362                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 135

to follow immediately after Section 103 thereof, to be under the new
subtitle "Charitable Organizations," and to read as follows:

Charitable Organizations
103 A.

As used in this act: "person" means any individual, organization,
group, association, partnership, corporation or any combination of
them; "charitable organization" means any benevolent, philanthropic,
patriotic, or eleemosynary person or one purporting to be such;
"contribution" means the promise or grant of any money or property
of any kind or value; and "department" means the Secretary of
State of Maryland.

103B.

No charitable organization shall solicit contributions from persons
in this state by any means whatsoever until such charitable organiza-
tion shall have provided certain information concerning such solici-
tation, as required by this subtitle, on forms to be provided by the
department and shall have filed such information with the depart-
ment. The information so filed shall be available to the general public
as a matter of public record. The forms containing such information
shall be sworn to and shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the
identity of the charitable organization by or for whom the solicitation
is to be conducted; (2) the address thereof; (3) the purpose or pur-
poses for which the contributions solicited are to be used; (4) the
individual or officer who will have custody of the contributions; (5)
the individuals responsible for the distribution thereof; (6) the period
of time during which such solicitation is to be conducted; (7) a de-
scription of the method or methods of solicitation in such detail as
may from time to time be determined by the department; (8) whether
such solicitation is to be conducted by voluntary unpaid solicitors,
by paid solicitors, or both; and (9) if in whole or in part by paid
solicitors, the name and address of each professional fund raiser sup-
plying such solicitors, the basis of payment and the nature of the
arrangement.

103C.

On or before March 31 of each year every charitable organization
subject to the provisions of this subtitle which has received contribu-
tions during the previous calendar year shall file the following infor-
mation in the manner hereinbefore provided and on forms to be
provided by the department: (1) the gross amount of the contribu-
tions pledged or collected; (2) the amount thereof given or to be
given to the charitable purpose represented; (3) the aggregate
amount paid and to be paid for the expenses of such solicitation; and
(4) the aggregate amount paid to and to be paid to professional fund
raisers and solicitors. In addition, the department may require that
within 90 days after the close of any special period of solicitation the
charitable organization conducting such solicitation shall file a special
report of the information specified in this section for such special
period of solicitation.

108D.

Every charitable organization subject to the provisions of this