The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-19

statement is voter; provided how
ever, that if the political committee
maintains headquarters where the busi-
ness of said committee is regularly con
Quoted, the said statement shall then
be filed with the clerk of the municipal
ity in which such headquarters are
maintained at the time of the election
to which the statement uelates, except
statement relating to an election by
the State Legislature or any branch
thereof which shall be fled with the
Secretary of State.
'sThe said municipal clerks shall in
spect all statements fled with them
within sixty days after the same have
been. filed, and upon discovery that any
such statement does not conform to Law,
or upon the complaint in writing of
three registered voters that such state
ment does not conform to the law or
to the truth, or that any person has fail
ed to file a statement required by law
he shall, in writing, notify the delin-
quent person. Such complaint shall state
in detail the grounds of objection, be
sworn to by one of the subscribers, and
filed with the said elerw within sixty
days after the election in question or
within thirty days after the fling of a
statement or amended statement.
upon failure to file his statement or
amended statement within ten days af-
ter service Of notice upon such delinquent
person, the municipal clerk shall notify
the proper prosecutor of the pleas who
shall proceed against said person
''No person called to testify in any
proceedings under this act shall be liable
to criminal prosecution, either under
this act or otherwise.
''The secretary of state shall provide
every municipal clerk, at the expense of
the state, with blank forms to be ap-
proved by the attorney general suitable
for the statement above required.
''Any. person who shall, in order to
aid or promote his own nomination as
a candidate, or his own election at any
general election or primary election. will
fully violate any of the provisions of
this act, shall, on conviction. be pun
ished by disfranchisement for the term of
five years. Any other person not a can
didate who shall wilfully violate any of
the provisions of this act shall, upon
conviction, be punished by disfranchse-
ment for the term of FIVE years.
'Any person who shall do any act
hereinafter prohibited shall be deemed
guilty of the crime of bribery and shall
be punished therefor as hereinafter pro-
vided.
'No person shall give or agree to give
for the purpose of promoting or procur-
ing the election of candidate for pub
lie office. or for the purpose of promot
ing or procuring the nomination of any
person as candidate for public office,
any money or any valuable thing to be
used for any of the purposes hereinafter
enumerated.
"(a) To provide or give or to pay,
or providing any meat. drink, entertain
ment or provision to or for any person
for the purpose of influencing that per-
son or any other person to give or re-
frain from giving his vote at any cleo
tion, or on account of any such person
or any other person having voted or re-
Trained from voting.
sob To provide for the payment of
rent for or for the purpose of providing
and fitting up any club room fer social
or recreative purposes, or providing for
uniforms for any organized club.
''No person shall accept any money or
other valuable thing, the payment of
which is prohibited by this act
'sAny person found guilty of bribery
as hereinabove defined shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor. and upon conviction
thereof shall, for the first offense be dis
franchised for period Of FIVE years from
the date Of such conviction, and for any
subsequent offense shall be perpetually
disfranchised, and in addition thereto
the court in which such conviction is
obtained, may, in its discretion, in case
of a subsequent conviction impose upon
the person 50 convicted. the punishment
now prescribed by law for a misde-
meanor.
mo person called TO testify in any pro-
ceedings under this act shall be liable to
a criminal prosecution, either under this
act or otherwise, for any matters or cases
in respect to which he shah be examined,