SECTION 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person in Kent, Queen Anne’s or Montgomery counties, to carry, on the days of election, secretly or otherwise, any gun, pistol, dirk, dirk-knife, razor, billy or bludgeon; and any person violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace in either of said counties, shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and on refusal to pay said fine shall be committed by such justice of the peace to the jail of the county, until the same is paid.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the lines collected under this act shall be paid by the officer collecting the same, to the school commissioners of the county where such offence shall have been committed, for school purposes.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any constable of either of said counties, or the sheriff thereof, who shall refuse to arrest any person violating any provision of this act, upon information of such offence, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, before the Circuit Court for such county, shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars, and shall forthwith be discharged from office.