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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 or more than five years.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 211. 1912, sec. 196. 1908, ch. 737, sec. 160T. 1910, ch. 741,

sec. 160S (p. 129).

249. If any judge or clerk of any such primary election shall without
urgent necessity be late at the opening of the polls, or shall absent himself
therefrom during the primary election or during the canvass of the ballots
or the making up of the returns, or shall receive any vote or proceed with
the canvass of ballots, or shall consent thereto, unless a majority of the
judges of the primary election in said election district are present and
concur, he shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than ten
or more than ninety days, or by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) or
more than two hundred dollars ($200), or by both such fine and imprison-
ment, in the discretion of the court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 212. 1912, sec. 197. 1908, ch. 737, sec. 160U. 1910, ch. 741,

sec. 160T (p. 129).

250. Whoever, during the hours of any such primary election or can-
vass of votes or of making returns thereof in any election district, shall
bring, take, order or send into, or shall attempt to bring or take or send
into any place of such primary election any distilled or spirituous liquors,
wine, ale or beer, or shall at any such time and place, drink or partake of
such liquor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) or more than one hundred
dollars ($100). It shall be unlawful for the keeper of any hotel, tavern,
store or any other establishment, or for any persons or person, corporation
or corporations, directly or indirectly, to sell, barter, give or dispose of any
spirituous or fermented liquors, ale or beer, or intoxicating drinks of any
kind on the day of any such primary election hereafter to be held in any
county or in Baltimore City; any person or corporation violating the pro-
visions of this action^l shall be liable for indictment and shall, upon con-
viction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) or more than one hundred
dollars ($100) for each offense, one-half of the fine shall be paid to the
informer. Any person who shall make any bet or wager upon the result of
any such primary election to take place in any county shall be liable to
indictment, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).

For abolition of informer's fees, see art. 38, sec. 3.

See secs. 157 and 158 and note.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 213. 1912, sec. 198. 1908, ch. 737, sec. 160V. 1910, ch. 741, sec. 160V
(p. 130). 1912, ch. 2, sec. 160U. 1916, ch. 160, sec. 198.

251. Whoever shall electioneer within one hundred feet of any polling
place of any such primary election in any county or shall hand or deliver
to any voter within one hundred feet of the election booth or within the
booth itself any ballot marked or unmarked, except the unmarked ballot
required by law to be handed the voter by the primary election officials, or
who shall place a distinguishing mark upon any ballot delivered to for the
use of any voter at such primary election, or who shall endeavor to induce

¹ Evidently a typographical error.