Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-10-02

candidate for office at any election pri-
mary or nominating convention held in
this Commonwealth. Any person or
candidate violating any of the provis-
ions of this or the preceding section of
this act shall be subject to a fine OF not
! less than one hundred nor more than
one thousand dollars, or confined i'm
Jail not less than one nor more than
twelve months.
3. Every person who shall be n
candidate before any caucus or con-
vention, or at any primary election OF
at any election for any State, county,
city, township, district or municipal Of
flee, or for senator or member of the
house OF delegates of Virginia, or fol
senator or representative i'm the con
gress OF the United States shall, with
in thirty days after the election, caucus.
convention or primary election held to
fill such office or place, make out and
file with the officer or board empower
ed by law to issue certificates OF cleo
ton To such Office or place. and n
duplicate thereof with the clerk OF the
county or corporation court for any
county or city in which such candidate
resides, statement in writing, which
statement and deplicate shall be sub
scribed and sworn 10 by such candidate
before and officer authorized to nd
minister Oaths, setting forth in detail
all sums of money contributed. dis
bursed, expended or promised by him.
and TO the best of his knowledge and
belief by any persons or person in his
behalf, wholly or 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
and 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 as full and explicit as alliant is
able u 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 by me or in nv behalf
with my knowledge and consent. pv
my adherents and friends; that / have
neither directly nor indirectly arranp-
ed, encouraged nor connived at the
spending of any money other than 40
shown III my said statements that /
have not repaid any money so spent or
claimed to have been SO spent, and
that l will not do so, and that / have
not Violated any Of the provisions or
TINS act III 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 certif.
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 TO file
SAID statement and oath in the manner
and form above prescribed shall he
ilaoie to fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars, to be recovered in an
action or motion brought in the name
OF the State by the Attorney General
OF py the Commonwealths attorney Of
the county or city of the candidates
residence, or by any person suing in
the name of the Commonwealth tho
amount of said fine to be fixed within
the above limit by the jury, and to he
PAID into the school fund of said conn
ty.
o. NO person shall enter upon the
duties OF any elective office until mo
shall have filed the statement, oath
ana duplicate provided for in this act.
nor shall he receive any salary or anv
emoiument for any period prior to the
fling Of the same.
T. Said statemen on oath shall at I