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Committee for the several counties, a certificate in writing containing his name, residence, business, business address and the offices for which he seeks to be nominated, such certificate in writing to be filed as aforesaid twenty days before the primary election in which such candidate proposes to run; and within ten days after filing such certificate as aforesaid the candidate filing the same shall pay to the State Central Committee of the State of the party to which he belongs and whose nomination he seeks, such sum as such State Central Committee for the State may assess him for, all candidates for the nomination for the same office to be assessable only for the same amount. The primary elections in the several counties for nominations for State offices shall be conducted under and in accordance with the provisions hereinbefore contained in respect to the nominations for county offices.

CHAPTER 737, ACTS OF 1908.

1600. The president of the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore city shall ascertain and fix the day for holding the primary elections for nominations for State offices in the several legislative districts of Baltimore city. And the day so to be ascertained and fixed by said president of said board for State primaries in said legislative districts, may be the same as the day fixed and ascertained in the several counties for the primary elections for nominations for State offices. Each candidate for a State office shall file, twenty days before the primary election in which he proposes to run for the nomination for a State office with the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore city a certificate in writing containing his name, residence, business, business address and the office for which he seeks to be nominated and the party to which he belongs and whose nomination he seeks, and shall also make the payment to said Supervisors of Election of the sum required by the primary election law of Baltimore city of candidates for nomination for offices under said law; and the said Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore city shall thereupon cause to be printed upon the official ballots for the primady elections to be held in Baltimore city the name of each candidate for any State office, who shall file with said board a certificate as aforesaid, and make the payment aforesaid, so that the name of all candidates for each State office shall appear upon the official primary ballots of Baltimore city and be voted upon in the manner in which candidates in primary elections in Baltimore city are required to be voted for under the provisions of the law regulating primary elections in said city. The primary elections shall be held under the supervision and control of the Board of Supervisors of Election of Baltimore city for the purpose of nominating, in conformity with the provisions hereof aforesaid, candidates of each of the said political parties for State offices in the several legislative districts of Baltimore city, and such primary shall be held and conducted in all respects, including due notice to the public thereof, subject to and in conformity with the provisions and requirements of the existing primary election law for Baltimore city, ex-

cept as to the time of holding the same as aforesaid. The counting and canvassing and returns of the vote in the primary elections for candidates for such State offices shall be conducted and made in the samemanner as is prescribed with respect to candidates for the nomination. for other offices by this Act for the several counties and by the primary election law of Baltimore city for said city. Within ten days after each primary election the State Central Committee or governing bodies of the several counties of the State, shall submit to the chairman of the State Central Committee of the respective political parties for the whole State a certified statement of the number of votes cast in the primary election in each of the counties for the several candidates for each State office voted upon in such primary election and the said chairman of State Central Committee of each of the said political parties for the whole State shall thereupon publish in two daily newspapers published in Baltimore city, certified statements of the votes in said primary elections for such candidates for State offices so sent to him by said State Central Committees or governing bodies of the several counties, and in such publication the chairman of the State Central Committee for each of said political parties for the whole State shall furthermore declare which candidate, of the party for the State Central Committee of which he is acting chairman, received the greatest number of votes cast by the voters of that party for each of said State offices. And the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore city shall within ten days after said primaries in the several legislative districts of Baltimore city for the nomination for State offices, transmit to the chairman of the State Central Committee for the whole State of each political party a certified statement of the number of votes cast in the primary elections in each of said legislative districts for the several candidates for each State office voted upon in said primary elections. And the said chairman of the State Central Committee shall thereupon publish in two daily newspapers in Baltimore city the said statements so sent to him, and in such publication the said chairman of the State Central Committee for each of the said political parties shall declare which candidate of his party received the greatest number of votes in said legislative districts of Baltimore city cast by the voters of his party for each of said State offices. In any year in which the only State office to be filled by the vote of the people is the office of Comptroller of the Treasury of the State, if there be no contest in any of the legislative districts of Baltimore city for the nomination of any political party aforesaid for said office of Comptroller, the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore city shall have the right and power to restrict and limit the number of polling places in each ward of Baltimore city to three polling places for holding primary elections for the nomination for such office of Comptroller, and to designate and appoint the judges and clerks of election who shall serve in said three polling places in such primary election. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the State Central Committee for

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the whole State of each of said political parties, to read and declare to the State convention of each of said parties the results of the primary elections for the nomination for each State office in the several counties ⚫ of the State and in the several legislative districts of Baltimore city, and to declare which candidate in said primary election for each of said State offices received the greatest number of votes of his party in each of said county and legislative districts for each particular State office.

160P. If any clerk or judge of any primary election, or any person performing the duties thereof shall wilfully keep a false poll list or primary election register or shall knowingly insert in his poll list or the primary elections register any false statement, or name or statement or abbreviation of a word or any check, alteration or mark except as in this Act provided or who is guilty of concealing, wilfully destroying, mutilating, defacing, falsifying or fraudulently removing or secreting the whole or any part of any record, registry of voters, return or statement of votes, poll ust or any papers, documents, ballots, envelopes or papers of any description in this Act directed to be made, filed or preserved permanently or until after the votes are canvassed by the proper governing body and the results finally announced, or who shall fraudulently make an entry, evasive or alteration therein, except as allowed and directed by the provisions of this Act to do, or who permits or encourages any other person to do so, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred ($100) dollars and not more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for not less than ninety days and not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, the informer to receive one-half of the fine collected and the other half shall be paid to the County Commissioners of the county for use of the public roads.

CHAPTER 737, ACTS OF 1908.

160Q. If any person shall wilfully disobey any lawful command of any judge of primary election given in the execution of his duty at any primary election, or if during any primary election or during the canvass of votes cast thereat or during any subsequent canvass of returns by the governing body holding such primary election, any person shall cause any breach of the peace or be guilty of any disorder, violence or threats of violence whereby any such primary election or canvass shall be impeded or hindered or whereby the lawful proceedings of any judge, clerk or governing body of such party, or challenger or watcher or person designated to be present during the reception or canvass of any ballots, are interfered with, any such person shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

CHAPTER 737, ACTS OF 190S.

160R. If any person knowingly or wilfully shall obstruct, hinder or assault, or by bribery, solicitations or otherwise interfere with any judge

or clerk or challenger or member of the governing body of any party holding such primary election, in the performance of any duty required by him or which he may by law be authorized or permitted to perform, or if any person by any of the means before mentioned or otherwise unlawfully shall, on any day of primary election, or of canvass of the returns of such primary election shall hinder or prevent any judge, clerk, challenger and watcher or member of the governing body of any party holding any primary election, in his free attendance and presence at the place of holding such primary election or of canvassing the returns therefrom or in his full and free access to and from any room where the same is held or shall molest, interfere with, remove or eject from any such place of voting or of canvassing, any such judge, clerk, or challenger and watcher, or shall unlawfully threaten or attempt or offer so to do, every such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less than three months nor more than one year, or by fine of not less than twenty-five ($25) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or by both fine and imprisonment, and the informer shall receive one-half of the fine collected and the other half shall be paid to the County Commissioners of the county for the use of public roads.

CHAPTER 737, ACTS OF 1908.

160S. If any person upon the day of primary election, or before the canvass of the votes is completed shall conceal or wilfully break or destroy any ballot box used or intended to be used at such primary election, or shall wilfully or fraudulently conceal, secrete or remove any such ballot box or the primary election register or any of the envelopes or other paraphernalia provided for holding such primaries from the custody of the judge or judges of primary election or other proper person in charge thereof, or shall alter, deface, injure or destroy or conceal any ballot which has been deposited in any ballot box at such primary election which has not been counted and canvassed, or any poll-list or primary election register used at such primary election or any report, return, certificate or any evidence in this Act required, he shall upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a felony and shall for each and every such offense be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.

CHAPTER 737, ACTS OF 1908.

160T. If any judge or clerk of any primary election shall without urgent necessity be late at the opening of the polls, or shall absent himself therefrom during the primary election or during the canvass of the ballots or the making up of the returns, or shall receive any vote or proceed with the canvass of ballots, or shall consent thereto unless a majority of the judges of the primary election in said election district are present and concur, he shall, upon conviction thereof be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not less

than ten or more than ninety days, or by fine of not less than ten ($10) dollars or more than two hundred ($200) dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.

CHAPTER 737, ACTS OF 1908.

160U. Whoever, during the hours of any primary election or canvass of votes or of making returns thereof in any election district, shall bring, take, order or send into, or shall attempt to bring or take or send into any place of primary election any distilled or spirituous liquors, wine, ale or beer, or shall at any such time and place, drink or partake of such liquor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof be fined not less than ten ($10) dollars or more than one hundred ($100) dollars. It shall be unlawful for the keeper of any hotel, tavern, store or any other establishment, or for any persons or person, corporation or corporations, directly or indirectly, to sell, barter, give or dispose of any spirituous or fermented liquors, ale or beer, or intoxicating drinks of any kind on the day of any primary election hereafter to be held in any county, any person or corporation violating the provisions of this action shall be liable for indictment, and shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than fifty ($50) dollars or more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each offense, one-half of the fine shall be paid to the informer, and the other half to the County Commissioners for the use of public roads. Any person who shall make any bet or wager upon the result of any primary election to take place in any county shall be liable to indictment, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty ($50) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars to be paid to the County Commissioners for the use of the public roads. CHAPTER 737, ACTS OF 1908.

160V. Whoever shall electioneer, conduct a voter (except when physical disability requires assistance) or attempt to influence the vote of any voter, within one hundred feet of any polling place of any primary election in any county or who shall place a distingiushing mark upon any ballot or envelope delivered to for the use of any voter at any such primary election, or who shall provide for or enclose in any envelope to be used in voting such ballot, any inclosure whereby to identify the ballot, or who shall endeavor to induce any voter within the polling place to show how his ballot has been marked, or who shall carry away or attempt to carry away from the polls before the closing thereof any envelope or envelopes of the character used, or who shall deliver to any voter for use in casting his ballot, or use any ballot or envelope different from those provided for in this Act or who shall show the face of a marked ballot to any judge, clerk, officer or other person inside of or within one hundred feet of the polls before the polls close or who shall induce, request, directly or indirectly agree with or encourage a voter to keep his ballot in sight of any person or persons from the time at which its contents are known by any such person or persons or his associate or associates until delivered to the juage for inclosure in the envelope to be deposited

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