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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

interfere with any officer of registration in the dis-

charge of his duties under this net, or who shall

make any assault or commit any assault and battery,

or incite or create any riot or any breach of the peace

at or near to any place of registration in this State

during the sittings of any officer of registration pro-

vided for by this act, he shall be guilty of a misde-

meanor, and upon conviction thereof by a compe-

Punished by

tent court shall be punished by a fine not exceeding

fine or impris-
onment.

five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not ex-

ceeding three years, or by both fine and imprison-

ment as aforesaid.

SEC. 36. And be it enacted, That if any clerk of

court, sheriff or member of the Board of Police

Commissioners for the city of Baltimore, officer of

registration, or judges of election shall lose any

registry of voters or poll-book which may be in

his charge or custody, or if any of such officers or

Wilfully de-

any other person shall wilfully destroy, mutilate,

stroy or muti-
late.

deface, falsify or fraudulently remove or secrete any

registry of voters or list, of qualified and registered

voters, or shall fraudulently make any false entry

in or false copy of any registry of voters or part

thereof, or shall fraudulently make any entry, era-

sure or alteration in any registry of voters or lists

of qualified and registered voters or part thereof,

he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-

Punished by

viction thereof shall bo punished by a fine not ex-

fine.

ceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment

not exceeding three years, or by both fine and im-

prisonment as aforesaid.

SEC. 37. And be it enacted, That this act shall

take effect from and after the date of its passage,

and that all Public General Acts or Public Local

Inconsistent

Acts, or parts thereof, which arc inconsistent with

acts repealed.

the provisions of this act, be and the same are here-

by repealed to the extent to which they are respect-

ively inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

Approved February 17, 1852.