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than five years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars,

or by both tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 35, sec. 21. 1819, ch. 174.

60. The judges of election may administer an oath in any
inquiry they may deem necessary to be made touching the right
of any person offering to vote; and if any person shall swear

falsely in relation thereto, he shall, upon conviction thereof, suffer
the pains and penalties of perjury.

Ibid. sec. 22. 1853, ch. 133, sec. 2...

61. It shall be the special duty of the judges of election to

give information to the respective State's attorneys, of all infrac-
tions of this article when discovered by them, under the penalty
of twenty dollars for neglect in each case.

Ibid, sec 23. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 27. 1860, ch. 10, sec. 3.

62. If any candidate, or other person or persons, shall practise
force and violence, with intent to influence unduly, or to overawe,
intercept or hinder any election, he shall, on conviction thereof in
any court of criminal jurisdiction in the county where the offence
was committed, suffer such fine, or such imprisonment, or both,
as is prescribed in section 55.

Ibid. sec. 24. 1805, ch. 97, sec. 28. 1860, ch. 10, sec. 3.

63. No commissioned or non-commissioned officer having the

command of any soldier or soldiers quartered or posted in any

district of any county in this State, shall muster or embody any
of the said troops, or march any recruiting party within the view
of any place of election during the time of holding said election,
under the penalty of one hundred dollars. This section not to
apply to the city of Baltimore.

Counting the Ballots.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 35, sec. 25 1805, ch. 97, sec. 13. 1888, ch. 112.

64. When the poll shall be closed the box wherein the ballots
are deposited shall immediately thereafter be opened by the