ART. 33] NOMINATIONS—OFFENSES. 47

Nominations.

1900, ch. 366.

42. Except in cases provided for by section forty six, and cases
of special election to fill vacancies in office caused by death, res-
ignation or otherwise, such certificates of nomination shall be
filed, respectively, with the Secretary of State not less than
twenty-five days, and with the board of supervisors of elections
not less than ten days before the day of election.

Offenses.

1900, ch. 71.

83 A. At every election, whether national, State or municipal,
hereafter held in this State, every employer, whether a body cor-
porate, firm or individual, shall allow its or his employe or
employes sufficient time, not exceeding four hours, within which
to vote; provided, that the said employer shall have the right to
designate the time when his employe or employes shall exercise
the right herein granted, the employe or employes to be allowed
sufficient time not exceeding four hours. Any employer, whether
a body corporate, firm or individual, and any officer or agent of
any employer, who shall refuse to allow its or his employe or
employes sufficient time not exceeding four hours within which
to vote or who shall directly or indirectly prevent or hinder its
or his employe or employes from exercising the right herein
granted by any form of inducement whatever, or by threats,
express or implied, that the exercise by said employe or employes
of the right herein granted will be followed by a discharge
from said employment, or by a reduction in salary or wages,
or who shall influence or attempt to influence its or his employe
or employes not to exercise the right herein granted upon
any pretext whatever shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, or
upon conviction thereof shall for each and every offense pay a
fine not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars or be impris-
oned in jail for a period not exceeding six months, or both, in
the discretion of the court.