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entertainment of such persons; (i) all expenses incurred by or
under the authority of the chairman of the State Central Com-
mittee of any political party in providing accommodation and
entertainment for the members of the State Central Committee
or for the transportation of such members, when assembling for
any meeting of said committee or visiting the headquarters of
said committee in connection with party matters or interests.
No treasurer or political agent shall incur any expense or
liability or make any payment for any purpose not authorized
by this section, and every liability incurred and payment made
shall be at a rate which is proper and reasonable and fairly com-
mensurate with the service rendered. It shall not be lawful for
any treasurer or any political agent to expend any money for
printing or publication of any political matter whatsoever which
shall not purport on its face to be printed or published by the
authority of said treasurer or political agent, and which, if
published in any newspaper or other periodical, shall not be
marked as an advertisement. The treasurer appointed and
acting for or in connection with the State Central Committee
of the State of any political party shall not expend or disburse
any money or valuable thing, or incur any liability whatsoever,
except by the authority and subject to the direction of the
chairman of the State Central Committee of the State for or
in connection with which said treasurer may be appointed or
acting. Every person expending money in violation of this
section or of sections 164 or 165 shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or
imprisoned for not more than two years, or both fined and
imprisoned in the discretion of the Court.

167. Within twenty days after every election, or primary
election, every treasurer and every political agent shall file a
full, true and detailed account and statement, subscribed and
sworn to by him before an officer authorized to administer
oaths, in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county
in which such treasurer or political agent resides, or in the
office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, if
such treasurer or political agent resides in said city, which
statement shall include the amount of money or property in
each case received or promised, the name of the person from
whom it was received, or by whom it was promised, the amount
of every expenditure made or promised, or valuable thing given
or promised, or liability of any sort incurred, the name of the
person to whom such expenditure, gift or promise thereof was
made or to whom such liability was incurred, and shall clearly