The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-10-08

The following agreement entered into
by the different candidates will be read
with interest:
BRIBERY.
Section "a. Whoever, directly or indi-
rectly by himself or through any other
person, either,
LIST. Gives or lends, or offers or prom
ises TO give or lend, or to procure, any
money or other valuable consideration, to
or for any elector, or to or for any other
person, to induce any elector to register or
refrain from registering for any election,
or to vote and refrain from voting at such
election for any particular person or per-
sons, or question or proposition, or on ac-
count Of any such elector having regis
tered or refraiped from registering, or
voted or refrained from voting for any
particular person or persons, or question
or proposition; or,
End. Gives, offers or procures or prom
ises to procure, or endeavors to procure,
or to or for any other person, in order TO
induce any eiector to register, or refrain
from registering, for any election, or To
vote or refrain from voting at any cleo.
ton, or to vote or refrain from voting a,
such election for any particular person OF
persons, or question or proposition; or,
3rd. Advances or pays, or causes 70 be
paid any money or other valuable thing to
or for the uses OF any other person, with
the intent that the same, or any part
thereof, shall be used In bribery at any
election, shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the pen
itentiary not more than three years, ol
both.
Section %. Whoever, being an elector
directly or indirectly, by himself ol
through any other person, receives, agrees
or contracts for, before, during or after ar
election, any money, gift, loan, or Other
valuable consideration, office, place OF
employment, for himself or any other per
son, for registering or agreeing TO register
or for refraining or agreeing to refrain
from registering for any election, or fol-
voting or agreeing to vote, or for refrain
ing or agreeing to refrain from voting Al
any election, or for voting or agreeing II
vote, or refraining or agreeing TO refrain
from voting for any particular person ol
persons, or proposition or question, at
any election, shall be fined not more thar
five hundred dollars or imprisoned mo-
more than one yeer, or both.
WHEREAS, The foregoing Ia q true cop,
OF that part Of the new ballot law relating
TO bribery; and,
WHEREAS, We the undersigued, desire
to comply fully with all OF Its terms and
to violate none OF its provisions, nor hav'
the same violated, II 10 is in our power Z
prevent 1t; therefore be IL
RESOLVED, That we, the undersigned
candidates for the different Offices
to be voted for, In Stark county, at IN,
coming election, do hereby notify the eiec
tors, OF said county, that we do not pro
pose TO violate any OF the provisions o
said law, nor do we propose to permit thu
same to be violated by the electors Of saiC
county; therefore be Ii further
RESOLVED, That we, as such oandi
dates, shall report to the proper officer
for prosecution any violation of the Law
that may come TO our notice or knowi
edge; be 1t further
RESOLVED, That copy Of the abov,
law and these resolutions t,e published II
the different papers of the county with th,
signatures hereto attached. And be IL un
derstood that Il Is our desire that snothinl
OF a personal nature be published agains
any candidates for office on any ticket b,
thepress OF the county.
lorrH TunMAa Ror Ranraaau A., n M