Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-10-09


at any election for any State. county.
city, township, district or municipal Of
nee, OF Tor senator or member OF the
house OF delegates Of Virginia, or for
senator or representative i'm the con-
gress OF the United States, shall, with
III thirty days after the election, caucus
convention or primary election held TO
fill such office or place, make ont and
file with the officer or board empower
Ell by law 20 issue certificates OF cleo.
ton to such office or place. and n
duplicate thereof with the clerk OF the
county or corporation court forI any
county or city i'm which such candidate
resides, a statement i'm writing, which
statement and deplicate shall be sub
scr1bed and sworn to by such candidate
before and officer authorized to ad
minister oaths, setting forth in detail
all sums of money contributed. dis
oursed, expended or promised by him,
ana to the best of his knowledge and
beilef 10y any persons or person i'm his
behalf, wholly OF in part, endeavoring
TO secure his nomination or election TO
such Office or place; and also all sums
OF money contributed, discussed. ex-
pended or promised by him in support
ana In connection with the nomination
or election OF any other persons at
such election. primary or nominating
convention, and showing the dates
when, the persons TO whom and the
purposes for which all such sums were
paid, expended or promised. Such
statement shall also set forth that the
same is rs full and explicit as afIiant is
able to make it; and. he shall also, be-
fore some officer qualified TO admins
ter oaths, take, subscribe to and file
with said statement the following oath
do solemnly swear that the state
ment herewith filed embraces all
money spent 10y me or in my behalf:
with my knowledge and consent. be.
my adhcrents and friends; that | have
neither directly nor Indirectly arrang
Ell, encouraged nor oonnived at thy
spending OF any money other than as
shown in my said statement; that I
have not repaid any money SO spent or
claimed To have been SO spent and
that | will not do So. and that | have
not violated any cf the provisions of
this act in letter or in spirit. So help
me God.
1. No officer or board authorized NV
law To issue commissions or certificates
OF election shall issue any such certin.
cate or commission To any such person
until such statement and oath shall
nave been so made, verified and filed
10y such persons with said officer.
D. Any person failing TO comply with
the above provisions by failing 70 file
said statement and oath i'm the manner
ana form above prescribed shall be
liable To fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars, 10 be recovered in an
action or motion brought in the name
OF the State by the Attorney General
or by the Commonwealth attorney of |
the county or city of the candidates
residence, or by any person suing in
the name of the Commonwealth. the J
amount OF said fine TO be fixed within
the above limit by the jury, and to he
paid into the school fund of said coun- |
ty.
4. No person shall enter upon the
duties OF any elective Office until ne
shall have filed the statement. oath
and duplicate provided for in this act
nor shall he receive any salary or anv
emolument for any period prior to the
filing of the same.
z. Said statemen on oath shall Mt
all times be open to public inspection
ana copies of same furnished any APP
plicant.
8. In any contest over the election
OF any officer in this Commonwealth :
II 1t be alleged in the notice of contest ,
OF the contestant that the provisions. or I
any OF them, OF this act has been VIC.
lated 10y the contestee, or by his friends
and adherents, with his knowledge and
and it so appears upon the
trial of said contest, then said election f
snail be declared null and void and Of !
no effect, unless it also appears that t
he contestant is entitled to the Office
or which he is contesting.
.. The statements of any person I
estlfying under this act shall not be
lsed against him in any way. d
10. All acts or parts of acts incon- n
istent with this act are hereby repeal q
d. I"