The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-09-18
Approved May 8, 1906.
CHAPTER 2OS.

An act to define the crime of bribery
and to provide for the punishment there
for.
Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any person who shall do any act
hereinafter prohibited shall be deemed of
the crime of bribery and shall be punished
therefor as hereinafter provided.
g. No person shall give or agree to
give for the purpose of promoting or pro-
curing the election of candidate for pnb-
lie office, or for the purpose of promoting
or procuring the nomination of any per
son as candidate for public Office, any
money or any valuable thing to be used
for any of the purposes hereinafter emu
merated.
(a) To provide or give or to pay,
wholly or in part, the expense of giving
or providing any meat, drink, entertain
ment or provision to or for any person for
the purpose of influencing that person or
other person to give or refrain from Civ
ing his vote at any election, or on account
of any such person or any other person
having voted or refrained from voting.
90 To provide for the payment of rent
for or for the purpose of providing and
fitting up any clubroom for social or re-
forms for any organized club
Cd To provide for the payment for the
insertion in any newspaper or magazine
of any article tending to influence any
voter; py00ided, hOoe0er, that this prohibit
ton shall not be construed to prohibit the
insertion of paid advertisements, which
advertisements shall be indicated by the
words This advertisement has been paid
for by............" (inserting the name of the
person or persons paying for the same).
3. No person shall accept any money
or other valuable thing, the payment OF
which is prohibited by this act
4. Any person found guilty of bribery
as hereinabove defined shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall, for the first offense be disfranchised
for period of two years from the date Of
such conviction, and for any subsequent
offense shall be perpetually DISTINGUISHED
and in addition thereto the court in which
conviction is obtained, may, in it's dis
erection, in case of a subsequent conviction
impose upon the person so convicted, the
punishment now prescribed by law for {
misdemeanor.
S. No person called to testify in any
proceedings under this act shall be liable
to a criminal prosecution, either unde
this act or otherwise, for any matters O.
causes in respect to which he shall be ex
amined. or to which his testimony shall
relate, except to prosecution for briberl
committed in such testimony; nor shall
any person, when called to testify in am
trial for violation of thisl act, be priv
legged to refuse to answer any question
which may be asked him, upon the grounc
that the same will tend to degrade or in
| criminate him.
6. Nothing In this act contained shall
be construed to alter, modify, amend o
repeal any statute of this state imposing
any penalty for any offences in connection
with the holding of an election; provided
however, that this section shall not b
construed to alter or modify the provision
of section FIVE of this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediat
ely.
Approved May 3, 1906.