The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-05-10
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DUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
CHAPTER 523.

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CHAPTER 523.
AN ACT to amend Chapter 261 of the Acts of 1892,
entitled AN Act to amend the code OF Public
Local Laws, Article 8, title Baltimore County,
adding thereto the following Sections under
the head of Primary Elections"
Section /. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That Section ga, as enacted in
Chapter 6ll of the Acts of 1900 amending Chap,
ter 26l of the Acts of 1892 is hereby repealed and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:
Sec "a AT any primary primary e, eieet1on, Preclnct
ty, of any political party for the election OF one
or more candidates for public office. to be voted
for by the people of said county, or for electlng
delegates to. any convention of such party. any
person who by force, threat, intimidation, bribe-
ry or reward, or promise of any article of value,
shall induce, or endeavor to induce, any person
to vote or abstain from voting for any delegate
or candidate at said election or meeting, or any
person who shall counsel or assist in, or direct
such intimidation. bribery or reward. or offer OF
reward shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or. and on conviction thereon shall be punished
by imprisonment in Jail for not more than sixty
DAYS. or by a fine 6f not more than three hun
dred dollars, or both fine and imprisonment, in
'1 Sec. .. And be it enacted, That the following
Sections be and the same are hereby added to the
sd GhsPf s Of oow hs ec
tion II of said Chapter, and to pc known as Sec
tions IL. 10, IA, Is. l6, II, lS.
who shall wilfully exclude any vote duly ten
dered knowing that the person Offering the same
is entitled to vote at sucn eiection. OF snali VII VII
heen duIv challenged in relation to his right to
vote at such election without exacting from SUCH
person such oath or other proof that he Is a
legally registered voter in the precinct where
he applies to vote, and has not previously voted
at said election, or whom he knows or suspects
fo he NOT entitled to vote and who has not been
CHALLENGED, or shall Wflfully re1use 70 open ana
show the ballot box to be empty prior 70 the
opening of the polls, shall be deemed guilty OF
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be
punished by imprisonment in jail for not Tess
Ofr not loaa than fffV dollars more than three
hundred dollars, or both fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the Court.
Sec. 13. If any person upon the day OF any
primary election, or before the canvass OF votes
Is completed. shall conceal or wilfully break or
destroy any ballot box used or intenaeG 20 1e
ulently conceal, secrete or remove any sucn
box from the custody of the Judges of Election
or any official in charge thereof, or shall after,
deface, fnjure or destroy or conceal any ballot
which has been deposited in any ballot Dox at
such election which mas not 9een o aeotn ane
or any report, return or certlhcate OF any sucn
election, he shall on conviction tnereoi pc
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
punished by imprisonment in jail for not less
than one month or more than one year. or by
fine Of not less than one OF 0re
in the discretion of the Court.
Sec. IA. Any Judge or Clerk of any primary
election, or other officer or person VINO snail
make sign, publish or deliver any false tally or
return of any primary election, or any false
certificate or statement OF the result OF any
or who shall wilfully deface. destroy or conceal
any statement, tally or certificate OF such cleo
tfOn entrusted to his care and custody, snail De
deemed guilty of a misdeameanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished by imprisonment
in Jail for not less than two months or more
than two years, or by hne or not less IMAM
four hundred dollars.
Sec 49, Each ticket, or the majority of the
candidates whose names appear on such ticket,
or of such candidates on said ticket who may be
present, may select Clerk of Election, who,
with the Challenger, shall be entitled TO be
present in the polling room before the polls are
opened and until after the votes are cast and |
counted. In case of contest not more than a |
bare majority of the judges selected shall be
supporters of any one candidate or ticket ANY |
person excluding or attempting to exclude such |
Challenger or Clerk from the polling room dur
ing the time above set forth shall be guilty OF |
misdemeanor.
Sec Is. Any person who shall canvass or
electioneer within one hundred feet OF the
polling place during any primary election, snail |
be guilty of misdemeanOr, and upon convlc- |
tion shall be fined not less than one nor more |
than one hundred dollars.
Sec. II. There shall be polling place in every |
precinct, and in no case shall any election be |
held in any building, or in any part OF Dulld-
ing used as as saloon, pool room, Dllllard room
or bowling alley. No person shall be permitted |
to vote in any precinct who is not a registered |
voter therein. The ballot box shall be placed in |
A central and conspicuous position inside the /
polling room. Not more than two voters snail |
be admitted at any one time, and no other per
sons except the Judges, Clerks and Challengers;
provided, however, the Judges may admit one
or more persons, in their discretion. who desire
to CldileuRe or ODJecI u any NOICIt ouNu POI
sons after such objection is decided shall i'm
mediately retire. No person shall send or bring |
any intoxicating liquors in any polling room at
any primary during the voting or counting OF
the ballots, under penalty of fine OF not less |
than five or more than twenty-five dollars. |
Elections of the same political party in the |
several Districts shall be on the same day.
Sec. 18. Before the next general registration |
of voters in Baltimore county it shall be the
county to furnish two registry books as pro
vided in Section 15 of Article 49, Code of Public
General Laws except that in addition to the |
columns provided in the form set forth in Sec
tion Is of said Article, there shall be a column
headed Party Affiliation," which shall 1mme.
diately precede the column headed "Remarks,"
in said form. And when any person shall be
registration thereafter, it shall be the duty of
the Board of Registry to ask such person with
which party he desires to affiliate, and they shall
at the same time explain to the voter that such
statement of party affliation does not bind him
to vote for the candidates of any such party,
but that no person who is not recorded as affilt-
ated with an existing political party shall be en-
The voters party affliation shall be written In
the proper column, and If in his discretion ne
declines to state his afiliatiOn, the word de
cliues' shall be written opposite his name in the
proper column. Any registered voter upon
any day of registration or revision after the
next general registration shall have the right to
appear in person before the Board OF registry
and require said Board to enter, alter or strike
out the name of the party with which ne desires
to affiliate.
Section g. And be it enacted This Act take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April Sth, 1902.
Apl. 26.-3t.