The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-09-19
coed one year or both.

orhlshlhg, paying Tor, procuring,
or engaging to pay forany entertain
mcnt to any meeting of electors pre-
vlous to or during an election, with
the intent to promote the election of
any person, furnishing or engaging
to pay any money or property for the
purpose of procuring the attendance
of voters at the polls, or for the pur-
pose Of co~mpensating any person for
procuring the attendance of voters at
the polls, except for the conveyance
of voters who are sick or infrm; is
made IA misdemeanor.
A candidate who offers or agrees
to appoint or procure the appoint
ment of any particular person to office
in consideration Of his voting for, or
procuring, or aiding in procuring his
election, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Anyone who communicates such an
offer with such intent is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Giving or Offering IA bride to any
officer or member Of any Legislative
caucus, political convention, or polit-
lcal gathering of any kind, with in
tent to influence such person to be
more favorable to one candidate than
another, or receiving or offering to
receive any such bride is punishable
by imprisonment in the state prison
not less than II year, nor more than
fourteen years.
Wilfully hindering or preventing
by threat. intimidation or violence,
electors from assembling in public
meeting for consideration Of public
questions, is a misdemeanor.
Wilfully disturbing or breaking
up any public meeting of electors is
IA misdemeanor.
Making, Offering or accepting any
bet or wager upon the result Of any
election, or upon the success or fail
ure of any candidate or person, Or on
the number of votes to be cast, either
in the aggregate or for any particul-
ar candidate, 0 upon the vote to be
cast bp any person lisa misdemeanor.
Wilfully violating any of the pro-
visions of the laws of this state relat-
ing to elections is, unless otherwise
prescribed by the codes, punishable
by a fine not to exceed s 1000, or by
Imprisonment in the state prison not
to exceed five years or, both.
Selling, giving away, or furnishing
spirituous or malt liquor, cider, wine,
or any other Intoxicating beverage on
election day, during the hours when
the polls are kept open, is a misde-
meanor, punishable by a fine of not
less than $50 nor more than $500.
anu Dy imprisonment not exceeding
six months or both.
a candidate for Office may incur
and pay his own personal expenses
for travelling, or for purposes lncld-
entail to travelling, for writing, print
ing and preparing for transmission,
any letter, circular, or other publica-
ton, which is not issued at regular
intervals, whereby he may make
known his own position or views up
on public or other questions: for sta
tlonery and postage, for telegraph,
telephone and other public messen-
ger service, and for other petty per-
sonal expenses; but all such expenses
shall be limited to those directly in
CURED and paid by him, and by him
alone. The total sum paid or agreed
to be paid by any candidate for a
county office, for his own personal
expenses, shall not exceed 500.
a candidate for the Legislature may
make IA contribution to a political
committee to the amount of $50.
A candidate for a county Office
may make a contribution to a politi-
cal committee to the amount of 800.
Such amount shall not be paid to
more than M political committee or
person.
Each political party is to have IA
treasurer, who shall keep detailed ac-
counts of all money and the equiva-
lent of money, which shall be r~eceiv-
ed by or promised to said committee
or any person acting under its auth
ority or in its behalf, and of all dis
bursements or promises of disburse-