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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

or vote in more than one election precinct; or having once
voted, shall vote or attempt or offer to vote again; or shall
knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently do any unlawful act to
secure for himself or for any other person a right or oppor-
tunity to vote; or shall by force, threat, menace, intimidation,
bribery or reward, or offer or promise thereof, or otherwise
unlawfully, either directly or indirectly, influence or attempt
to influence any voter in giving his vote; or prevent or hinder,
or attempt to prevent or hinder, any qualified voter from freely
exercising the right of suffrage; or by any such means induce,
or attempt to induce, any such voter to exercise any such right;
or shall, by any such means, or otherwise, compel or induce, or
attempt to compel or induce, any judge or clerk of election in
any election precinct to receive the vote of any person not
legally qualified or entitled to vote at the said election in such
precinct; or shall knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently interfere
with, delay or hinder in any manner any judge or clerk of
election in the discharge of his duties; or by any such means,
or other unlawful means, knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently
counsel, advise, induce or attempt to induce any judge or clerk
of election whose duty it is to ascertain, proclaim, announce or
declare the result of any such election, to give or make any
false certificate, document, report, return or other false evi-
dence in relation thereto; or to refuse or neglect to comply
with his duty, or to violate any law regulating the same; or to
receive the vote of any person in any election district not
entitled to vote therein; or to refuse to receive the vote of any

Penalty.

person entitled to vote therein; or shall aid, counsel, advise,
procure or assist any voter, person or judge of election or
other officer of election to do any act by law forbidden, or in
this article constituted an offense; or to omit to do any act by
law directed to be done; every such person shall, upon convic-
tion thereof, be punished by imprisonment in jail or in the
penitentiary, for not less than six months nor more than five
years.

Keeping false
poll- list,
etc.

84. If any clerk of elections, or any person performing the
duties of such clerk, shall wilfully keep a false poll-list, or
shall knowingly insert in his poll-list any false statement, or
any name or statement, or any check, alteration or mark, except
as in this article provided, he shall, upon conviction thereof,

Penalty.

be adjudged guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by
imprisonment in the penitentiary, for not less than one nor
more than tive years.