk or challenger at such primary election, in the performance of any
duty required by him or which he may by law be authorized or permitted
to perform, or if any person by any of the means before mentioned or
otherwise unlawfully shall, on any day of primary election, or of canvass
of the returns of such primary election, hinder or prevent any judge, clerk,
challenger and watcher at any primary election, in his free attendance and
presence at the place of holding such primary election or of canvassing
the returns therefrom or in his full and free access to and from any room
where the same is held, or shall molest, interfere with, remove or eject
from any such place of voting or of canvassing, any such judge, clerk or
challenger and watcher, or shall unlawfully threaten or attempt or offer
so to do, every such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than
three months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than twenty-
five dollars ($25) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both
fine and imprisonment, and the informer shall receive one-half of the fine
collected.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 210. 1912, sec. 195. 1908, ch. 737, sec. 160S. 1910, ch. 741, sec. 160R

(p. 129). 1916, ch. 160, sec. 195.

248. If any person upon the day of such primary election, or before
the canvass of the votes is completed, shall conceal or wilfully break or
destroy any ballot-box used or intended to be used at such primary election,
or shall wilfully or fraudulently conceal, secrete or remove any such ballot-
box or the book of registry or any of the ballots, stubs or coupons or other
paraphernalia provided for holding such primaries from the custody of
the judge or judges of primary election or other proper person in charge
thereof, or shall alter, deface, injure or destroy or conceal any ballot which
has been deposited in any ballot-box at such primary election which has
not been counted and canvassed, or any poll list or book of registry used
at such primary election or any report, return, certificate or any evidence
in this sub-title required, or any person who shall print or circulate as an
official ballot one that is not official and complete, he shall, upon conviction