EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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of the fine shall be paid to the informer and the other half
to the County Commissioners for Montgomery county for
the use of public roads.

SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That every employer, whether

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a body corporate, firm or individual, shall allow it or his
employe or employes sufficient time, not exceeding four hours,
within which to vote at the primaries of the party to which
such employe belongs; provided, that the said employer
shall have the right to designate the time when his employe
or employes shall exercise the right herein granted, the em-
ploye or employes to be allowed sufficient time not exceeding
four hours; any employer, whether a body corporate, firm
or individual, and any officer or agent of any employer who
shall refuse to allow its or his employe or employes suffi-
cient time, not exceeding four hours, within which to vote, or
who shall directly or indirectly prevent or hinder it or his
employe or employes from exercising the right herein granted
by any form or inducement whatever, or by threats, express or
implied, that the exercise by said employe or employes of
the right herein granted will be followed by a discharge
from said employment or by a reduction in salary or wages,
or who shall influence or attempt to influence its or his
employe or employes not to exercise the right herein granted
upon any pretext whatever shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall for each and every offense
pay a fine of not exceeding the sum of two hundred and
fifty ($250) dollars, or be imprisoned in jail for a period
not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the
court.

Employes
allowed
sufficient
time to vote.

SEC. 33. And be it enacted, That no irregularities or defects
in the holding or conducting of a primary election author-
ized under this Act shall constitue a defense of the prose-
cution for violation of any provision of this Act.

Violation of
provisions
of this Act.

SEC. 34. Be it enacted, That any law heretofore -enacted
affecting the subject of primary election in Montgomery
county, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 35. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1906.

Repeal.