Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-09-24


corrupt practices or bribery in same; to
limit the expenses of candidates, to pre-
scribe the duties of candidates, and pro-
vidng penalties and remedies for viola
tiUna of this act, and declaring void under
certain conditions elections IN which the
provisions of this act, or any Of them, have
been violated.
APPLIES To ALL
Section g. Every person who slali be
a candidate before any caucus or con9en-
ton, or at any primary election or at any
election for any State, county. city, town
ship, district or municipal office, or for
Senator or member of the House of Dele
gates of Virginia, or for Senator or Repre-
sentative III the Congress of the United
States, shall, within thirty days after the
election, caucus, convention or primary
election held to ill such office or place,
make out and file with the officer or board
empowered by law to issue certificates OF
election TO such office or place, and q du-
picate thereof with the clerk of the COun-
ty or Corporation Court for any county or
city in which such candidate resides,
statement in writing, which statement and
duplicate shall be subscribed and sworn to
By such candidate before an officer author.
lied TO administer oaths, setting forth III
detail all SUMS Of money cOntl lbuted, dis
bursed, expended or promised by him,
and to the best of hs knowledge and be-
lief by any persons or person III hls behalf
wholly or in part, endtavoriDg to secure
his nomination OF election 10 such office or
place; and also all sums Of money contrib
uted, disbursed, expended or promised by
hm in support and in connection With the
nominatl on or election of any other per-
sons at such election, primary Or nominal
ing conyention, and showing the dates
when, the persons to whom and the pur !
poses for which all sums we're paid, ex
pended or promised. Such statment shall |
also set forth that the same is as full and |
explicit as atiiant is able to make 1t; and |
ne shall also, before so me officer qualified |
to administer oaths, take, subscribe to and |
file with said statement the following OATH !
DRASTIC OATH.
do soemnly swear that the statement |
herewith filed embraces all money spent |
by ME or in my behalf, with my knOwl- !
edge and consent, by my adherents and |
friends; thatI have neither directly nor in
directly arranged, encouraged nor conniv
ed ut the spending Of any money other
than as shown in my said statement; that
haye not repaid any money SO spent or
claimed to have been so spent, and that |
l will not DO SO, aud that | have not
violated any of the provisions of this acI
in letter or in spirit. So help me, God.
Section 4. No officer or board author
lied by law to issue commissions or certf. |
Gates Of election shall issue any such Ger
tihcae or commission to any such person |
until such statement aud oa b shall have |
been so made, verified and filed by such |
person with said officer.
Section 5. Any person failing to COM
ply with the above provisions by failing to
file said statement and oath in the manner
and form above prescribed shall be liable
to fine not exceeding 5000, to be recov-
cred in an action or motion brought in the
name of the State by the Attorney -Gener
al or by the Commonwealth Attorney OF
the county or city of the candidates resi-
dence, or by any person suing in the Dame
of the Commonwealth, the amount of said
fine to be fixed within the above limit by
the jury, and to be paid into the school
fund IN said county.
Section 6. No person shall enter upon
the duties of any elective Office until he
shall have filed the statement, oath and
duplicate provided for in lhis act, nor
shall he receive any salary or any emolu-
ment for any period prior to the filing of
| the same.