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receive, in addition to the compensation now paid to it, the further
sum of $200 each for every election. The Board of Supervisors of
Elections of Baltimore City shall be allowed such further sum for
expenses and clerical hire in the performance of the duties imposed
upon it by this sub-title, as may be reasonable and necessary. All
said expenses shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more in precisely the same way as compensation and similar elec-
tion expenses are now provided to be paid by law.

287. Penalties. Any person who shall wilfully sign any false
application 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 imprisonment,
in the discretion of the Court. In all other respects the penalties
provided in this Article, and any amendments thereto shall apply.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all other laws or parts of
laws in the State of Maryland, whether public local or public general,
enacted prior to January 1, 1957, and inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act be and they are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall
be construed to affect or invalidate any legal proceedings pending on
June 1, 1957, involving a violation or an alleged violation of the laws
of the State of Maryland as to elections but any such legal proceed-
ings shall be carried to an end as if this Act had not been passed;
provided also, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect
or change any application or hearing or petition or legal action of
any kind pending on June 1, 1957, and involving any law of the State
of Maryland as to elections existing immediately prior to that date,
but any such application or hearing or petition or legal action of
any kind shall be continued and completed as if this Act had not been
passed.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall
be construed to affect the tenure, compensation, powers, or duties
of any official or employee of any Board of Supervisors of Elections
in this State except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of Sections
211 through 233, inclusive, of this Act, sub-title "Corrupt Practices",
shall not be construed to extend or apply to any offenses occurring
prior to June 1,1957, and any such offense shall be treated and prose-
cuted as if the above Sections had not been enacted.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any part or parts of
this Act shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not be construed to apply to or affect any other part or parts