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(i) Knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently to interfere with, delay or
hinder in any manner any judge or clerk of election in the discharge
of his duties; or,

(j) Knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently to counsel, advise, induce
or attempt to induce any judge or clerk of election, whose duty it is
to ascertain, proclaim, announce or declare the result of any such
election, to give or make any false certificate, document, report, re-
turn or other false evidence in relation thereof; or to refuse or
neglect to comply with his duty, or to violate any law regulating the
same; or to receive the vote of any person in any election precinct
not entitled to vote therein; or to refuse to receive the vote of any
person entitled to vote therein;

(k) To aid, counsel, advise, procure or assist any voter, person or
judge of election or other officer of election to do any act by law for-
bidden, or in this Article constituted an offense;

(l) To WILFULLY omit to do any act by this Article directed to be
done.

175.  Neglect or Fraud by Officials. If any judge of election, or any
officer or official of registration, revision, election or canvass or any
member of any committee, or of the governing body, of any political
party participating in primary elections under this Article, or any
delegate to a convention or party executive, of whom any duty is
required in this Article, or by any other election law of this State,
shall be guilty of any wilful neglect of such duty, or any corrupt or
fraudulent conduct or practice in the execution of the same, he shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in jail for not
less than thirty days nor more than three years, or by a fine of not
less than Fifty Dollars ($50) nor more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

176.   Election Officials Not Serving. Any person selected by the
Board of Supervisors of Elections of any county or of Baltimore City
as a judge of election, as hereinbefore in this Article provided, who
shall fail or refuse to serve as such judge of election, or who having
been notified by said Board of Supervisors to appear for examination
of his qualifications for judge of election, shall fail or refuse so to
appear for examination, shall be fined not less than One Hundred
Dollars ($100) and not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300),
unless it shall appear that he was not qualified for such service or
appearance for such examination by reason of ill health, infirmity or
old age.

177.   Absence of Election Officials. If any officer of registration
in any election precinct shall without urgent necessity absent himself
from the place of registration during the hours prescribed by law for
registering voters, or if any judge of election shall without 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
Dollars ($20) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500).