Ch. 250                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               625

Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement),
title "Election Code," subtitle "Fair Election Practices," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, all to read as follows:

26-16.
(a)

(7) Campaign Literature. Every person who publishes or distributes or causes to
be published or distributed any pamphlet, circular, card, dodger, poster,
advertisement or any printed, multigraphed, photographed, typewritten or written
matter or statement or any matter or statement which may be copied by any
device or method now known for printing or copying 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 acceptance or defeat of any
proposition unless such pamphlet, circular, card, dodger, poster, advertisement or
other form of publication herein described contains, BUT SET APART
THEREFROM, AN AUTHORITY LINE WHICH SHALL INCLUDE the
name and address of the person, [candidate or his] treasurer or political agent
responsible for the publication or distribution of the same, except that if the
person, [candidate or his] treasurer or political agent has furnished his address to
the appropriate board the literature need not contain an address.

26-17.

(a) It shall not be lawful for any PERSON, candidate, POLITICAL AGENT,
treasurer or subtreasurer, PARTISAN ORGANIZATION, POLITICAL
COMMITTEE INCLUDING POLITICAL CLUBS, OR PARTY
COMMITTEE to expend any money for printing, publication or broadcasting of
any political matter whatsoever unless such matter (purport) PURPORTS on its
face to be A PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT AND printed, published or
broadcast by the authority of said candidate, PERSON, POLITICAL AGENT,
treasurer or subtreasurer [;] FOR SUCH CANDIDATE, PARTISAN
ORGANIZATION, OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE INCLUDING
POLITICAL CLUBS, [any such material which is printed, published or broadcast
shall be marked as an advertisement.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 250
(Senate Bill 852)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 70 and 72 of Article
101 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1972
Supplement), title "Workmen's Compensation," subtitle "State Accident
Fund," to provide that the State Accident Fund may issue Employer's Liability
Insurance.