SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        1215

YEAR 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 principal
administrative 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.

26-15. 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.

26-16. Offenses constituting prohibited practices.

(a) Enumerated. The following persons shall be guilty of pro-
hibited practices and shall be punished in accordance with the pro-
visions of this section:

(1)    Offering bribe, etc.—Every person who shall, directly or in-
directly, by himself or by another, give or offer or promise to any
person any money, gift, advantage, preferment, aid, emolument or
any valuable thing whatever, for the purpose of inducing or procur-
ing any person to vote, or refrain from voting, for or against any
person, or for or against any measure of OR proposition at any elec-
tion or political convention or for or against the election of any officer
by the General Assembly of Maryland.

(2)    Accepting or soliciting bribe, etc.—Every person who shall,
directly or indirectly, receive, accept, request or solicit from any per-
son, candidate, committee, association, organization or corporation,
any money, gift, advantage, preferment, aid, emolument, or any valu-
able 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 measure or proposition at any election or political
convention.

(3)    Acting on bribe, etc.—Every person who, in consideration of
any money, gift, advantage, preferment, aid, emolument, or any
valuable thing whatsoever, 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 election or political convention.

(4) Making contribution other than to treasurer or subtreas-
urer.—Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, pay, give, con-
tribute or promise any money or other valuable thing, to defray, or
towards defraying the costs or expenses of any campaign or election,
to any person, committee, company, club, organization or association,
other than to a treasurer or a subtreasurer, but this subsection shall
not apply to dues regularly paid for membership in any political club
if all money expended by such club or in connection with the costs or
expenses of any campaign or election shall be paid out by it only
through a treasurer or subtreasurer as provided in this article, or for
volunteered time or personal vehicles or personal advertising or costs