The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-10
ICHAPTER 1881


amendments Sections 1852, 165, 166,
1877, 16S and 179 of Article 93 of the
Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, title Elections subtitle
Corrupt Practices"
Section l. Be it enacted by the Gen.
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
tons 1872, 165, 166, 1877 and 173 of Ar
ticle 33 of the Code of Public General
Laws Of Maryland, title Elections,
and subtitle Corrupt Practices" as
said Sections were enacted by Chap
ter 122 of the Acts of the General AS
sembly of 1908, and also Section 1913
of said Article SO, title Elections"
subtitle Corrupt Practices" as said
Section was enacted by Chapter Az
of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1910, be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted with amend
ments, so that said sections, severally
and respectively, shall be and read as
follows, to wit:
1852. The term Political Commit.
tee," within the meaning of this Act,
shall include every committee or COM
bination of two or more persons to
aid or promote the success or defeat
of any political party or principle in
any election, or if any proposition sub
mitted to vote at public election, or
to aid or take part in the nomination
or election of any candidate for public
Office. The term Treasurer" shall in
clude all persons appointed by any
political committee or candidate TO
nomination or election to any public
Office, to receive or disburse moneys to
aid or promote the success or defeat
of any such party, principle or can
didate. The term Political Agent
shall include all persons appointed by
any candidate before any election,
or primary election, to assist him in
his candidacy. No person shall act
as any such treasurer or political
agent unless, after his appointment,
and before the primary or election for
which he is appointed, a writing sign
ed by the political committee or can
didate appointing him and designat-
ing him as such treasurer or political
agent, shall be filed with the Secre-
tary of State, except that in case the
duties of such treasurer or political
agent shall relate to any county, city,
ward or district election exclusively,
or to any primary election preliminary
thereto, such writing shall be flied
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of
the county within which such treas
urer or political agent resides, or with
the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Balti-
more City, if sUc., treasurer or polit-
ical agent res tte' in Baltimore City,
instead of wi Secretary of State.
Every such W. .ng shall designate the
particular period, election or primary
election within which such treasurer
ship or political agency shall continue.
Nothing in this Act shall prevent the
treasurer or political agent of any
candidate from being the treasurer
or political agent of any other candi-
date, but no candidate for public office
or nomination therefor may designate
himself as his own political agent, or
act as the political agent or treasurer
of any other candidate. No person
shall be appointed or act as treasurer
or political agent in any election or
primary election who is not citizen
and resident of the State of Maryland.
165. No person other than a treas
urer or political agent shall pay any
Of the expenses of any election or
primary election, except that eandi-.
date may pay his own expenses for
postage, kilograms, telephoning, sta
tionery, printing, advertising, publish
ing, expressage and travelling and
board The payments, expenditures,
promises and liabilities which any
candidate for nomination or for cleo
ton may make or incur, directly or
indirectly, whether in money or other
thing of value, under this or the pre-
ceding Section, shall not exceed in
the whole ten dollars for each one
thousand Tor the major portion there
of up to fifty thousand, and five dol
lars for each one thousand Cor the
major portion thereby in excess of
fifty thousand of the registered voters
qualified to vote for the Office in ques-
ton at the next preceding election
therefor, all to be paid, handled and
disbursed by a treasurer or political
agent, and not otherwise; and any
payment, contribution, expenditure of,
or promise or liability to pay, con-
tribute or expend any money or yalu-'
able thing in excess of said sum, shall
be unlawful provided, however, that
a candidate for nomination or for cleo
ton may pay personally in addition
to said sum or valuable thing or things
amounting thereto, his own expenses
for postage, kilograms, telephoning,
stationery, printing, advertising, pub
fishing, expressage, travelling and
board; provided, further, that any
payment, expenditure, contribution,
promise or liability which may be
made or incurred, directly or Indirect
", by the wife of any candidate for
an office or nomination shall be charg-
ed against the candidate as if made
by the candidate himself; and provid-
ed, further, that nothing in this Act
shall be taken or construed to pro-
hibit the chairman of the State Central
Committee of the State or of any
county or of the City of Baltimore of
any political party from soliciting con-
tributions for campaign purposes,
which contributions, however, shall be
expended in accordance with and sub
ject to the provisions and restrictions
of this Act.
166. 1t shall be lawful for any treas
urer or political agent in connection
with any election, or primary cleo
ton, and in making provisions there
for, to pay the following expenses:
(a) of hiring of halls and music for
the conventions, public meetings and
public primaries and for advertising
the same; (b) of printing and circu-
lating political articles, circulars,
pamphlets and books; (c) of printing
and distributing sample or specimen
ballots and instructions to voters, sub
iect, however, to such prohibitions or
restrictions as may be imposed by this
Article upon the publication and dis
tribution of such sample or specimen
ballots or instructions; ID of renting
rooms and headquarters to be used by
political committees; (e) of compen-
sating clerks, stenographers and type
writer's employed in the committee
rooms, and also Of challengers ana