ART. 4.] CITY OF BALTIMORE.

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in the said several precincts in the several wards
of the said city, at the time prescribed by law, and
at the place previously selected, and advertised by
them as required by section two hundred and eight
of this article, and in default of any place having
been selected or advertised as aforesaid, then at the

usual places of holding elections in said several
precincts, or at the place where the last preceding

Places of
election

election was held in such precinct, under the pen-
alty of five hundred dollars for each judge refus-
ing or knowingly and wilfully neglecting to hold

Penalty.

such election, and any judge of election, who shall
wilfully and knowingly refuse a legal vote when
offered, or shall wilfully and knowingly receive an
illegal vote, or conspire with any person or persons
whatsoever to violate the provisions of this article,
or of any other law, or of the constitution of the
state, touching elections, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanort and be subject to imprisonment for not less
than six months for each and every such offence,
upon indictment and conviction thereof in a court
of competent jurisdiction, as well as to a penalty of
one thousand dollars for receiving an illegal vote as
aforesaid, to be recovered in a civil action by the
said board of police, in the name of the state ; and

Judges re-
fusing legal or
allowing illegal
votes.

Imprisonment.

to a penalty of one thousand dollars for refusing a
legal vote as aforesaid, to be recovered in a civil
action, in any court of competent jurisdiction, by
the person whose vote shall have been refused as
aforesaid.

Penalty

227. The provisions of the preceding sections of
this said article relating to elections, shall apply to
all elections in the city of Baltimore, whether federal
or state, or municipal, and all elections to take place
hereafter in the city of Baltimore, shall be by bal-
lot, and shall be held and proceed, and the returns
thereof made in conformity with the provisions of
the thirty-fifth article of the public general laws,
except in so far as the same may be modified by the
provisions of this article as amended at the January

How above pro-
visions to apply
to elections in
Baltimore