918                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 392

This limitation shall not be applicable to the payment of the personal
expenses provided for in subsection (b) hereinabove. Any payment,
expenditure, contribution, promise or liability which may be made
or incurred, directly or indirectly, by the spouse of any candidate for
nomination or public office shall be charged against the candidate
as if made by the candidate himself.

26-9. Contributions and expenses of persons not a candidate.

(a)    No person other than a candidate shall, to aid or promote
the success or defeat of any political party or principle or of any
proposition submitted to vote at any public election, or of any candi-
date for nomination to public office make a payment or contribution
of money or property or incur any liability or promise any valuable
thing to any person other than to the treasurer or subtreasurer of a
candidate or treasurer of a political committee; a contribution may
be made directly to a candidate who has not appointed a treasurer
provided such candidate shall thereupon report such contribution in
the manner provided herein for treasurers. Nothing contained in
this subtitle shall limit or affect the right of any person to volunteer
his time or personal vehicle for transportation incident to any elec-
tion or to expend money for proper legal expenses in maintaining
or contesting the results of any such elections. However, nothing in
this subsection shall preclude any person from expressing his own
personal views on any subject, hiring halls, buying newspaper space
and radio or television time, provided, that coincident with such
statement or advertising notice shall be given that the views so
expressed are his own.

(b)    It shall be unlawful for any individual, either directly or
indirectly, to contribute any money or things of value greater than
$2,500 to any candidate, party, or proposition, in any primary or
general election.

26-10. Paying or receiving money, etc., for political services on
election day.

No person or political committee or party committee shall at any
time pay, receive or incur any obligation, express or implied, to pay
or receive any sum of money or thing of value whatever for services
to be performed on the day of any election on behalf of any candi-
date, party or measure, to be voted upon at the election; or for any
political service performed on this day, or for any loss of time or
damage suffered by attendance at the polls at the election. This
section shall not apply to newspaper, radio, television, billboard, or
aerial advertising or to amplifying equipment, regularly employed
headquarters' personnel, or rental of headquarters' facilities includ-
ing communications' equipment, or to any cost incurred for the
purpose of providing transportation for voters to and from polling
places.

26-11. Expenditures by treasurer or subtreasurer.

(a) It shall be lawful for any treasurer or subtreasurer in con-
nection with any election and in making provisions therefor, to pay
all lawful expenses including, but not limited to, the following ex-
penses: (1) Hiring of halls and music for the conventions, public
meetings and public primaries and for advertising the same; (2)