869
under the Constitution or Laws of this State,
(mere members of the legal profession not being
regarded as such office holder,) no member of
the General Assembly of Maryland, no person
holding any office or appointment thereunder, or
under either branch thereof, shall under any
promise or expectation of a fee, reward, or compen-
sation of any nature or kind for so doing, advo-
cate before the General Assembly, or either
branch thereof, or any member of the same, a
claim of any other person against the State, or
with such legislative body, or any of its mem-
bers, use advice, recommendation or persuasion
for the allowance or payment of any such claim
or the adoption of any legislative action for that
purpose; and any person herein offending shall
be guilty or a high misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof, or indictment in a court of law,
shall be fined a sum not less than five hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned for at least six
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