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T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.
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1860.
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the sum of twenty dollars for every such offence;
this section not to apply to the city of Baltimore,
where a different penalty is prescribed by the local
law.
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CHAP. 10.
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That the following be a substitute for the eigh-
teenth section of said article:
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18th section.
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If any person at any election, having voted once,
shall offer to vote again in the same district or
county, he shall be subject to a penalty of ten dol-
lars for such offence; this not to apply to the city of
Baltimore.
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Penalty.
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That the following be a substitute for the nine-
teenth section of said article:
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19th section.
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If any person shall vote twice at one election, he
shall be liable to a presentment in the Circuit Court
of the county in which he may reside, and may be
fined not exceeding forty dollars, and imprisoned
not exceeding one month, in the discretion of the
court; this section not to apply to the city of Bal-
timore, where a different penalty is prescribed by
the local law.
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Liable to
presentment.
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That the following be a substitute for the twen-
tieth section of said article:
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20th section.
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If any person shall remove into any election pre-
cinct in the city of Baltimore, not for the purpose
acquiring a bona fide residence therein, but for the
purpose of voting therein at an approaching elec-
tion, or shall vote or offer to vote in any election
district or precinct in which he does not reside (ex-
cept in the case provided for in the first article of
the Constitution) or shall at the same election vote
in more than one election district or precinct, or
shall vote or offer to vote in any name not his own,
or in the place of any other person of the same
name, or shall vote in any county or city in which
he does not reside, such person, if the offence be
committed in a county shall be punished by a fine
not less than ten nor exceeding one hundred dol-
lars, and by imprisonment in the county jail for
thirty days, and if the offence be committed in the
city of Baltimore, he shall be punished as pre-
scribed by the local law of Baltimore city.
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Bona fide re-
sidence.
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That the following be a substitute for the twenty-
third section of said article:
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23d section.
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