New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-05-22

q or directly. By hinself q 81 any otner
4 person on his behalf, give, lend, or agree to
y give or lend, or shall offer, promise, OF
promise to procure or endeay0r to procure
amy AMY n money or valuable consideration or
i % OF Tor any voter, or to or for any person
on Dehaif OF any voter, or to or for any
g yote = IN order to induce any voter to
ruptiy do any such act rs Aforesaid, on ac-
4 count Of such-v0ter having voted or re-
i iralned from voting ut an election.
oecond-Eyery person who shall. upon or
IN consequences Of any gift, loan, offer,
1 promise OF any place or employment pub
nroc or private, procurement or agreement.
to procure, the election Of any person to
4 public Office or the vote Of any voter At
~ In nna person who shall advance
OF pay, or cause to be paid, any money to
or Tor the use of any other person, with the
lnlent that such money or any part thereof
I sum De expended In bribery at any cleo
Be- OF na Who shall knowingly pay or cause
! expended IN bribery at any election, any
person SO offending shall be guilty OF d
deiony. and shall be punished by impris-
more than five years, and for every such Of
Tense Tense he shall also forfeit the sum of
f ~ with costs OF suit, to be paid into
i
state school fund. Provided always that
me foregoing enactment shall not extend
70 OF pc construed to extend to any money
~ pau OF agreed to be paid for or on account
y. any ay lesal expenses bona tde incurred Mt
Vt concerning any election. Legal expenses
arc herein defined to such as are, or may
oy reasonable construction be, included
l. For the personal traye II 70 sayens.. :,
the candidate - =
da;;vd For the rent Of hall or rooms for the
o or OF speeches relative to principles
/ for c4 4ho In any pending election. and
t tur tne renting OF chairs and other furni-
o lure properly necessary to fit such halls
3. For t f6e use rs r for such purposes.
anu anaod musicians at public meetings and their
necessary Sy travelling expenses.
candidates or sample tickets, speeches or
actresses actresses BY pamphlets newspapers or cir
G issaa relative to candidates or political
ers or announcements.
49,, .: For challengers at the polls at cleo
| lists. u poli
Z. For making canvasses of voters.
49, >. For postage, telegraph, telephone or
otner public messenger service.
8. For clerk hire at the headquarters or
office Of such committee.
TO- For conveying int1rm or disabled yot-
ers to and from the polls.
Sec. 2. The following persons shall also
be deemed guilty Of bribery at elections
ana shall be punished as in other sections
l. Every voter who shall, before or dur
Ing any election, directly or indirectly by
hh air a, or by any other person on his be-
s lidn any IN money gift. loan or valuable con
p pHnlc or private, for himself or for any
vote, or for refraining or agreeing to re-
IRAN from voting at any election,
o,aa., Every person who shall, after any
or any other person on his behalf demand
or receive any money or valuable consid-
eradi9n on account of any person having
induced any other person to vote or refrain
from voting at any election; and any person
SO offending shall be guilty of a INSIDE
onment in the county Jail not more than
| three months.
Sec. g. Any candidate for public Office,
! or any person seeking to become the nomi.
nee Of any party as such candidate, Who Who,
| within ten days prior to any primary cleo
ton or meeting held to select delegates
the public Office which he seeks to obtain,
or who within. sixty days prior to the
election whereat an incumbent for the
| office so sought by him Is chosen. corruptly,
ly, or indirectly, gives or provides or pays,
wholly or in part, or promises to pay,
or providing any meat. drink, entertain STAIN
ment or provision, to or for any person,
for the purpose of corruptly influencing
or refrain from giving. his vote at Such
election, shall be guilty Of nlisdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
twenty-five dollars for each otfense.
Sec. 4. Every person who shall directly
| or indirectly, by himself or any other per-
son on his behalf make use of or threaten
to make use Of any force, violence or re-
| straint, or inflict or threaten to inf1ct
by himself or by any other person, any
damage, harm or loss upon or against
any any person In order to induce or compel
| at any election. or who SHALL by abduction,
| duress, or any fraudulent device or con-
triyance, impede and prevent the free ex-
shall thereby compel, induce or prevail
upon. any elector either to give or
refrain from, giving his vote to any
meanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by Imprisonment in the
county Jail not more than three months.
of this act, be deemed guilty of the offense
| Of PRESERVATION, who at any election held
pursuant ad to the laws Of the state, apnes
er person, whether that name be tha+ of
person living or dead, or of a fictitious
person, r~who, having voted once at any
for ba RRe saD at the his same election
or. any other name. for his own use;
and any person who commits the offense
OF personatlon, or who aids, abets, counsels
shall be guilty of a felony, and upon CON
viction thereof shall be punished by impris-
onment in the penitentiary for term of
not more than five years.
Sec. +. No candidate for congress or
for any public office in this state, or in
any county, district or municipality there
| Of, which office is to be filled by popular
election, shall, by himself Or by or through
any agent or agents, committee or organ
ization, or any person or persons whatso-
ever, in the aggregate pay out or expend,
or promise or agree or offer to pay, con-
tribute or expend any money or other
valuable , thing in order to secure or aid
| in securing his nomination or election,
or the nomination or election of any other
person or persons. or both such nomination
and election, to any dice to be voted for
at the same election, or in aid of any
party or measure in excess of sum to be
determined upon the following basis. name
~: For hye thousand voters or less, two
| dred voters over five thousand and under
twenty-five thousand, two dollars; for each
one hundred voters over twenty-five thou
sand and under fifty thousand, one dollar;
and for each one hundred voters over
fifty thousand, fifty cents-the number of
voters, to be ascertained BY the total num-
for such office at the last preceding regu-
lar election held to fill the same; and any
payment, contribution, or. expenditure or
promise agreement or offer to pay con
| thing in excess Of said sum, for such OBJ
jects or purposes, is hereby declared I'M
Sec. Z: Every person who shall be a can
didate before any caucus or convention,
or at any primary election, or at any
ship, district or. municipal office, or for
senator or representative in the legislature
of Minnesota, or for senator. or representa-
shall within thirty days after the election
held to fill such Office or place, make out
and file with the officer empowered by
law to issue the certificate of election to
| lffi oQ nrY 10a md 1i1n1 TO
with the county auditor for the county
in which such candidate resides. a state