128 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tees and public speakers; (g) of necessary postage, telegrams,
telephoning, printing expenses and conveyance charges for
carrying persons to and from the polls, or to and from the office
of registration; (h) the cost and expenses of messengers sent
by direction of the chairman of the State Central Committee
of any political party in connection with party matters or in-
terests, and also the cost and expenses of any person or persons
summoned by or at the instance of the chairman of the State
Central Committee of any political party to the committee's
headquarters or offices in connection with party matters or in-
terests and also for the accommodation and entertainment of
such persons; (i) all expenses incurred by or under the author-
ity of the chairman of the State Central Committee 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 commensu-
rate with the service rendered. It shall not be lawful for any
treasurer or any political agent, to expend any money for print-
ing 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 act-
ing 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 im-
prisoned in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 167. Within twenty days after every election, or pri-
mary 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