26 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 3

150. The provisions of this sub-title shall be construed
liberally in order to effectuate its purposes.

151. Whenever the provisions of this sub-title are enforced
at any election the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City
shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the compensation
now paid to them, the further sum of $200 each for every
such election, and the Supervisors of Elections of the several
counties, and their respective Clerks, in addition to the com-
pensation now allowed them, shall each be entitled to receive
such additional sum for services actually rendered in the
performance of their duties under this sub-title as shall be
allowed by the County Commissioners of the several counties,
but in no event less than $10 per diem for such services. The
Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City and of the several
counties shall be allowed such further sum for expenses and
clerical hire in the performance' of the duties imposed upon
them by this sub-title as may be reasonable and necessary.
All said expenses shall be paid l)y the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore and the County Commissioners of the- sev-
eral counties respectively, in precisely the same way as com-
pensation and similar election expenses are now provided to
be paid by law.

152. Any person who shall wilfully sign any false applica-
tion or oath, and any person who shall wilfully do any act
contrary to the terms and provisions of this sub-title with
intent to cast an illegal vote or to aid another in so doing,
and any person who shall in any way wilfully violate any
of the provisions of this sub-title, and any person who shall
fail or refuse to perform any duty imposed upon him by the
provisions of this sub-title, and any person who shall apply
for a ballot under any other name than his own, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more
than $1,000 or be sentenced to the penitentiary for not more
than two years, or be sentenced to both fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court. In all other respects the
penalties provided in this Article shall apply.

153. All provisions of law shall remain in full force and
operation to the extent that said provisions are not inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this sub-title; and all laics and
parts thereof, and all rules and regulations adopted there-
under, in so far as the same are inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this sub-title, are suspended to the extent of such
inconsistency and shall remain so suspended while this sub-
title is in effect.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That notwithstanding
any provisions contained hereinabove in this Act, the follow-