Maryland lawmakers and oyster politics collide in 1900s debate
An Annapolis observer notes the anti cigarette bill fight signals potential crooked legislation funded by money in the Maryland House. Denton public sewers look promising after a Tuesday town meeting. A Maryland Academy exhibit features two Indian skeletons, while Senator Moore backs a state sanitarium for consumption. Roosevelt proposes coast defense funding near Chesapeake.
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Maryland senator unveils corrupt practices bill for election finance reform
Senator Gorman introduced a bill to insure purity at the polls by banning corporate money and requiring full publicity of all election finance transactions in Maryland. The measure prohibits corporations and their agents from contributing or furnishing funds or aid to any political party candidate or committee to influence any election or public office in the state.
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Campaign Finance Provisions and Penalties Enacted
The text outlines felony penalties for corporate officers who violate campaign provisions in Maryland. It sets imprisonment of three to ten years and requires detailed records of campaign receipts and expenditures. It allows candidates to incur personal election expenses and mandates explicit expense statements listing sources, amounts, purposes, and dates for all funds and aids received or spent.
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Five ways of bad paint in the dealer note
In a Denton Maryland letter F W Devon & Co New York warns buyers of five defects in paint stuffed with chalk grease benzine or water too thin short measure The firm offers a state chemist's certificate of analysis to verify contents and urges purchases by price per gallon.
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