904                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

vote is taken as a result of a petition under Article XVI of the
Constitution or as required by the act itself.

(c) In addition thereto, the Secretary of State, within ten days
from the receipt of the official returns from any such referendum
vote concerning a law enacted by the General Assembly, shall pre-
pare under his hand and seal, two certificates setting forth the par-
ticular law upon which such referendum vote was taken, and the
result of said vote; one of said certificates he shall forthwith deliver
to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals who shall, upon receipt of the
same, attach it to the original copy of said law and file in his office;
the remaining certificate shall be retained by the Secretary of State
until the adjournment of the next succeeding session of the General
Assembly, whether regular or extraordinary, and shall thereupon be
delivered by him to the person selected by the Governor to compile
and index the laws passed at such session of the General Assembly.

OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
24-1. False registration.

Every person convicted of any offense under the provisions of this
section shall be punished by imprisonment in jail or in the peni-
tentiary for not less than six months nor more than five years. The
following offenses shall be applicable to any actions or conduct of
any board acting under the provisions of this article:

(a)    Falsely to impersonate a voter or other person, and register
or attempt or offer to register in the name of such voter or other
person;

(b)    To register or attempt to make application to register in
or under the name of any other person, or in or under any false,
assumed or fictitious name, or in or under any name not his own;

(c)    To register to vote in two election districts or precincts;

(d)    Having registered in one election district or precinct, to
attempt or offer to register in any other election district or pre-
cinct, not having a legal right to register therein;

(e)    Knowingly or wilfully to do any unlawful act to secure
registration for himself or any other person;

(f)    Knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently, by false impersonation
or otherwise, or by any unlawful means to cause or procure or at-
tempt to cause or procure, the name of any qualified voter in any
election district or precinct to be erased or stricken, as in this ar-
ticle provided, from any registry of the voters of such district or
precinct made in pursuance of this article or otherwise;

(g)    By force, threat, menace, intimidation, bribery, reward or
offer or promise thereof, or other unlawful means to prevent, hinder
or delay any person having a lawful right to register or be regis-
tered from duly exercising such right;

(h) Knowingly, wilfully or fraudulently to compel or induce
or attempt or offer to compel or induce, by such means or by any
unlawful means, any officer of registration in any election district
or precinct to register, or attempt to register any person not law-
fully entitled to registration in such district or precinct;