SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                        1217

(9) (8) Every person who, being a candidate, makes any payment,
contribution, expenditure or promotes or incurs any liability to pay,
contribute or expend from his own personal financial resources any
money or thing in value in excess of that authorized by Section
26-8(c).

(b)    Penalties.—Every person who shall be guilty of any pro-
hibited practices described in this section shall be fined not more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or be imprisoned for not more than
one year, or both, and shall be ineligible to FOR any public OR
PARTY office, or public employment, for the period of four years
from and after the time of the commission of such offense.

(c)    It shall be the duty of the State's Attorney of Baltimore City
and of the State's attorney of each county of this State to prosecute,
by the regular course of criminal procedure, any person whom he
may believe to be guilty of having violated any of the provisions of
this section within the city or county for which said State's attorney
may be acting as such. In any criminal prosecution under this sub-
title or for violation of any of the provisions thereof, no witness,
except the person who is accused and on trial, shall be excused from
answering any question or producing any book, paper or other thing
on the ground or claim that his answer, or the thing produced or to
to be produced, by him may tend to incriminate or degrade him, or
render him liable to a penalty, but his answer, or the thing produced

by him, shall not be used in any proceeding against him, except in a

prosecution for perjury in so testifying. PROVIDED THAT ANY
PERSON ANSWERING SUCH A QUESTION OR SO PRODUC-
ING A THING SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM PROSECUTION,
TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT FOR ANY OFFENSE OF WHICH
THAT PERSON MAY HAVE BEEN GUILTY OR A PARTICI-
PANT THEREIN, AND ABOUT WHICH HE GIVES SUCH AN
ANSWER OR SO PRODUCES A THING, EXCEPT IN A PROSE-
CUTION FOR PERJURY IN SO TESTIFYING.

26-17. Rates for political advertising.

(a)    All expenditures by a candidate, treasurer or subtreasurer

authorized under this subtitle for printing, publishing or broadcast-

ing of any political matter shall state that it is printed, published

or broadcast by the authority of the candidate, treasurer or sub-
treasurer and it shall be marked as an advertisement.

IT SHALL NOT BE LAWFUL FOR ANY CANDIDATE,
TREASURER OR SUBTREASURER TO EXPEND ANY MONEY
FOR PRINTING, PUBLICATION OR BROADCASTING OF
ANY POLITICAL MATTER WHATSOEVER UNLESS SUCH
MATTER SHALL PURPORT ON ITS FACE TO BE PRINTED,
PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST BY THE AUTHORITY OF
SAID CANDIDATE, TREASURER OR SUBTREASURER; ANY
SUCH MATERIAL WHICH IS PRINTED, PUBLISHED OR
BROADCAST SHALL BE MARKED AS AN ADVERTISEMENT.

(b)    Each candidate, treasurer or subtreasurer shall maintain for
a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days following each elec-
tion a complete file of sample copies of all matter printed, published
or broadcast by his authority.

(c)    No person or corporation within the State, publishing a
newspaper or other periodical, shall charge a candidate for State or