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

compliance with the provisions Of this
Act, or to punish for violation there
Of All persons whom the Court shall
deem proper or necessary to Join or
bring in as parties to any such pro
ceeding in order to make its orders,
judgments, or writs effective, may be
joined as parties in such manner ana
upon such notice as the Court may
direct. In case such petition relates
to the election of electors of Presl-
dent and Vice-President of the United
States, Senator of the United States,
a Representative in Congress, or the
Governor, or Attorney-General, or
Senator or Delegate to the General
Assembly of Maryland, or Judge, or
a Clerk of a Court of Law, or
Register of Wills, or a States Attor-
ney, the trial judge or judges shall
have no power to declare any such
election to be void, but shall file his
or their finding, or, in case where
a Jury shall have been demanded, the
finding or verdict Of such jury, as to
whether or not the successful candl-
date, or any political committee or
treasurer, or sub-treasurer, or pollt-
ical agent acting for or on behalf OF
such candidate, was SO guilty OF cor
rupt practices, with the Secretary OF
State, together with the transcript OF
the evidence, and the Secretary of
State shall thereupon submit the same
to the Governor of Maryland, when
the election is for electors of Presi-
dent or Vice-President of the United
States, or for Acknowledgement of the
1I-ho O G
resentative or Representative in Con-
gress, shall submit the same, certified
under the seal of the State, to the
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives; or when the election is for Sen
ator of the United States, or for
member of the State Senate, shall
submit the same to the President of
the Senate of Maryland; Or when the
election is for Governor or Delegate
to the House of Delegates of the
General Assembly Of Maryland, or a
Judge, or Clerk of Court of Law,
or Register of Wills, to the Speaker
of the House of Delegates of Mary
land, or when the election is for
States Attorney, to the judges hav-
ing criminal jurisdiction of the coun-
ty and city wherein he shall be elect
ed. In case such petition relates to
any other office than those above re-
ferred to, the trial judge or judges
shall file Immediately with the Gov
ernor his or their decision or the
finding or verdict of the jury in cases
where there has been a jury trial.
as to whether or not the successful
candidate, or a political committee or
treasurer or political agent, acting for
or in his behalf, was so guilty of cor
rupt practices, and said trial Judge or
judges shall also file with the Cover
nor his or their decision, and as to
whether or not, upon the findings in
such case, such election was void as
hereinafter provided. If the said case
shall be heard and tried by two judges,
and they shall differ as to whether
any such candidate in person, or in the
person of his political agent, was so
guilty of corrupt practices, or whether
any such election was so void, they
shall Immediately SO certify to the
Secretary of State, or to the Governor,
as the case may be, and they shall
also file transcript of the evidence
with such certificate. In case the
decision or finding so to be filed with
cessful candidate so petitioned against
was in person, or in the person Of a
treasurer or sub-treasurer or his polit-
ical agent, or through any political
committee acting for or in his behalf,
so guilty of corrupt practices, such
election shall be void, except as here
matter provided, and in case of such
void election the Governor shall, with
in five days after the receipt of such
decision, issue his proclamation de-
claring such election void, and the
vacancy in, the Office to have been
filled by said election shall be filled
in the same manner as would be re-
quired by law in case said vacancy
had arisen from the death of the
successful candidate after his election.
If any candidate shall have been so
found or decided to have been so
guilty in person of corrupt practices,
he shall be ineligible to election or
appointment to any public Office or
employment for the period of four
years from the date of said election;
but the mere finding or decision that
his political agent was so guilty shall
not render him ineligible to Office;
but where the judge or judges shall
decide or certify upon his or their
jury's finding in any case that any
such successful candidate was guilty
of corrupt practices only in the per-
son of his agent, and that (a) no cor
rupt practice was committed by the
candidate personally and the offense
was committed contrary to his order
and without his sanction or conniv-
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unimportant and limited character;
(c) in all other respects such election
was free from corrupt practice on the
part of such candidate and of his
political agent, then the election of
such candidate shall not be void, nor
shall the candidate be subject to any
ineligibility therefor.
Section 2. And be it further enacted,
That this act shall not impair, prevent,
prejudice or preclude, or in any man
ner operate upon or affect any present
ment, indictment or prosecution which
may or might have been brought or
filed against any person whatsoever
or which may be pending in any Court
of criminal jurisdiction in this State
against any person whatsoever under
and by virtue of said Sections 1872,
165, 166, 1877, 168 and 173, or any Of
the same, as the said Sections were
enacted and existed prior to the pass
age of this Act, or by reason of any
violation upon the part Of any person
OF any provision OF any of the said
Sections as enacted and existing prior
to the passage Of this Act, and all
persons presented or indicted or who,
prior to the passage of this Act, may
or might have been liable to present
ment, indictment or prosecution for
any violation of any provision of any
of said Sections as the same We're en-
acted and existed prior to the passage
of this Act, may be prosecuted upon
such presentment or Indictment or may
be presented, indicted and prosecuted
under said Sections, or any of the
same, as heretofore enacted and exist