MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                         1315

26-17.1. Retention of Political Matter.

(a)    Each candidate or treasurer or subtreasurer and every
person who publishes or distributes or causes to be published or
distributed any pamphlet, circular, card, sample ballot, dodger,
poster, advertisement, buttons, matchbooks, nail files, balloons, or
any other printed, multigraphed, photographed, typewritten, written
matter or statement or any matter or statement which may be copied
by any device or method or which may hereafter be used for making
copies of printed or written matter in any form whatever for
publication or distribution, relating to or concerning any candidate
or prospective candidate for public or party office or for the ac-
ceptance or defeat of any proposition, shall maintain for a period
of one hundred and twenty (120) days following each election a
complete file of sample copies of all matter printed, published or
broadcast by his authority.

(b)    "Distributor" includes any person or persons, partnership,
or corporation engaged in the distribution of circulars, pamphlets,
and other advertisements by hand delivery and/or by direct mail
FOR PROFIT but does not include SALARIED employees, agents, or
volunteers of the person or persons, partnerships, or corporations.

(c)    Candidates or treasurers or subtreasurers and every person
subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall
not be required to maintain for a period of one hundred and twenty
(120) days following each election sample copies of billboards and
placards.

26-17. Rates for political advertising.

(a) It shall not be lawful for any candidate, treasurer or sub-
treasurer to expend any money for printing, publication or broad-
casting of any political matter whatsoever unless such matter 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 advertise-
ment.

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

[(c)] (b) No person or corporation within the State, publishing
a newspaper or other periodical, shall charge a candidate for State
or local public office for political advertising a rate in excess of the
regular local rate regularly charged by such person or corporation
for commercial advertising except that when such political advertis-
ing is placed with the person or corporation through the medium of
an advertising or press agency, then the regular national rate
regularly charged by such person or corporation for commercial
advertising may be charged.

[(d)] (c) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and any
person so convicted is subject to the penalties provided i