The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-11
Montana Low 0oes
With Bribe5 ard Bribers


or influence in favor Of or against any
measure or proposition pending or pro-
posed to be introduced into the legisla-
tive assembly, in consideration or up
on condition that any other person
elected to the same legislative assembly
Will give, or Will promise or assent to
give, his vote or influence. in favor of
or against any other measure or propos-
ition, pending or proposed to be intro
duced into such legislative assembly,
the person making such offer or prom
Use is guilty of solicitation of bribery
and is punishable by Imprisonment in
the state prison not less less than one
nor more than ten years.
Sec. 16I. Every member of the leg
1ative assembly who gives his vote or
influence for or against any measure or
proposition pending or proposed to be
introduced in such legislative assembly
or offers, promises or assents to give
upon condition that any other member
will give or will promise or assent to
give his vote or influence in favor Of or
against any other measure or PROPOSE
ton, pending or proposed to be intro
duced In such legislative assembly, or in
consideration that any other member
hath given his vote or influence
for or against any other measure, or
or proposition, in such legislative as
sembly, is guilty of bribery, and is
punishable by imprisonment in the
state prison not less than one nor
more than ten years.
Sec. 1853. Every person who directly
or indirectly offers, gives or promises
any money or thing of value. testimon-
lal, privilege, or personal advantage to
any executive or judicial officer, or
member of the legislative assembly or
to any public officer of the state, or of
any municipal division thereof, to in
hb VT
of any of his official or public
duties, is guilty Of bribery and
is punishable by imprisonment in the
state prison not less than one nor more
than ten years.
Sec 1863 Every person who corrupt
ly solicits directly or indirectly the Of
fetal action of any member of the leg
islative assembly or Of any public Of
fcer Of the state or of any municipal
DIVISION thereof, is guilty of the occupa-
ton and practice of solicitation of bri-
berry. and is punishable by imprison-
ment in the state prison not less than
one nor more than ten years"
mat justice may not miscarry by
reason of technical objections to wit
nesses and evidence that witnesses may
be required to give in prosecuting cases
OF this sort, it is further provided in
section III of the same article of the
penal code as follows:
Sec. Ill. Every person who, being
summoned to i~tend as witness before
either house of the legislative assembly
or any committee thereof refuses or
neglects, without lawful excuse, to at
tend pursuantatn such summons, and
every person who, being present before
either house of the legislative assembly,
or any committee thereof. willfully re-
fuses to be sworn or to answer any
material and proper question or to pro
duce, upon reasonable notice, any mate
rial and proper books. papers or docu-
ments in his possession or under his
control, is guilty of a misdemeanor."
And further in section IT,:
Every person who obtains or seeks to
obtain money or other thing of value
from another person upon pretense
claim or representation that he can or
Will improperly influence in any man
ner the action Of any member of any
legislative body in regard to any vote
or legislative matter is guilty of a fell
ony. Upon the trial no person, other
wise competent as a witness, shall be
| excused from testifying as such con-
corning the offense charged on the
ground that such testimony may GRIM
mate himself, or subject him to public
f+ 'C9tiiiioiiS snail iiot
a indini maius oe useu against nm IN any
- $1,000 ploceeulils, except ior perjury
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lfo is repetition of section 1853. Another
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section 17e Of the na,., ooao ,,,h;oh
~@' "A'Ni'
ieaus DIS loio"s'
Amy person or persons who shall give
or promise, or offer to give or promise,
any member of either house, any mon
ey office, paper or property or other
valuable thing, or shall offer to do for
sucn member or any member OF his
thing not co., va ~ ' tt PEI SUI any ny
state, county. township or community
in which person resides, in consdera-