SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1211

Candidate for office in a voting district with a voting
registration of not less than 4-0,000 or not more than
100,000 .................................................................................. $ 5,000.

All other candidates................................................................ $ 2,500.

THE RESPECTIVE LIMITS SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL
CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE LIMIT FOR EACH OF THE
PRIMARY AND THE GENERAL ELECTIONS, AND SHALL
NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A LIMIT ON THE TOTAL OF
THE TWO ELECTIONS. Any payment, expenditure, contribution,
promise or liability which may be made or incurred, directly or in-
directly, by the spouse of any candidate for nomination FOR OR
ELECTION TO PARTY or public office shall be charged against the
candidate as if made by the candidate himself.

26-9. Contributions and expenses of persons not candidates.

(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 proposi-
tion submitted to vote at any public election, or of any candidate for
nomination FOR, OR ELECTION to public or party 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 treas-
urer or subtreasurer of a candidate or treasurer of a political com-
mittee in their official capacity. A contribution may be made directly
to a candidate provided such candidate shall thereupon report such
contribution to his treasurer. 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 election 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, HOLDING RECEPTIONS, buying newspaper space and
radio or television time, provided, that coincident with such state-
ment or advertising notice shall be given that the views so expressed
are his own, and that the statement so made is a "Paid Political Ad-
vertisement."

(b) A person may contribute any money or things of value to

any candidate, party or proposition in any amount without limita-
tion, provided all such contributions are made and reported in the

manner required by this article.

IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL OR COR-
PORATION, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO CON-
TRIBUTE ANY MONEY OR THING OF VALUE GREATER
THAN TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2,500)
TO ANY CANDIDATE, PARTY, OR PROPOSITION IN ANY PRI-
MARY OR GENERAL ELECTION.

26-10. Expenditures by treasurer or subtreasurer.

(a) It shall be lawful for any treasurer or subtreasurer in connec-
tion with any election and in making provisions therefor, to pay all
lawful expenses including, but not limited to, the following expenses:
(1) hiring of halls and music for the conventions, public meetings
and public primaries and for advertising the same; (2) printing and
circulating political articles, circulars, pamphlets and books or rent-
ing radio and television time and newspaper space for political