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men ballots printed for the instruction of voters shall be
punished by fine of not less than five ($5) dollars nor more
than five hundred ($500) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail
for a period not exceeding one year, or by both fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
1896, ch. 202, sec. 102.
108. Whoever shall, except as in this article otherwise pro-
vided, allow his ballot to be seen by any person with the
apparent intention of letting it be known how he is about to
vote, or place any distinguishing mark upon his ballot, or who
shall make a false statement as to his inability to mark his
ballot, or who shall interfere or attempt to interfere with any
voter when inside the enclosed space in the polling-room, or
when marking his ballot, or who shall endeavor to induce any
voter before voting to show how he marks or has marked his
ballot shall be punished by fine of not less than five ($5) dollars
nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, or by imprisonment
in jail for a period not exceeding sixty days, or by both fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Ibid sec. 103
109. Whoever shall wilfully destroy or deface any ballot
or shall take or remove any ballot outside of the inclosure
provided for voting, before the close of the polls, or wilfully
delay the delivery of any ballot, or who shall on or before any
day of election have or retain in his possession any official
ballot printed for said election or any imitation thereof save
and excepting when such possession by him is necessary or
appropriate and designed for the purpose of carrying out the
true intent and meaning of this law, or who shall canvass or
electioneer in said polling place or within one hundred feet
distant from the same, or who shall hold any tickets or fac-
simile tickets or papers purporting to be tickets, either in said
polling place or within said distance from the same, shall be
fined not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor more than five hun-
dred ($500) dollars, or shall be imprisoned in jail for not
exceeding sixty days, or shall be subject to both fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
Ibid. sec. 104.
110. Whoever during the hours of registration or revision
of registration, or during the hours of election or canvass of
votes, or of making returns thereof in any precinct, shall bring,
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