1582 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

urgent necessity be late at the opening of the polls at any
general, special or primary election 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 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
($20) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars.

167. If at any election precinct, at any registration of
voters or revision thereof, any officer of registration shall know-
ingly and wilfully admit any person to registration, or make
any entry upon any register unless a majority of the Board of
Registry in said precinct are present and concur, or if at any
general, special or primary election hereafter held, any judge
or clerk of election shall receive any vote or proceed with the
canvass of ballots, or shall consent thereto, unless a majority
of the judges of election in said precinct are present and con-
cur, he shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for
not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or by a fine of not
less than ten ($10) dollars nor more than two hundred and
fifty ($250) dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the court.

168. If any clerk of election, or any person performing the
duties of such clerk shall wilfully keep a false poll-list, or
shall knowingly insert in his poll-list any false statement, or
any name or statement, or any check, alteration or mark, ex-
cept as in this Article provided, he shall, upon conviction
thereof, be adjudged guilty of a felony, and shall be punished
by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor
more than five years.

169. Every judge of election who shall wilfully exclude any
vote duly tendered, knowing that the person offering the same
is lawfully entitled to vote at such election, or shall wilfully
receive a vote from any person who has been duly challenged
in relation to his right to vote at such election without exact-
ing from such person such oath or other proof of qualification
as may be required by law; or shall wilfully omit to chal-
lenge any person offering to vote whom he knows or sus-
pects to be not entitled to vote, and who has not been chal-
lenged; or shall wilfully refuse to open and show the ballot-box
to be empty prior to the opening of the polls; or shall permit
any barricade or obstruction of any kind to be interposed, so
that all who desire can not constantly see such ballot-box, shall
upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in jail or