464 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

once at the same primary, election, precinct meeting or any
other meeting for any candidate for nomination to the same
office, or delegateship to any convention, or knowingly and
fraudulently vote or attempt to vote at a place where he is not
entitled to vote, or by force, threat, intimidation, bribery,
reward or offer thereof, unlawfully prevent any person enti-
tled to vote at such primary election, precinct meeting or other
meeting from freely exercising his right to vote thereat, or by
any such means induce or compel any person entitled to so
vote to refuse to or abstain from exercising such right, or
induce or compel, by any such means, any judge or other
officer of any such primary election, precinct meeting or other
meeting to receive a vote from any person not entitled to cast
such vote, he shall on conviction thereof be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and be punished by imprisonment in jail for
not more than thirty days, or by fine of not more than one
hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion of the court.

305. At any primary election, precinct meeting or any
meeting held in Baltimore county, of any political party for
the election of one or more candidates for public office, to be
voted for by the people of said county, or for electing dele-
gates to any convention of such party, any person who by
force, threat, intimidation, bribery or reward, or promise of
any article of value, shall induce, or endeavor to induce, any
person to vote or abstain from voting for any delegate or can-
didate at such election or meeting, or any person who shall
counsel or assist in, or direct such intimidation, bribery or
reward, or offer of reward, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by im-
prisonment in jail for not more than sixty days, or by a fine
of not more than three hundred dollars, or both fine and im-
prisonment, in the discretion of the court.

306. That before any persons shall act as judges of any
such primary election, precinct meeting or other meeting men-
tioned in this Act, they shall make oath that they will dis-
charge their duties as such judges, honestly and fairly, which
oath shall be taken by said judges before some justice of the
peace of said county, which judges, after qualifying as afore-
said, shall have power to administer said oath to the clerks
of the election.

307. That each of said judges appointed under this Act shall
have power to cause the arrest of any one violating any of the
provisions hereof or suspected of violating the same, and in the
absence of any person authorized by law to make arrest, said
judges may designate some person as special officer, for that