The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1890-05-23

part thereof, or any letter of withdrawal, OF
sign any such certificate, nomination or with
drawsl paper contrary to the provisions o.
this act, or forge the name of any person to
such certificate of nomination, nomination
or withdrawal paper, or file any certificate
of nomination, or nomination or with.
drawal paper, knowing the same, OF
any part thereof to be falsely made, or sup.
press any certificate Of nomination, nomina-
ton or withdrawal paper, or any part thereof
which has been duly filed, or forge or falsely
make the official endorsement on any ballot
or wilfully destroy or defsce any ballot, OF
shall take or remove any ballot outside of the
enclosure provided for voting, before the
close of the polls, or wilfully delay the de-
livery of any ballots, shall be punished by fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment in the Jail, penitentiary or
house of correction not more than two years,
or by both such fine and Imprisonment in the
discretion of the court.
1874. Any public officer upon whom a
duty is imposed by this act who shall wilfully
neglect to perform such duty, or who shall
wilfully perform it in such a way as to hinder
the objects of this act, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than five nor more than one
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in Jail,
penitentiary or house of correction for not
more than two years, or by both such fine
ana imprisonment in the discretion of the
court.
1856. Any ballot clerk who shall place his
initials upon any ballot, save when about to
deliver it to a voter in the polling room, and
any sheriff, deputy sheriff, member of board
of police of Baltimore, or any other person
whatever, who shall wilfully destroy, conceal
or retain any ballots duly prepared for voting,
or wilfullY break the seals of any package,
book or block of ballots, or abstract any bal
lot therefrom, or have any such ballot, except
for the lawful purposes in this article provid-
ed, in his possession, or any paper purport-
ing to be an official ballot, before or during
an election, shall be punished by q fine of not
less than five nor more than one thousand
dollars, or shall be imprisoned in jail,
penitentiary or house of correction for not
less than thirty days nor more than two
years, or both such fine and imprisonment in
the discretion of the court.
1855: The governor shall bieannially ap-
point, by and with the advice and consent of
the senate, if in session, and if not in session,
by the governor alone, in each and every
county Of the State, three persons resi-
dents In and voters of their respective
counties, two of whom shall always be Sc
lected from the two leading political parties
of the State, one from each of said parties,
who shall be men of approved integrity and
capacity, and none of whom shall hold Office
or employment under the government Of the
United States or of the State of Maryland,
and they must not be candidates for Office at
the next ensuing election or at any election
within the term for which they or any Of
them were appointed, who shall be styled the
board of supervisors of election of the respec-
tive counties, each Of said supervisors
shall receive an annual salary OF
twenty-five dollars, to be paid by
the county commissioners of the respective
counties, and shall hold Office for two years
from the date Of his appointment, and shall
exercise the powers and perform the duties
hereinafter set forth /; In case of vacancy
occurring In either of said boards when the
legislature Ia not in session, such vacancy
shall be filed by the governor it shall be the
duty of each of the said boards not later than
the second Monday Of October In each year,
to appoint three persons for each election
district or election precinct of their county,
residents in and voters of such election dis.
trict or election precinct, who, or q MAORI.
ty of whom shall be judges of election for
such election district or election precinct
from the time of their appointment and until
Q new appointment shall have been made
and it shall be the duty of each of said boards
in making their appointments of such judges
of election to select at least one of the said
judges for each election district and election
precinct In their respective counties from
among those of the leading political parties
different from themselves, or a majority of
themselves; if any of the said judges shall die,
resign or remove out of the election dis
trict or election precinct for which he was
appointed, or become otherwise, in the opin
ion of the said respective boards, disqualified
to act as such judge of election, then the
board of supervisors Of election in whose
county said vacancy may exist, shall appoint
q person as Judge for the election district or
election precinct in which such vacancy may
occur each of the said boards of supervisors
of elections shall record every appointment
so made In book to be kept by them for
that purpose, and shall make out warrant
for such appointment, and shall within five
days thereafter, deliver every such warrant
to the sheriff of the county, under the penal
ty of fifty dollars, who shall deliver such war
rant to the person appointed as such judge OF
election, or leave the same at his last place OF
abode within ten days next after the delivery
of each of the said warrants to him, under the
penalty of fifty dollars; each of the said
boards of supervisors of election shall also ap.
point such clerks and other officers of cleo
tion as are now or may be hereafter required
by law; said clerks or other officials to
be appointed as provided in section one
hundred and fifty-two, for each of the
election districts or election precincts
of their respective counties, being above the
age oftwenty-one years, respectively, and OF
opposite political opinions, one from each OF
the leading political parties whose duty 1t
shall be to enter the names of the voters Sc
parately and plainly on the books provided
for that purpose.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act
shall not apply to Carroll, Baltimore, Garrett,
Talbot, Kent, Caroline, Dorchester, Mont
gomery and Hartford counties, and that as to
the said counties section ffty-four OF article
thirty-three of the Code of Public General
Laws, title ELECTIONS" shall be and remain
in full force and effect.
Sec. A.. and be M enacted, That this act
shall take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 8, 1890.
We hereby certify, That the sforegoing is
q correct copy Of an Act of the General As.
sembly Of Maryland, passed January session,
1890.
W. G. PURNELL,
Secretary of the Senate.
CARLTON SHAFER,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
CHAPTER 573.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amend
ments, sections two, three, five, seven, eight,
nine, ten, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen,
eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one,
twenty-five, twenty-three, twenty-four,
twenty-five, twenty-seven, twenty.eight,
twenty-nlne, thirty, thirty-one, thirty.two,
thirty-three, thirty.five. thirty-seven and
thirty.nine, of article thirty-three, Of the
Code of Public General Laws, title "Elec-
TONS" subtitle Registration" and to re-
peal sections fifteen and thirty-four of said
article, and to add two new sections to said
article to be known as SECTIONS thirty. nine
A and thIrty.nine B."
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the General
Assensby Of Maryland, That sections two,
three, five, seven, eight, nine, ten, fourteen,
sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-three,
twenty flour, twenty-five, twenty-seven,
twenty eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one,
thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-five, thirty
seven and thirty-nine, of article thirty-three,
of the Code of Public General Laws, title
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