ACT. 33. ] ELECTIONS. 137

SEC. 175. It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of Bal-
timore city to prosecute, by the regular course of criminal pro-
cedure, any person whom he may believe to be guilty of having
violated any of the provisions of this Act within the said city,
or any residents of said city, who may have violated any provi-
sions of this Act within said city or in any other part of the
State. And it shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of each
county of this State to prosecute, by the regular course of
criminal procedure, any person whom he may believe to be
guilty of having violated any of the provisions of this Act
within the county for which said State's Attorney may be act-
ing as such, or any resident of such county who may have vio-
lated any provisions of this Act in such county or in any other
part of the State. And in any criminal prosecution under this
Act or for violation of any of the provisions thereof, no wit-
ness, except the person who is accused and on trial, shall be
excused from answering any question or producing any book,
paper or other thing on the ground or claim that his answer, or
the thing produced or to be produced, by him may tend to in-
criminate or degrade him, or render him liable to a penalty,
but his answer, or the thing produced by him, shall not be
used in any proceeding against him, except in a prosecution for
perjury in so testifying.

SEC. 2. And The it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 25, 1908.

CHAPTER 400.

AN ACT concerning primary elections for the nomination of
candidates of political parties in this State for the position of
United States Senator and providing penalties for the viola-
tion thereof.

SECTION 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That whenever there shall be a general election of the
members of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland,
charged with the duty of electing a Senator for the State of
Maryland in the Congress of the United States, a primary elec-
tion shall be held on the same day on which said general elec-
tion shall take place, between the hours of 6 A. M. and 5. 30
P. M. in Baltimore city, and 8 A. M. and 6. 30 P. M. in the
counties, at and in each election precinct in Baltimore city
and in the several counties of the State for the purpose of nomi-
nating by the ballots of duly registered Democratic voters a