For falsely making, filing, sup pressing, defacing, 286. Whoever falsely makes or wilfully defaces or destroys any certificate of nomination or nomination paper, or any part thereof, or any letter of withdrawal made in accordance with the provisions of said chapter four etc., certifi- hundred and seventeen, or signs any such certificate or paper contrary to the provisions thereof, or files any certificate of nomination or nomination paper or letter letter of of withdrawal, knowing the same or any part thereof to withdrawal. be falsely made, or suppresses any certificate of nomina1893, c. 417, tion or nomination paper, or any part thereof, which has § 321. cate, nomi nation paper or For writ. ing, print ing, post been duly filed, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 287. Whoever intentionally writes, prints, posts, or distributes, or causes to be written, printed, posted, or distributed, a circular or poster which is designed or tends ing, distributing, etc., to injure or defeat any candidate for nomination or elecanonymous tion to any public office, by reflecting upon his personal circulars, etc. Ibid. § 322. For injuring or destroying state ballot box,blanks, or appara tus. Ibid. § 323. character or political action, unless there appears upon such circular or poster in a conspicuous place either the names of the chairman and secretary, or the names of two officers at least of the political or other organization issuing the same, or the name and residence, with the street and number thereof, if any, of some voter of the Commonwealth, as responsible therefor, shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 288. Whoever wilfully or maliciously injures or destroys a ballot box or any of the blank forms or apparatus furnished to a city or town in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-three and one hundred and twenty-four of said chapter four hundred and seventeen (sections one hundred and forty-six and one hundred and forty-seven of this digest) shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. with regu lations for use of seals 289. Whoever refuses or wilfully neglects to comply For refusal with any regulation made by said board of election com- to comply missioners in regard to the use of seals and ballot boxes, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-six of said chapter four hundred and seventeen and ballot (section one hundred and fifty-two of this digest), shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. boxes. 1893, C. 417, § 324. 290. Whoever prevents a supervisor of elections, ap- For prepointed in accordance with the provisions of section one venting, hindering, hundred and twenty of said chapter four hundred and molesting, seventeen (section one hundred and forty-three of this etc., superdigest), from doing any of the acts by said section au- visor of thorized to be done, or hinders or molests any such elections. Ibid. § 325. supervisor in doing any such acts, and whoever aids or abets in preventing, hindering, or molesting any such supervisor in doing any of such acts, shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. etc., lists, cards, bal 291. Whoever, before an election, wilfully defaces or de- For defacstroys any list of candidates posted in accordance with the ing, deprovisions of said chapter four hundred and seventeen, stroying, or, during an election, wilfully defaces, tears down, removes, or destroys any card of instruction or specimen lots, sup ballot printed or posted for the instruction of voters, plies, etc. Ibid. § 327. or during an election wilfully removes or destroys any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable a voter to prepare his ballot, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. 292. Whoever forges or falsely makes the official in- For forging, etc., indorsement on any ballot, or wilfully destroys or defaces dorsement, a ballot, or wilfully delays the delivery of any ballots, shall destroying, etc., ballot, be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or delaying or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by ballots. both such fine and imprisonment. delivery of Ibid. § 32S. 293. Whoever wilfully, and without lawful authority, For hinderhinders or delays a voter, when on his way to a polling ing or delaying voter. 1893, c. 417, $329. For inter fering with voter, or inducing place where an election is to be held, or while he is voting or attempting to vote, or aids or assists in any such obstruction or delay, shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 294. Whoever interferes or attempts to interfere with a voter when he is marking his ballot or is within the space enclosed by the guard rail, or endeavors to induce a voter, before he has voted, to show how he marks or has marked show ballot. his ballot, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one Ibid. § 330. hundred dollars. voter to For hinder ing voting. Ibid. § 331. For aiding or abetting in illegal voting. Ibid. § 332. For marking ballot contrary to law. 295. Whoever wilfully hinders the progress of voting at an election, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. 296. Whoever aids or abets a person not legally qualified to vote at an election, in voting or attempting to vote, or aids or abets a person in voting or attempting to vote under a name other than his own, or in depositing or attempting to deposit more than one ballot at one time of balloting, shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 297. Whoever places any mark against a name on a ballot not cast by himself, or places a distinguishing mark on any ballot not cast by himself, except as authorized by Ibid. § 333. law, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding three years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. For altering, depositing, or removing ballot with intent to cheat or de fraud. Ibid. § 334. For removal of ballot 298. Whoever, with intent to cheat or defraud, alters a ballot cast at an election; whoever, with such intent, deposits a ballot in the ballot box used at an election, or in an envelope provided by law for the preservation of ballots cast at an election; and whoever, with such intent, removes a ballot from any such ballot box or envelope, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding three years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 299. Whoever takes or removes a ballot outside of the space enclosed by the guard rail before the close of the enclosed polls, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thou- outside of sand dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one space. year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 1893, c. 417, § 335. etc., certain 300. An owner, superintendent, or overseer in any For emmanufacturing, mechanical, or mercantile establishment, ploying, who employs or permits to be employed any person therein persons on on the day of a state election, in violation of the provisions day of state of section seven of said chapter (same number of this election. digest), shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one Ibid. § 336. hundred dollars. to influence 301. Whoever by threatening to discharge a person For atfrom his employment, or threatening to reduce the wages tempting of a person, or by promising to give employment at higher voter by wages to a person, attempts to influence a qualified voter threats, etc. to give or to withhold his vote at an election, or whoever 1894, c. 209. because of the giving or withholding of a vote at an election discharges from his employment or reduces the wages For disof a person, and assigns as the reason of said discharge or charging, etc., emreduction of wages said giving or withholding a vote, shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, account of or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by his vote. both such fine and imprisonment. ployee on tions. 302. Whoever pays, gives, or bestows, or directly or For bribery indirectly promises any gift or reward to secure the vote of at elecany person at an election, or to induce any voter to with- 1893, c. 417, hold his vote, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one § 338. thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. duct at 303. Whoever at an election behaves in a disorderly For dismanner, and, after notice from the presiding officer, per- orderly con sists in such conduct and refuses to withdraw from the elections. polling place, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one Ibid. § 339. hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 304. Whoever wilfully disobeys any lawful command of For disan election officer, shall be punished by fine not exceeding obeying one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding thirty days, or by both such fine and imprison- officers. ment. orders of election Ibid. § 340. 1893, c. 417, For not 305. Whoever, when ordered by the presiding officer of removing an election or meeting, to remove any pipe, cigar, cigarette, pipe, cigar, or liquor, or to withdraw from the polling place, in accordliquor, etc. ance with the requirements of section one hundred and fifty-eight of said chapter four hundred and seventeen (section one hundred and eighty-three of this digest), refuses or fails to obey such order, shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars. § 341. For giving regarding 306. Whoever, when a recount of votes at an election information is had, makes any statement or gives any information in challenged regard to a ballot cast by a challenged voter at such election, shall be punished by fine not exceeding two hundred Ibid. § 342. dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. votes. For refusal to comply with regu 307. Whoever refuses or wilfully neglects to comply or neglect with any regulation made, in accordance with the provisions of section two hundred and five of said chapter four lations for hundred and seventeen (section twenty of this digest) receiving, by said board of election commissioners in regard to the counting manner of receiving, counting, and returning votes cast at ing votes. an election, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one Ibid. § 343. hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding six months. and return For viola tion of provisions elections. Ibid. § 344. 308. Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections two hundred and twenty-six, two hundred and twentyrelating to seven, two hundred and twenty-eight, two hundred and corrupt thirty-one, two hundred and thirty-two, two hundred and practice in thirty-six, two hundred and thirty-seven, two hundred and thirty-eight, two hundred and forty-two and two hundred and forty-four of said chapter four hundred and seventeen (being respectively sections two hundred and thirty-six, two hundred and thirty-seven, two hundred and thirty-eight, two hundred and forty-one, two hundred and forty-two, two hundred and forty-six, two hundred and forty-seven, two hundred and forty-eight, two hundred and fifty-seven and two hundred and fifty-nine of this digest), relating to corrupt practices in elections, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars; and whoever violates any of the provisions of sections two |