The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-19
To PURIFY POLLS
irst of the Three Bills In
troduced By Senator Jack
son at the Recent Session
NOW IN GOVERNORS HANDS
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF
THE LAW INCLUDE DIsFRAN-
OHIsEMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.

Interesting to everybody interested in
pure elections are the three Jackson bills
pasesed by the Legislature, and which
Governor Stokes win likely sign.
The first bill, Senate 259, is an act re-
lating to contributions to political COM
mittees for election purposes, and after
defining the term political committee"
as any combination Of men down to three
who are out for the election or defeat
of any candidate, the act says in sub
stance the following on contributions:
mo person shall, in order to aid or
promote his own nomina ton as candi-
date of election at any general election
or primary election, directly or Indirect
ly give, pay, expend or contribute, or
promise to give, pay, expend or con
tribute, any money or other valuable
thing, except for personal expenses as
hereinafter provided.
"a candidate for nomination or for
election to public office at any general
election or primary election, may incur
and pay, in connection with such nomi-
nation or election, his own personal ex-
penses for travelling. for writing, print
ing and preparing for transmission any
letter, circular or other publication not
issued at regular intervals, whereby he
may state his position or views upon
public or other questions; for stationery
and postage, for telegraph, telephone
and other public messenger service, and
for other incidental petty personal pur
poses: but all such expenses shall be
limited to those which are directly incur
red and paid by him.
No person who is nominated as can
didate or voted for with his assent at
any general election or primary election
for public office shall make any contribu-
ton, payment of money or promise of
payment of money to any political com
mittee for any purpose whatsoever.
every political committee shall have
treasurer, and shall cause him to keep
detailed accounts of all money or its
equivalent. No person acting under it's
authority or in its behalf shall receive
any money or its equivalent or expend
or disburse the same, until the commit
tee has chosen a treasurer.
Whoever, acting under the authority
or in behalf of a political committee,
receives any money, or its equivalent. or
promise of the same, or expends or incurs
any liability to pay the same, shall, on
demand. and in any event within four
teen days after such receipt, expenditure,
promise or liability, give to the treasurer
a detailed account of the same. with ali
vouchers required by this act, which
shall be part of the accounts and files
of such treasurer
"The treasurer of every political COM
mittee which receives, expends or dis
burses any money. or its equivalent, or
incurs any liability to pay money. or its
equivalent in connection with any nom
ination or election to an amount exceed
ing fifty dollars, shall. within thirty days
after such election, file, in the manner
hereinafter provided. statement setting
forth all receipts, expenditures, disburse-
nlents. payment. or promise Of payment.
or enter, or cause the same to be entered,
in the accounts or records of such com
mittee in any other name than that OF
the person or corporation by whom or
by which it is made
1T shall not be lawful far any politi-
cal committee or any person acting un-
der the authority Of such committee to
demand, solicit, ask or invite from per
son who is a candidate for nomination
at any general election or primary cleo
tion, or a person who has been nominated
as a candidate. for public office in a gem
eral election or primary election, pay
ment Of money, Or promise of payment
of money. to be used in such nomination
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or election; and no such candidate shall
make any such payment to a political
10 'sip9s elgIoqeEe us no pIcM
committee, or to any person acting un-
der the authority of such candidate or
in its behalf. if such committee or per
son acting under its authority or in its
behalf asked for or invited from him any
Isueh payment OF promise of payment.
.sThe statement required BY this act
shall be fled with the clerk of the mu-
nieipality in which the treasurer or per
Humors of all kinds are prolific Of
worse troubles. They may be entirely