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Chairman EllysOn Issues Circular
Letter ITO Whom 1t Nay Con-
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Chairman EllysOp Issues Circula,
Letter "To Whom 1t Nay Con
cern.''
J. Taylor Ellyson, chairman Of
the State Democratic committee, has
issned q circular letter to the candi.
dates and party managers, in which
the Barksdale pure election law is
freely quoted.
Extracts from the statute read az
follows:
Section 8. Every person who shall
oe candidate before any caucus or
convention, or at any primary elec-
ton or at any election for any State,
county, city, township, district or
municipal Office, or for senator or
member of the house ofsdelegates of
Virginia, or for senator or represen-
tahse In the congress of the United
States, shall, yithin 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 empowered
by law to issue certificates of elec-
tion to such Office or place, and A
duplicate thereof with the clerk of
the county or corporation court for
any county or city in which such
candidate resides, a statement in
writing, which statement and dupli.
cate shall be subscribed and sworn
to by such candidate before an officer
authorized to administer oaths, set
ting forth IN detail all sums of
money contributed, disbursed, ex-
pended or promised by him, and TO
the best of his knowledge and belief
oy any persons ar person in his
behalf, wholly or in part, endesyor.
ing to secure his nomination to such
office or place; and also all sums of
money contributed, disbursed, ex-
pended or promised by him in sup
port 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 sums
were paid, expended or promised. |
Such statement shall also set forth |
that the same is as full aud explicit
as affiant is able to make il; aud he
shall also, before some officer quail.
fed to administer oaths, take, sub. |
scribe to and.file with said statement i
the following oath,
| do solemnly swear that the state
ment herewith filed embraces all
money spent by me or in any behalf.
with my knowledge and consent, by
my adherents and friends; that / |
have neither directly nor indirectly
arranged, encouraged nor conniyed
1t the spending of any money other
than as shown in my said statement;
that | have not repaid any money so
spent or claimed to have been 40
spent, and that i will not do 90, aud
hat have not violated any of the
provisions Of this act in letter or in
spirit. So help me God.
Section 4. No officer or board an.
thorized by law to issue commissions
Or certificates of election shall issue
any such certificate or commission to
any such person until such state.
nent and oath shall have been so
made, verified aud filed by such per-
sons with said officer.
Section 8. Any person failing to
,omply with the above provisions by
failing to file said statement and
bath in the manner and form above
prescribed shall be liable to q fine
not exceeding 5000, to be recovered
N an action or motion brought i'm
'he name of the State by the attor-
ney-general, or by the common
weaith's attorney of the county or
city of the candidates residence, or
BY any person suing in the name of
The commonwealth, the amount of I
said fine to be fixed within the above |
limit by the jury, aud to be paid in.
10 the school fund of said county. |
Section G. No person shall enter
upon the duties of any elective office
until he shall have filed the state
ment, oath, aud duplicate provided
Tor in this act, nor, shall he receive
any salary or any en,olument for any
period to the filing of the same.