SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                       907

tration, or make any entry upon any register, unless a majority of
the board of registry are present and concur; or if at any election
any judge shall receive any vote or proceed with the canvass of bal-
lots, or shall consent thereto, unless a majority of the judges in said
precinct are present and concur, he shall upon conviction 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 imprisonment in the dis-
cretion of the court.

24-7. False poll list.

If any election official shall wilfully keep a false registry or poll
list, or shall knowingly insert in any registry or 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.

24-8. Illegal conduct of judges of election.

Every judge who shall wilfully exclude any vote duly tendered,
knowing that the person offering the same is lawfully entitled to vote
at such election; 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 qualification as may be required by law; or who shall wil-
fully omit to challenge any person offering to vote whom he knows
or suspects to be not entitled to vote, and who has not been chal-
lenged; or who shall wilfully refuse to permit inspection of the
public counter of any voting machine, or if ballot boxes are used, 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 cannot constantly see
such voting machine or 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.

24-9. False tallies or certificates.

Every judge or other officer or person who shall make, sign,
publish or deliver any false tally or return of any 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.

24-10. Adding votes to machines and stuffing ballot boxes.

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: