1282                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 739

any money or valuable thing, or incur any liability whatsoever, ex-
cept 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.

221.   Campaign Literature of Candidate, Treasurer or Political
Agent. (a) Printing to be Authorized. It shall not be lawful for any
candidate, treasurer or any political agent to expend any money for
printing or publication of any political matter whatsoever unless
such matter shall purport on its face to be printed or published by the
authority of said candidate, treasurer or political agent; any such
material which is published in any newspaper or other periodical
shall be marked as an advertisement.

(b) Sample Copies. Each candidate, treasurer and political agent
shall maintain for a period of 120 days following each primary, gen-
eral or special election a complete file of sample copies of all cam-
paign literature published by his authority.

222.  Books and Records of Treasurer or Political Agent, (a) Ac-
count Books. Every treasurer and every political agent and every
person who shall at any time act as treasurer or political agent, shall
keep detailed, full and accurate accounts in a proper book or books,
to be called ^"Account Books", to be provided and preserved by him,
of all contributions, money or valuable things received by or promised
to, and of all expenditures, disbursements and promises of payment
or disbursements of money or valuable things made by any political
committee, or any of its officers or members, or by any person act-
ing under its authority, or on its behalf or by such treasurer or
political agent, and setting forth in such statement and accounts
the sum or valuable thing so received, or disbursed, or promised,
as the case may be, and the date when, the person from whom re-
ceived or promised, or to whom paid or promised, as the case may be,
and the object and purposes for which the sum, or other valuable
thing, was received, or disbursed, or promised, as the case may be.
Such books and records may be destroyed or discarded at any time
after one year from the date of election unless a court of competent
jurisdiction shall order their retention for a longer period.

(b) Anonymous Contributions. Any money or other thing of value
received from any unknown person or source by any treasurer or
any political agent, or other persons or committee authorized to incur
obligations or to pay or defray obligations or expenses under the pro-
visions of this Article, shall not be used for any political purpose
whatsoever, but shall be paid by the treasurer, political agent, or
other persons or committee so receiving the same, to the Treasurer of
the State of Maryland.

223.   Election Reports by Candidates, Treasurers and Political
Agents. Every treasurer, political agent or candidate for nomination
or election to public office shall within twenty days after the primary,
general or special election make out and file with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of the county or city in which the treasurer or political
agent or candidate resides, a full, true and itemized statement or re-
port in writing setting forth in detail all contributions and expendi-
tures. The statement or report shall comply with all of the require-
ments of Section 224.