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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 851

[(a)] As to any petition (including an associated or
related set of petitions) under the provisions of [Article
16] ARTICLES XI-A AND XVI of the Constitution of Maryland,
it is unlawful for any person:

[(b)] (1) Knowingly or wilfully to circulate,
publish, or exhibit any false statement or representation
concerning the contents, purport, or effect thereof, for the
purpose of obtaining any signature to the petition or of
persuading any person to sign it.

[(c)] (2) To [refer to the Secretary of State] SUBMIT
TO THE APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY a petition to
which is attached, appended, or subscribed any signature
which the person knows to be false or fraudulent or not the
genuine signature of the person purporting to sign the
petition or of the person whose name is attached, appended,
or subscribed to the petition.

[(d)] (3) To make a false affidavit.

[(e)] (4) To give, pay, or receive any money or other
valuable consideration or inducement for signing the
petition or for securing the signatures thereon.

[(f)] (5) To circulate or cause to be circulated a
petition, knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious
names.

[(g)] (6) Knowingly as a petitioner to sign his name
more than once.

[(h)] (7) To sign a petition, knowing at the time he
is not qualified to sign it.

23-6.

(a) At the time of filing [with the Secretary of
State] a petition (including an associated or related set of
petitions) under the provisions of [Article 16] ARTICLES
XI-A AND XVI of the Constitution, the person, persons, or
associations which files the petition shall file with it, on
[a form prescribed by the Secretary of State] THE
PRESCRIBED FORM THE FORM PRESCRIBED UNDER § 23-3 OF THIS
ARTICLE, a statement showing the contributions and
expenditures for the petition. This shall be certified by
the person, persons, or association which files the
petition, giving (1) the name and post-office address of
every contributor to the expense of the petition, and the
amount paid by each; and (2) the name and post-office
address of every person to whom, for what service, any money
was paid or promised on account of the petition or which is
to be paid.