Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-05-20
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF 1910.
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
Primaries Arranged in All Con-
tests for the Senate of the
United States.
CHAPTER 427.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 16S of Chap
J ter 122 of the Acts of the General
/ Assembly of Maryland of 1908.
Section BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 16S of Chapter 122 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of
Maryland of 1908, be and the same is
hereby repealed and reenactd with
amendments so as to read as fol-
lows:
Sec. 16S-Every candidate for pub
lie office, including candidates for the
office of Senator of the United
States, shall within thirty days after
the holding of the primary election
held to nominate for such office,
make out and file in the office of the
Secretary of State. and a duplicate
thereof with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the county in which such
candidate resides, or with the Clerk
OF the Circuit Court of Baltimore
city, If such candidate resides in said
city, the statement hereinafter pro-
vided
Every candidate for public office,
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Senator of the United States, shall
within thirty days after the holding
of the election to fill such office, make
out and file in the Office of the Sec
rotary OF State, and duplicate
thereof with the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of the county in which
such candidate resides, or with the
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Balti-
more city, if such candidate resides
in said city, the statement hereinal-
ter provided.
1t is hereby made the duty of the
Supervisors of Elections within three
days after certification to them of
any nomination for any Office or
place, to certify to the Secretary of
candidates, including delegates to
conventions nominated for offices or
places within their respective coun-
ties, or the city of Baltimore, as the
case may be, together with the name
of the Office or place for which each
is nominated
The said Secretary of State shall,
son nominated a blank form upon
which to make the statement requir-
ed by this section.
The said above required statement
shall be full, true and itemized
statement in writing, which state
ment and duplicate shall be sub
scribed and sworn to by such candi-
date. before an officer authorized to
administer oaths, setting forth in de-
tail all moneys or other valuable
things contributed, expended or
promised by him to aid and promote.
or in any way in connection with his
nomination or election, or both, as
the case may be, or for other politi-
cal purposes in connection with the
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election, and all existing unfulfilled
promises or liabilities in that connec-
ton remaining uncancelled and in
force at the time such statement is
made, whether such expenditures.
promises or liabilities were made or
incurred before, during or after such
election, and showing the dates when
the person to whom and the purposes
for which each and all of said sums
or valuable things were paid, experG
ed or promised, or said liabilities in
Cured Such statement shall also
set forth that the same is as full and
explicit as the affiant is able to make
it,
No person shall be deemed elected
TO any elective office under the laws
OF this State, or enter upon the du-
ties therof or receive any salary or
emoluments therefrom until he shall
nave filed the statement and duplicate
provided for in this section of this
Article; and no officer authorized by
the laws of this State to issue com
missions or certificates of election
shall issue a commission or certifi-
cate of election to any person claim
ing to be elected to any office, until
such statement as aforesaid shall
have been so made, verified and filed
by such person with such officer.
Any person violating or failing to
comply with any of the provisions of
this section shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than
three hundred dollars, nor more
than two thousand dollars, or impris-
oned for not more than two years, or
both fined and imprisoned. in the
discretion of the court
Ten days after the period above
ascertained for the filing of said orig
inal statement shall have expired
the officer with whom the same is by
this section required to be filed shall
notify the proper prosecuting officer
of any failure to file such statement
on the part of any candidate, and
within fifteen days thereafter such
prosecuting officer shall proceed to
prosecute for such offense
Sec. 2-And be ii enacted. That
this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved April IL, 1910.