The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-02-13

The following bill has been intro
duced in the Ohio Senate by Mr.. .Eeitz,
of Seneca county, and it is thought,
will be passed into law s.
A BILL SUPPLEMENTAL TO AN ACT EN-.
TITLED = AN ACT TO PRESERVE THE
PURITY OFELECTIONs."
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
that it shall be unlawful for any per-
son who is candidate for any Office of
trust or profit under the constitution
or laws of this State or of the United
States, to give, offer, or promise, any
money, article of clothing, or of food,
malt, vinous or spurious liquors, or to
promise any office, of profit or trust,
or to give, or promise to give, any 9TH
er thing Of value, to any elector within
the district III which he is candidate,
for the purpose of influencing the vote
of such elector, or to give or promise
to give to any person or persons, any
of the above considerations of value,
to secure the influence of such person
or persons in his behalf as such candi-
date, or to be used by such person or
persons in his hehalf as such candi-
date, or to be used by such person or
persons to influence the vote OF any
individual elector or of electors gener-
ally; provided, that nothing in this
section shall be construed to apply to
the customary hospitality at his own
residence. Any gifts, gratuities, or
promises, of any of the considerations
Of value as named in this section, dur
ing the candidacy of such person for
office, shall be held as prima facie
proof of intent to influence voters.
Sec. 2. Any person found guilty of
any of the acts named in section one
shall be deemed guilty of bribery, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sum not less than five hundred
dollars nor more than three thousand
dollars, or be imprisoned in the peni-
tentiary not exceeding ten years; and
| if such offender shall have been elect
ed to the office for which, he was a cam
didate, his office shall be declared va
cant, and filed as lin other cases Of
vacancies; and such persons shall,
moreover, be forever ineligible to any
office of trust or profit within the
State.
SEC, 3. Any person, not candidate
| for office, who shall disburse, or give, or
promise to give any money, or other
| thing of value, or gives, or treats to
any spirituous, malt, or other liquors,
either directly or indirectly, to intiu-
his vote, or seeks by violence or threats
| of violence, or threatens to enforce the
payment of a debt, or to begin a GRIM
inal prosecution, OR to injure the busi-
ness or trade of any electOr, or if any
employer of laborers threatens to with
hold or reduce the wages, or, dismiss
from service, or refuse to allow the
| necessary time to employees to attend
at the place of election and vote, as an
inducement to such elector to vote con-
trary to his inclinations, or any person
selling or offering to sell his influence
with other voters, OF who, for or with
any consideration of value ennumer-
ated in section one, shall seek to infiu-
ence the vote of an electOr, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
in any sum not less than one hundred
nor more than two thousand dollars, OF
imprisoned in the penitentiary not
more than three years, at the discre-
ton OF the court.
SEC. 4. Any candidate for nomina-
ton dy any political party in this State,
for any Office of trust or profit, who
shall commit any OF the acts named in
section one of this act, for the purpose
of securing the influence of any dele
gate voting upon the question of his
nomination, shall be deemed guilty of
bribery, and shall be disqualified from
holding the office, though he be there
after elected according to law. The
commission of any of the acts named
in section one, during the candidacy
of such person for nomination for Office
as aforesaid, shall be prima facie evil
dence of intent to influence the votes
of delegates.
SEC. 5. This act shall take effect
from and after its passage.