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560 ELECTIONS. [ART. 33
serve the book or books of account and the entries and statements
therein as aforesaid, or any of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than three hundred
dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in jail for
not less than thirty days nor more than one year, in the discretion of
the Court. The provisions of this section, including, the provisions
with respect to the time of filing said reports, shall be mandatory and
not directory, and must be strictly performed as above described. Any
money or other thing of value received from any unknown person or
source by any treasurer or any political agent, or other persons or com-
mittee authorized to incur obligations or to pay or defray obligations
or expenses under the provisions of this sub-title, shall not be used for
any political purpose whatsoever, but shall be paid by the treasurer,
political agent, or other person or committee so receiving the same,
to the treasurer of the State of Maryland, and by him credited to the
fund for the construction or maintenance of State roads.*
The accounts of the treasurers appointed by the state central committee
of any party or by the members of any state central committee for any
county or Baltimore City and of the sub-treasurers appointed by them,
must inform the public not only from whom the money was received, but
to whom it was paid and for what purposes. Healy v. State, 115 Md. 379.
1908, ch. 122. 1910, ch. 427 (p. 132). 1912, ch. 228, sec. 168.
170. Every candidate for public office, including candidates for
the office of Senator of the United States, shall within thirty days after
the holding of the primary election held to nominate for such office,
make out and file in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of the
county in which such candidate resides, or with the clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court of Baltimore City, if such candidate resides in said city,
the statement hereinafter provided.
Every candidate for public office, including candidates for the office
of Senator of the United States, shall within thirty days after the
holding of the election to fill such office, make out and file in the office
of the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in which such candi-
date resides, or with the clerk of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City,
if such candidate resides in said city, the statement hereinafter pro-
vided.
It is hereby made the duty of the Supervisors of Elections, within
three days after certification to them of any nomination for any office
or place, to certify to the clerk of the Circuit Court of their county or
the clerk of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, as the case may be,
the names and addresses of all candidates, including delegates to con-
ventions, nominated for offices or places within their respective coun-
ties, or the City of Baltimore, as the case may be, together with the
name of the office or place for which each is nominated. The said
clerk of the Circuit Court shall, thereupon, furnish to each person
* Section 2 of the act of 1932, chapter 228, contains a very broad "saving"
clause as to prior offenses, pending cases, etc.
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