SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                          927

26-17. Perjury.

Any wilfully false, fraudulent, or misleading statement or entry
made by any candidate for office, treasurer, or subtreasurer, or by
any member or officer of any political committee, in any statement
or account under oath required by this article, shall constitute the
crime of perjury, and be punishable as such according to the laws
of this State.

26-18. Custody of reports.

Every officer with whom statements or accounts are required by
any section of this article to be filed, shall receive and file and pre-
serve such statement or accounts in his office, and shall keep the
same as part of the records thereof for at least three years after
they are filed. And all such statements and accounts shall during the
hours for which the office in which they may be filed is open, be
subject and open to inspection of any citizen of this State, and copies
of such statements or accounts certified by the officer in whose
office they may be so kept under the seal of his office shall be evidence
in all the courts to the same extent as the original thereof would be if
produced and proved.

26-19. Offenses constituting corrupt practices.

(a)    The following persons shall be guilty of corrupt practices
and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of this
section:

(b)    Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself
or by another, give or offer or promise to any person any money, gift,
advantage, preferment, aid, emolument or any valuable thing what-
ever, for the purpose of inducing or procuring any person to vote, or
refrain from voting, for or against any person, or for or against any
measure or proposition at any election or political convention or for
or against the election of any officer by the General Assembly of
Maryland.

(c)    Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, receive, ac-
cept, request or solicit from any person, candidate, committee, asso-
ciation, organization or corporation, any money, gift, advantage,
preferment, aid, emolument, or any valuable thing whatsoever, for
the purpose of inducing or procuring any person to vote, or refrain
from voting, for or against any person, or for or against any meas-
ure or proposition at any election or political convention.

(d)    Every person who, in consideration of any money, gift, ad-
vantage, preferment, aid, emolument, or any valuable thing what-
soever, paid, received, accepted, or promised to the advantage of
himself or any other person, shall vote, or refrain from voting for or
against any person, or for or against any measure at any such elec-
tion or political convention.

(e)    Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, pay, give,
contribute or promise any money or other valuable thing, to defray,
or towards defraying the costs or expenses of any campaign or elec-
tion, to any person, committee, company, club, organization or asso-
ciation, other than to a treasurer or a subtreasurer; but this sub-
section shall not apply to dues regularly paid for membership in any