WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 809

meaner, and upon conviction of any of such offenses shall be
sentenced to undergo imprisonment for not more than one
year, or pay a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
(f 1, 000. 00), or suffer both such fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of the Court having jurisdiction.

(H) Nominations for Mayor and Councilmen shall be made
at a meeting of citizens called by the City Clerk at the direc-
tion of the Council. Such meeting shall be held at a con-
venient place within the City to be designated by the Council
and notice thereof shall be given through a newspaper or
newspapers of general circulation within the City or by hand-
bills generally distributed and posted throughout the City
and the said meeting shall be held on the Tuesday evening
two weeks prior to the election. The City Clerk shall preside
at said meeting; a voter of the City shall be chosen as secre-
tary of the meeting by the voters of the City present; the said
secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of said meet-
ing and file the same in the office of the City Clerk.

Each candidate for Mayor shall at the time of his nomina-
tion be not less than thirty years of age; shall have resided
in the city for at least one year immediately preceding his
nomination and shall be a voter of the City and a property
holder therein. Each candidate for Councilman shall at the
time of his nomination be not less than twenty-five years of
age; shall be a voter of the City; and shall have resided in
the precinct or area from which he shall be nominated for at
least one year immediately preceding his nomination and be
a property holder therein. Nominations of candidates for
Mayor and Councilmen shall be made on motion of any voter
of the City, and if such nomination is seconded by at least
two additional voters of the City, and not otherwise, the per-
son so nominated shall be considered a candidate and his
name shall be placed upon the official ballot unless he shall
in person file with the City Clerk within three days after his
nomination.

It shall be unlawful and shall be deemed a corrupt practice
for any person, association, organization, committee or cor-
poration to publish or distribute or cause to be published or
distributed any pamphlet, circular, card, dodger, poster, or
advertisement, or any printed, multigraphed, photographed,
typewritten or written matter or statement or any matter or
statement 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 whatever for publication or distribution, relating to or
concerning any candidate or prospective candidate for Mayor
of the City of Takoma Park or Councilman of the said City,