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refrain from giving his vote at the election, or primary election, or to
influence his vote in any other way therein or on account of his having
voted, or refrained from voting, or being about to vote or refrain from
voting; and every elector who accepts the same, or any of the same, for
any of the purposes aforesaid. Every person who shall be guilty of any
corrupt practice as aforesaid, shall be fined not less than three hundred
dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for not
more than one year, or both, and shall be ineligible to any public office, or
public employment, for the period of four years from and after the time
of the commission of such offense.

1920, ch. 697, sec. 173A.

185. It shall be unlawful and shall be deemed a corrupt practice for
any person, association, organization, committee or corporation to publish
or distribute or cause to be published or distributed any pamphlet, cir-
cular, card, dodger, poster, advertisement or any printed, multigraphed,
photographed, typewritten or written matter or statement or any matter
or statement which may be copied by any device or method now known for
printing or copying or which may hereafter be used for making copies of
printed or written matter in any form whatever for publication or dis-
tribution, relating to or concerning any candidate or prospective candidate
for public office, unless such pamphlet, circular, card, dodger, poster, ad-
vertisement or other form of publication herein described contains the
name or names of the person or. persons, association, committee or corpora-
tion responsible for the publication or distribution of the same, and if an
association, committee or corporation is responsible for the publication
or distribution of the same, there shall be attached the names of the
officers of such association, committee or corporation. Any person violat-
ing any provision of this section, or aiding and abetting the violation
thereof, shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than one hundred
($100.00) dollars, nor more than one thousand ($1,000.00). dollars, or
be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned.

An. Code, sec. 174. 1908, ch. 122.

186. It shall be unlawful and shall be deemed a corrupt practice for
any corporation, incorporated under the laws of Maryland or of any State
or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or of the
United States, or of any other country directly or indirectly, by itself,
or through any officer, agent or employe, representative, or other person
whatsoever, to give, contribute, furnish, lend or promise any money, prop-
erty, transportation, means or aid to any political party, or any candidate
for public office, or for nomination thereto, or to any political organiza-
tion, or to any political committee, or to any treasurer, or political agent,
as herein defined, either directly or indirectly, to aid, promote or influ-
ence the success or defeat of any political party or principle, or of any
measure or proposition submitted to a vote at a public election or primary
election in this State, or to aid, promote or influence in any manner the
election or defeat of a candidate therein, or to be used, applied or ex-