1058                       LAWS OF MARYLAND.                  [CH. 406

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be added to Article 33 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, to be known as Section 198a,
as follows:

Section 198a. Candidates for Member of Congress of the
United States shall file their said Certificates of Nomination
with the Secretary of State at Annapolis, and the Secretary of
State, immediately upon receipt of the same, shall certify the
fact of said filing and the name and description of each person
so filing said certificate as specified therein to the Supervisors of
Elections of the various counties comprising the particular
Congressional District, and of Baltimore City, if said district
be wholly or partially within said city, and of which Congres-
sional District the candidate is a bona fide citizen and regis-
tered voter. Said candidates for Congress upon filing their
respective certificates with the Secretary of State as aforesaid
shall each pay to him the sum of One Hundred Dollars
($100. 00), which in turn shall be equally divided and trans-
mitted by him to the Supervisors of Elections of each county
of the State within the respective Congressional Districts and
to the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City if the Con-
gressional District shall be partially or wholly within said
city, and the Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City shall
pay over the amounts so received to the Mayor and City Coun-
cil of Baltimore and the Board of Supervisors of Elections of
each county shall pay over such amount so received to the
County Commissioners of each county, respectively; and all
the expenses of each of said primary elections in Baltimore
City shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more, and all the expenses of holding said primary elections
in each county, respectively, shall be paid by the County Com-
missioners of each county, respectively, precisely as the ex-
penses of the State, City and County Elections are now paid
under existing laws.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 406.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 56
of Article 101 of the 1929 Supplement to the Annotated
Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, entitled "Work-