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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

	istry in said precinct are present and concur, or if at any elec- tion hereafter held, any judge or clerk of election shall receive any vote or proceed with the canvass of ballots, or shall con- sent thereto, unless a majority of the judges of election in said
Penalty.	election precinct are present and concur, he shall, upon convic- tion thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than two nor more than ninety days, or by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250,) or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. 270 MM MM. If any officer of registration in any election
Unlawful absence of officers.	precinct shall, without argent necessity, absent himself from the place of registration during the hours prescribed by law for registering voters, or if any judge or clerk of election shall, without argent necessity, be late at the opening of the polls, or shall absent himself therefrom "during the election or during the canvass of ballots, or the making up of the returns he shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a
Penalty.'	misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.) 270 NNNN. Whoever shall (1) falsely make or fraudulently
Falsely mak- ing certifi- cate of nomination, etc.	deface, or fraudulently destroy any certificate of examination or any part thereof, or (2) fill any certificate of nomination, knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or (3) suppress any certificate of nomination which has been duly filed, or any part thereof, or (4) shall forge or falsely make the official endorsement on any ballot, shall be punished by
Penalty.	fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding three years, or by both fine and imprison- ment, in the discretion of the court.
Removing supplies from booths, etc.	270 OOOO. Whoever shall, during an election, remove or destroy any of the supplies or other conveniences placed in the booths or compartments in this Article described for the purpose of enabling the voter to prepare his ballot, or shall, during such elec-tion, remove, tear down or deface any of the cards or specimen ballots printed for the instructions of voters,
Penalty.	shall be punished by fine of not less than tive dollars ($5) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding one year, or by both tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court.