852 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 434

31. If any person shall bribe or attempt to bribe any
executive officer of the State of Maryland, any judge, justice
of the peace or other judicial officer of this State, any member
or officer of the General Assembly of Maryland, any officer or
employee of the State, or of any county, municipality or other
political sub-division of the State, including members of the
police force of Baltimore City and the motorcycle deputies
(commonly known as State Police) under the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, or any member or officer of any municipal
corporation of this State, or any executive officer of such cor-
poration, in order to influence any such officer or person in
the performance of any of his official duties; and if the
Governor or other executive officer of this State, any judge,
justice of the peace or other judicial officer of this State, any
member of the General Assembly of Maryland or officer
thereof, any officer or any employee of the State, or of any
county, municipality or other political sub-division of the
State, including members of the police force of Baltimore City
and the motorcycle deputies (commonly known as State.
Police) under the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or any
member or officer of any municipal corporation, or Mayor or
other executive officer thereof in this State shall demand or
receive any bribe, fee, reward or testimonial for the purpose of
influencing him in the performance of his official duties, or
for neglecting or failing to perform the same, every such per-
son so bribing or attempting to bribe any of such officers or
persons, and every such person so demanding or receiving any
bribe, fee, reward, or testimonial shall be deemed guilty of
bribery, and on being convicted thereof shall be fined not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars,
or, in the discretion of the court, shall be sentenced to be im-
prisoned in the penitentiary of this State for not less than two
nor more than twelve years, or both fined and imprisoned, and
shall also be forever disfranchised and disqualified from
holding any office of trust or profit in this State; and any per-
son so bribing or attempting to bribe or so demanding or re-
ceiving a bribe shall be a competent witness, and compellable
to testify against any person or persons who may have com-
mitted any of the aforesaid offenses; provided, that any per-
son so compelled to testify in behalf of the State in any such
case shall be exempt from prosecution, trial and punishment
for any such crime of which such person so testifying may have
been guilty or a participant therein, and about which he was
so compelled to testify.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1937.

Approved May 18, 1937.