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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 548

name on the registration book. It shall be the duty of the
board of registry to enter in the column headed "Remarks"
the fact that such entry was made, altered or stricken out,
and the date thereof.
SEC. 11. And be it enacted, That if at any primary held

Falsely
personating
a voter.

under the provisions of this Act any person shall falsely
personate any voter or other person, and vote, or attempt or
offer to vote, in or upon the name of such voter or other
person, or shall vote or attempt to vote in or upon the name
of any other person, whether living or dead, or in or upon
any false, assumed or fictitious name, or in or upon any name
not his own, or shall knowingly, wilfully, fraudulently vote
more than once for any candidate for the same office, or
shall vote or attempt to offer to vote in any election precinct
without having a legal right to vote therein, or shall vote more
than once in any than one election precinct, or having once
voted, shall vote or attempt to offer to vote again, or shall
knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently do any unlawful act to
secure for himself or for any other person the right or
opportunity to vote, or shall by force, threat, menace, intimi-
dation, 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 pre-
vent or hinder, or attempt to prevent or hinder any qualified
voter from freely exercising his right to vote at said primary
election, or shall by any such means or otherwise, compel
or induce or attempt to compel or induce any judge or clerk
in any election precinct to receive the vote of any person
not legally qualified or entitled to vote at said election pre-
cinct shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and every

Punishable by
imprison-
ment.

such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days
nor more than one year.
SEC. 12. And be it enacted, That any judge of election who
shall wilfully exclude any vote duly tendered, knowing that

Excluding
lawful vote.

the person offering the same is lawfully entitled to vote at
such primary election, who shall wilfully receive a vote from
any person who has been duly challenged in relation to his
right to vote at such primary election without exacting from
such person such proof of qualification as may be required
by law or shall wilfully omit to challenge any person whom
he knows or suspects is not entitled to vote and who has not