John Prentiss Poe, The Maryland Code : Public Local Laws, Adopted by the General Assembly of Maryland March 14, 1888. Including also the Public Local Acts of the Session of 1888 incorporated therein, at 1457 (Vol. 2, 1888), Election Districts - Fences, § 99

Abstract

Prohibited carrying, on days of an election , any gun, pistol, dirk, dirk-knife, razor, billy or bludgeon. Punishable by a fine of $5-20.