J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1121

party committees, and individuals, changing certain duties and
responsibilities of appointed and elected officers and agents in con-
nection therewith, changing certain limits on campaign contribu-
tions and expenditures, regulating certain political advertising,
prohibiting certain election day expenditures, correcting errors
therein, and relating generally to the corrupt practices provisions
of the election laws of the State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 212(b), 213, 214, 216, 218, 219, 220(a) and (b), 221,
222, 224, 225, 227(e) and (f), and 229 of Article 33 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement), title "Elec-
tions," subtitle "Corrupt Practices," be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments; that Section 223 of the said Article
and subtitle of the Code (1964 Supplement), be and it is hereby re-
pealed and that a new Section 223 be and it is hereby enacted in lieu
thereof, to stand in the place of the section so repealed; and that
new Sections 213A, 219A, 223A, and 228A be and they are hereby
added to the said Article and subtitle of the Code (1957 Edition and
1964 Supplement), to follow respectively immediately after Sections
213, 219, 223, and 228, and to read as follows:

212.

(b) "Treasurer" shall [include all persons] mean the person
appointed by any political committee or candidate for nomination or
election to any public office to receive contributions or [disburse
moneys] make expenditures to aid or promote the success or defeat
of any such political party, principle, proposition or candidate; and
"subtreasurer" shall mean persons designated by a treasurer to re-
ceive contributions or make expenditures to aid or promote the success
or defeat of any such political party, principle, proposition or candi-
date, and responsible and reporting to the treasurer.

213.

(a)    Each candidate for nomination for, or election to, public
office, upon filing as such candidate or within seven (7) days there-
after shall appoint one campaign treasurer and shall file the name
and address of the campaign' treasurer with the clerk of the circuit
court of the county OR BALTIMORE CITY in which he THE CAN-
DIDATE resides or, if he is a candidate for statewide office or Repre-
sentative in Congress, with the Secretary of State.

(b)    No person shall act as [any such] treasurer, subtreasurer,
or political agent unless, after his appointment and before the pri-
mary or election for which he is appointed, a writing signed by the
political committee or candidate appointing him and designating him
as such treasurer, subtreasurer or political agent, shall be filed with
the Secretary of State except that in case the primary or election for
which the appointment is made shall be limited to any county, city,
ward or legislative district exclusively, such writing shall be filed with
the clerk of the circuit court of the county or Baltimore City to which
the election is limited, instead of with the Secretary of State. Every
such writing shall designate the particular period, election or primary
election within which such treasurership, subtreasurership, or politi-
cal agency shall continue. Nothing in this subtitle shall prevent the
treasurer, subtreasurer or political agent of a political committee or