Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-10-11
Anti-Brlbery Law.

State of Kansas.
SECTION l. Any person who shall lend or
give any money or other valuable thing TO any
other person to induce him to cast his vote
either for or against any candidate for public
once; or any person who shall lend or give any
money or other valuable thing to any other
person TO induce him to refrain from voting or
10 remain away from the polls; or any person
VINO shall lend Or furnish any money or secur.
ity therefor to any other person or persons to
De used Tor any OF said purposes; or any per-
son who shall knowingly refund or make good
to any person or persons any money expended
Tor any OF said purposes; or any person who
shall directly or indirectly give or procure to
be given or promise TO give any money, gift or
reward, or any Office, place or employment IN
on any engagement, contract agreement or
understanding, that the person to whom or
for whose benefit such gift or promise shall be
made, shall. by himself or any other person
procure, or endeayor to procure or work for,
the election of any person to any public Office
at any election, shall be punished by fine of
not less than one hundred dollars or more than
one thousand dollars. or by Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not more than two years.
or both.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be unlawful to hire, or to
lend or pay or promise to pay any money, or
to give or promise to give anything of value to
any person to work at the polls on any cleo
tion day in the interest Of any party, or any
candidate or candidates. 1t shall be unlawful
to lend or pay or promise TO pay>any money, or
to give or promise TO give anything of value to
any person for work or services On election
day, in endeavoring to influence or procure
any other persoa or persons to come to or re-
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full to lend or pay promise to pay any mon
ey, or to give or promise to give anything of
value to any person Tor work or services on
election day in endeavoring to influence or
procure any other person or persons to vote or
refrain from voting for any candidate or can
didates
SEC.3. 1t shall be unlawful for any candi-
date for public Office to distribute or give away
any Intoxicating liquors or cigars on election
day; or at any time to authorize or employ any
person to distribute, or give away any intoxi-
eating liquor or cigars for him or in his inter-
est or behalf on election day; or to procure or
pay for, directly or through any other person,
any intoxicating liquors or cigars to be SO dis
tributed or given away, or which shall have
been so distributed or given away on election
day.
SEC. 4. 1t shall be unlawful for any candi-
date at any time to give away any intoxicating
liquors with intent to influence the vote of any
person or persons; or to employ or authorize
any other person TO give away any such
liquors with such intent; or to purchase pro-
cure or pay for, directly or through another
person, any such liquors to be given away with
such intent; or to pay for, either before or af-
ter election, any such liquors which shall have
been given away with such intent.
SEC. D. All acts forbidden to be done by any
such person in the interest or on behalf. of
any candidate for Office shall be equally unIaw-
full if done to influence the vote of any person
or persons for or against any proposition to
amend the constitution, any proposition TO
vote bonds for any public purpose or in aid of
any enterprise, or any proposition for sub
scription to the stock of any corporation; and
any person so offending shall be punished by
fine not exceeding $500, or by Imprisonment
not exceeding two years, or by both.
SEC. 8. All acts forbidden to be done by any
candidate shall be equally unlawful if done by
any member or officer of any state, district.
county, city, ward or township committee or
of any club, organization or association, de-
signed to promote, or engaged in promoting
the success or defeat of any party, or the cleo
ton or defeat of any candidate to political Of
fee: and any member of such committee club
or other organization, who shall pay or person
ally authorize the payment of any money to
any person for any purposes forbidden in this
act shall be punished by fine not exceeding
| five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not
exceeding one year.
SEC. :. Every person who shall be candi-
date at any election for any state, county.
municipal CT district Office, shall within thirty
days after such election make and file with
the county clerk of the county in which said
candidate resides. Il de allied statement of all
| moneys loaned, expended, paid or promised to
| be paid by him, or by any one to the best of
! his knowledge and belief in his behalf in at
| tempting to secure or in any manner In con-
| nection with, the election to such office. Such
statement shall show the name of every per-
| son, committee, club or other organization, to
| whom any payment or loan has been made,
aud the name of every person, committee,
| club or other organization to whom or to which
any money. compensation or pecuniary re-
ward of any kind has been promised for any
article furnished, or services performed on ac-
count of, or in connection with said election.
and also the amounts so paid. or loaned, or
promised to be paid. Said statement shall be
verified before some officer empowered to ad-
ton shall be as follows: ~, -. do here
by solemnly swear that the foregoing is full
and true statement of the expenses incurred
by me or by anyone in my behalf, to the best
OF my knowledge and belief, to secure my
election to the Office of -- in the year -;
and further solemnly swear that have not
expended or loaned, in the campaign for said
Office, directly or indirectly, nor have author
lied any other person, for or on my behalf to
eXpend or loan, directly or indirectly, nor have
promised or obligated myself, directly or in
directly, to pay any money or give any other
thing of value for any of the objects or pur-
poses forbidden by the act of the legislature
entitled AN act TO prohibit the corrupt use of
money and corrupt practices at elections.
SEC. 8. Every state. district, county, city,
ward or township committee, or any club, or
ganizarion or association designed to promote
or engaged in promoting the success or defeat
of any party, or the election or defeat of any
candidate or candidates to political Office shall
have treasurer, and shall cause to be kept
detailed account of all moneys, or property.
or other thing of value, received by if, and of
the manner in which the same shall beexpend-
ed; and within thirty days after any election
at which state or municipal or county or dis
trict officers, or members of congress are
chosen, the treasurer of any such committee,
club or other organization, which shall have
expended money. or property, or other thing
of value, in the campaign preceding such cleo
ton, or in any way in connection with the
same. shall file with the county clerk of the
county in which such committee, club or other
organization has its headquarters, a statement
of all its receipts and expenditures, showing
in detail from whom said moneys, or property,
or other thing of value, were received to
whom said moneys, or property, or other thing
OF value, were paid, for what specific purposes
each payment was made. and the exact nature
OF the service rendered in consideration there
Of ANY person not a member of any such
committee, club, or organization. who collects
or eishnrses funds, or property, or other thing