1574 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 934

be closed tip or the wages of his employes reduced, or other
threats, express or implied, intended or calculated to influence
the political opinions or actions of his employes. Every person
who, before, during, or after an election or primary election
by himself, or by any other person, either directly or indirectly,
gives or provides, or pays, wholly or in part, the expense of
giving or providing any meat, drink, entertainment or pro-
visions to or for any person for the purpose of influencing that
person, or any other person, to give or 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.

156. 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, circular, card, dodger, poster, ad-
vertisement or any printed, multigraphed, photographed, type-
written or written matter or statement or any matter or state-
ment 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 what-
ever for publication or distribution, relating to or concerning
any candidate or prospective candidate for public office, unless
such pamphlet, circular, card, dodger, poster, advertisement or
other form of publication herein described contains the name
or names of the person or persons, association, committee or
corporation 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 associ-
ation, committee or corporation. Any person violating any pro-
vision of this section, or aiding and abetting the violation
thereof, shall upon conviction, be fined not less than one hun-
dred ($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.

157. 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,