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in said precinct are present and concur, or if at any election
hereafter held, any judge or clerk of election shall receive any
vote or proceed with the canvass of ballots, or shall consent
thereto, unless a majority of the judges of election in said
election precinct are present and concur, he shall upon convic-
tion thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than ten nor
more than ninety days, or by a fine not less than ten ($10)
dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars, or
by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.

1896, ch. 202, sec. 99.

105. If any officer of registration in any election precinct
shall without urgent necessity absent himself from the place
of registration during the hours prescribed by law for regis-
tering voters, or if any judge or clerk of election shall without
urgent necessity be late at the opening of the polls, or shall
absent himself therefrom during the election or during the can-
vass of ballots or the making up of the returns, he shall upon
conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than ten
days nor more than six months, or shall be fined not less than
twenty ($20) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars.

Ibid. sec. 100.

106. Whoever shall (1) falsely make or fraudulently deface
or fraudulently destroy any certificate of nomination or any
part thereof, or (2) file any certificate of nomination, knowing
the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or (3) suppress
any certificate of nomination which has been duly filed, or any
part thereof, or (4) shall forge or falsely make the official
endorsement on any ballot shall be punished by fine of not
less than one hundred ($100) dollars nor more than one thou-
sand ($1, 000) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for a period
not exceeding three years, or by both fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court.

Ibid. sec. 101.

107. Whoever shall, during an election, remove or destroy
any of the supplies or other conveniences placed in the booths
or compartments in this article described for the purpose of
enabling the voter to prepare his ballot, or shall during such
election remove, tear down or deface any of the cards or speci-