Theodore R. McKeldin, Governor                   1285

(f) Political Contribution in False Name, Every person who shall,
directly or indirectly, by himself or through another person, make a
payment, or promise of payment, to a treasurer or political agent, or
candidate, in any other name than his own, and every treasurer or
political agent or candidate who shall knowingly receive a payment,
or promise of payment, and enter the same or cause the same to be
entered in his accounts in any other name than that of the person by
whom such payment or promise of payment is made.

(g) Coercing an employee. Every person who, being an employer,
pays his employees the salary or wages due in "pay envelopes", upon
which there is written or printed or in which there is enclosed any
political motto, device or argument containing threats, express or
implied, intended or calculated to influence the political opinions or
actions of such employees, or within ninety days of an election or
primary election puts, or otherwise exhibits in the establishment or
place where his employees are engaged in labor, any hand-bill or
placard containing any threat, notice or information that if any
particular ticket or candidate is elected or defeated, work in his place
or establishment, will cease, in whole or in part, his establishment be
closed up or the wages of his employees reduced, or other threats,
express or implied, intended or calculated to influence the political
opinions or actions of his employees.

(h) Penalties. Every person who shall be guilty of any corrupt
practice prescribed in sub-sections (b) to (g) above shall be fined
not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) 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.

228.  Campaign Literature. It shall be unlawful and shall be deemed
a corrupt practice for any person, association, organization, commit-
tee or corporation to publish or distribute or cause to be published or
distributed any pamphlet, circular, card, dodger, poster, advertise-
ment 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 public of-
fice, unless such pamphlet, circular, card, dodger, poster, advertise-
ment or other form of publication herein described contains the name
or names of the person or persons, association, committee or corpora-
tion 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 association, committee or corporation.

229.  Contribution by Corporation Prohibited. It shall be unlawful
and shall be deemed a corrupt practice for any corporation, incorpo-
rated under the laws of Maryland or of any state or territory of the
United States, or the District of Columbia, or of the United States, or
of any other country directly or indirectly, by itself, or through any
officer, agent or employee, representative, or other person whatso-
ever, to give, contribute, furnish, lend or promise any money, prop-
erty, transportation, means or aid to any political party, or any
candidate for public office, or for nomination thereto, or to any