1222

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 724

challenger and watcher, or shall unlawfully threaten or
attempt or offer so to do, every such person shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by imprisonment in jail for not less than three months
nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than twenty-
five ($25) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars,
or by both fine and imprisonment; and the informer shall
receive one-half of the fine collected and the other half shall
be paid to the County Commissioners of said county for the
use of public roads.
SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That if any person upon the

When
adjudged
guilty of
felony.

day of any primary election, or before the canvass of the
votes is completed, shall conceal or wilfully break or destroy
any ballot box used or intended to be used at such primary
election, or shall wilfully or fraudulently conceal, secrete or
remove any such ballot box or the primary election register,
or any of the envelopes or other paraphernalia provided for
holding such primaries from the custody of the judge or
judges of primary election or other proper person in charge
thereof, or shall alter, deface, injure or destroy or conceal
any ballot which has been deposited in any ballot box at
such primary election which has not been counted and
canvassed, or any poll list or primary election register used
at such primary election, or any report, return, certificate or
any evidence in this Act required, he shall, upon conviction
thereof be adjudged guilty of a felony, and shall for each
and every such offense be punished by imprisonment in the
penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.
SEC. 27. And be it enacted, That if any judge or clerk of

Guilty of mis-
demeanor.

any primary election shall, without urgent necessity, be late
at the opening of the polls, or shall absent himself there-
from during the primary election or during the canvass of
the ballots or the making up of the returns, or shall receive
any vote or proceed with the canvass of ballots, or shall con-
sent thereto unless a majority of the judges of the primary
election in said election district are present and concur, he
shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for
not less than ten or more than ninety days, or by fine of
not less than ten ($10) dollars or more than two hundred
($200) dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in
the discretion of the court.