1270                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 739

178.   Election Officials to Follow Majority Action. If at any elec-
tion precinct, at any registration of voters or revision thereof, any
officer of registration shall knowingly 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 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 concur, he shall upon convic-
tion thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
punished in jail for not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or
by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10) nor more than Two
Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250), or by both such fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court.

179.   False Poll List. If any election official 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, except 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.

180.   Illegal Conduct of Judges of Election. Every judge of elec-
tion who shall wilfully exclude any vote duly tendered, knowing that
the person offering the same is lawfully entitled to vote at such elec-
tion; or who shall wilfully receive a vote from any person who has
been duly challenged in relation to his right to vote at such election
without exacting from such person such oath or other proof of qualifi-
cation as may be required by law; or who shall wilfully omit to
challenge any person offering to vote whom he knows or suspects to
be not entitled to vote, and who has not been challenged; or who shall
wilfully refuse to open and show the ballot-box to be empty prior
to the opening of the polls; or who 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 in the penitentiary for not less
than three months, nor more than two years.

181.  False Tallies or Certificates. Every judge of election or other
officer or person who shall make, sign, publish or deliver any false
tally or return of any general, special or primary election, or any
false certificate or statement of the result of any such election, know-
ing the same to be false, or who shall wilfully deface, destroy or
conceal any statement, tally or certificate entrusted to his care and
custody, shall on 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 ten years.

182.   Stuffing Ballot Boxes. (a) Every person convicted of an
offense under this section shall 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. Such offenses shall be as follows:

(b) If any person other than a judge of election shall at any gen-
eral, special, or primary election, knowingly and wilfully put, or
cause to be put, any ballot or ballots, or other paper having the