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clerical assistance shall be paid from the treasury of the State. A
price shall be fixed by the [Secretary of State] State Administrative
Board of Election Laws at which copies may be furnished to pur-
chasers.

26-2.

The [Secretary of State] State Administrative Board of Election
Laws shall summarize provisions of the election laws relating to
campaign contributions and expenditures and provide for the dis-
tribution of this summary to all candidates for nomination for or
election to public or party office at the time such candidates file for
nomination or election and shall prepare and include in such distri-
bution to each candidate specimen forms provided for in this sub-
title and shall provide such specimen forms as shall be requested by
the boards in any political subdivision.

26-3.

(a)    Each candidate for nomination for, or election to, public or
party office, upon or before, and as a condition precedent to qualify-
ing as such candidate, shall appoint one campaign treasurer and
shall file the name and address of the campaign treasurer with the
board or with the [Secretary of State] State Administrative Board
of Election Laws as provided in subsection (c) of this section. Every
treasurer so appointed shall accept such appointment, in writing,
prior to filing thereof. The board or the [Secretary of State] State
Administrative Board of Election Laws shall not accept any certifi-
cate of candidacy unless the name of the treasurer has been filed with
it as provided in this subsection.

(b)    The form for appointment of a treasurer and the acceptance
of such appointment by the treasurer shall be in substantially the
following form:

Appointment of Treasurer

TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS OF

................................ COUNTY (CITY) OR THE [SECRETARY OF

STATE] STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION
LAWS

In compliance with Section 26-3 of Article 33 of the Annotated

Code of Maryland (1957 Edition) I,........................................................

(Name of Candidate or Committee)

designate................................, of....................................to serve as my

(Name of Treasurer)              (Address)

(our) treasurer. He (She) has been a citizen and resident of Mary-
land for .................... years. He (She) is a registered voter in the

............Precinct (Election District),............Election District (Ward)

of........................County (City). The period of this appointment shall

continue until ........................, 196...., or until a successor is duly

appointed and filed in your office.

(Signature of Candidate or Committee Chairman)
Acceptance by Treasurer