The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-20

not member of any such committee
club or organization who. collects or dis
burses funds exceeding twenty dollar
in amount for the purpose of promoting
the election or defeat of any candidate
or candidates shall file and verify {
statement of the same kind required t
be filed by treasurers of committees.
Sec. 9. Any member of any commit
tee, club or other organization described
in section s who shall receive or dis
burse any moneys for political campaign
purposes In connection with any election
set forth in said section shall forthwith
furnish the treasurer of such committee.
club or other organization a detailed
statement of all moneys received OF
diSbursed by him, or he shall
verify and file an individual
account as above provided for persons
not embers of any such committee,
club or other organization; and such
/ treasurer shall include such statement
( in his statement required by said
! section. No member of any CON-
mittee, club, or other organiza-
ton described in section shall receive
or dlsburse any moneys for political or
campaign purposes or IN connection
with any election unless the committee,
club or other organization of which he is
member shall first have chosen a
treasurer TO keep its accounts as pro-
vided in said section.
Sec. 10. Statements filed by the
treasurer of any committee, club or
other organization required by this act
TO be filed, shall be verified before some
officer authorized tc administer oaths
and the form of said veri6cation shall
be substantially as follows:
Il treasurer of -- do solemn
" swear that the foregoing is full and
expenditures of the said -- in con-
nection with the campaign proceeding
the election held on the - day of
--, to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
The statement fled 6y any other per-
son than a candidate or the treasurer of
a committee, club or other organization,
shall be verified before some officer
authorized to administer oaths and the
form of said verification shall be as
follows:
i do solemnly swear that the
foregoing is full and true statement of
all moneys received by me and of all
moneys expended by me in connection
with the campaign preceding the cleo
ton held on the = day of -.
Section II. Any person who will
willfully make any false statement in
any sworn statement required by this
act shall be deemed guilty of perjury
and shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding $500 or by imprisonment not ex-
ceeding one year or both.
Section IL. Any person elected to any
Office who shall be proven in a contest of
such election or in any other manner
provided by law to have violated any
provision of this act shall forfeit his Of
flee, and the candidate who shall have
received the next highest number of
votes for such office at the same election
shall be declared elected to said office;
provided such second candidate shall
not appear to have been guilty of any
offense forbidden by this statute, and
shall have complied with all the require
ments thereof. Any candidate who hav-
ing received the second highest number
of votes for any office, shall be declared
elected pursuant TO the provisions of this
act, shall hold said office upon the same
conditions and subject to forfeiture for
the same causes as though he had re-
ceived the highest number of votes cast
at said election.
In case the two candidates for any Of
flee, who shall have received the highest
number of votes, and the next highest
number of votes for said office, respect
fully, shall both be adjudged to forfeit
said office for violation of any of the
provisions of this act, then said Office
shall be declared vacant and shall be
filled in tine manner provided by law for
filling vacancies occasioned by death or
resignation.
Sec. -. Any person violating any
provision of this act for which a penalty
is not herein specially prescribed shall be
punished by fine not exceeding $500
or by imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or both.
Sec. IA. This act shall not be deemed
to prohibit voluntary work for or on be-
half of any candidate for public
Office nor shall it prevent the
necessary expenditure of money
for public meetings, printing, postage, |
office rooms for actual bona fide Use by
political committees, with fuel and light |
music. stationery, livery, cler- !
iCal assistance in committee work, flags, !
banners. transparencies and actual trav-
cling expenses of public speakers; but all |
either by committees or by can
1idates shall be set forth in the respec- |
tive statements herein provided for.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty of the 1
county clerk to furnish two copies of this /
act to every publicly announced or regu-
arly nominated candida for public /
office in such county, on the written re-
quest of any such candidate therefor:
and it shall be the duty of the county
clerk to endorse on each statement filed
with HIM pursuant to this act the date of
he filing thereof and to preserve the
same among the public records of his
)ffice.
Sec. 16. This act shall take effect and
)e in force from and after its publica-
ion in the official state paper.
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