EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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said political parties for the selection of delegates to congres-

Act not to ap-

sional, judicial or State conventions, or conventions called to

ply to certain
primaries.

nominate candidates for any other offices than those referred to

in this Act.

SEC. 15. And be it enacted, That one-half the cost of con-

Expenses to be

ducting said primaries, including the cost of advertising, print-

equally met.

ing the tickets and the extra compensation of the Board of Su-

pervisors of Elections, shall be paid by the County Commis-

sioners and one- fourth by each of the two political parties whose

primaries are conducted under the provisions of this Act, and

the Supervisors of Elections shall not place upon the official

ballot to be voted at the succeeding general election the names

of any party candidates who have failed to comply with the pro-

visions of this section providing for the payment of one-fourth

of the cost of conducting said primary election.

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect

from the date of its passage.

Approved April 7, 1904.

CHAPTER 267.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 6,

7, 9 and 12 of Article 27 of the Code of Public General Laws,

title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-title ''Arson and Burn-

ing," and to add two new sections to said Article 27, to be

numbered and known as Sections 12A and 291D, respec-

tively.

SECTION i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

land, That Sections 6, 7, 9 and 12 of Article 27 of the Code of

Arson.

Public General Laws, title "Crimes and Punishments," sub-

title "Arson and Burning," be and the same are hereby re-

pealed and re-enacted so as to read as follows :

6. Every person convicted of the crime of arson, or as being

accessory thereto, shall, at the discretion of the court, suffer

Capital punish-
ment for same

death, or be sentenced to the penitentiary for not more than

twenty years; and the wilful and malicious burning of any

dwelling house, whether the same shall be in the possession

of the offender or in the possession of any other person, with

the intent thereby to injure or defraud any person, shall be

deemed arson under this section.

7. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously set fire to and

burn any untenanted or unfinished dwelling house, whether