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If any inspector, clerk or other officer on whom any duty is imposed by the election laws wilfully neglects to perform such duty, or is guilty of any corrupt conduct in the execution of the same, and no other punishment is provided for such neglect, or conduct, he must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00; but no person shall be deemed an inspector, clerk or officer, within the meaning of this section, until he first shall have taken an oath well and truly to discharge the duties of such office, to the best of his ability, or until he shall have performed some of the duties pertaining to such office. The failure or refusal of any person to accept office, or his failure or refusal to discharge and perform the duties of such office at any time after his appointment thereto, and prior to his taking the oath of such office, and before he shall have discharged and performed any of the duties thereof, shall not, in either event, be deemed a violation of this section.

(Code 1876, §4284; Code 1886, §4183; Code 1896, §4690; Code 1907, §6787; Code 1923, §3905; Code 1940, T. 17, §301.)