The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-30
CHAPTER so20-(No. 6O).

AN ACT to REQUIRE Certain Sworn Statements OF
Campaign Expenses from Candidates in Pr
mary Elections; Making Certain Requirements
IN the Form of Ballots Used in Primary Elec-
tions; Requiring Certain Duties of Inspectors in
Properly Identifying Persons to Whom Ballots
are Given in Primary Elections; Providing for
the Absenting of Employees from Their work
on Primary Election Days; Prohibiting Can
didates from Making Donations of Things of
Value. Prohibiting Persons from Distributing
Certain Writing Against any Candidate IN the
Primary on Primary Day; Providing for Com
pensat;on of Inspectors of the Primary in Ger
tain Cases; Prescribing Penalties for Violation
of the Primary Laws of this State by Officials,
Electors and Other Persons: Prohibiting the
TJse or Solicitations of Money to influence Phi
mary Elections. Including Payment of Poll
Taxes; Prohibiting Tax Collectors from Re
ceiving Poll Taxes from Persons Other Than
the One Owing IT. and Providing Penalties for
Violations of the Primary Law by Members Of
Committees, Inspectors and Clerks of Primary
Elections. and for the Publication of this Act.
Re II Enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
- Florida.
Section I. That each and every candidate voted
tfpon in the State and county primaries of the
State of Florida be and is hereby required to file
IA the Office of the clerk of the circuit court of his
county If he is a candidate for county Office, or
IN the Office of the secretary of State If he is
didate for a national a State Office, mt less
than ten DAYS before the primary in which he is a
candidate a complete statement in itemized form
of his campaign expenses. This statement shall
inel,,de the names of all the contributors to his
campaign fund, whether they be persons or cor
rorations, firms or associations, and their rela-
tionship to him by blood marriage, business or
aSSociation political fraternal or otherwise, and
All the expenses incurred as a result of his can
didacv and shall be given under oath. And each
candidate voted upon IN the state or county pm
mares as aforesaid shall file not later than ten
days after the primary in which he is a candidate
another statement in the same place as is respect
lively provided herein for the frSt statement and
incli,dinq any, every and all of the specifications
divisions and requirements OF the trst statement,
naming all the additional expenses incurred by
him beside those mentioned IN hrst statement,
as above REQUIRED, up to and including the day OF
the urinary in which he was candidate, and
each candidate furnishing tins last statement
shall swear at the time, that the two statements
of campaign expenses herein required, include a
oomplete and full account of all the expenses in
CURED by him as a result of his candidacy.
Sec. ?. At the time the last statement required
n; Section of this act is given, another statement
shaT be furnished also under oath, by each and
every candidate voted upon in any State or county
urinary of Florida, giving the names OF his poht-
tcal workers and telling for what consideration, II
any, such work was done, the term pohticaI
mart of time their ordinary avocations to fur
Their his candidacy. This statement shall be filed
IN the Office of the clerk OF the circuit court on his
county or in the office OF the secretary OF state,
according to whether candidate furnishing il was
a candidate for county or national or State
Office.
Sec. }. At the same time that sworn statement
REQUIRED IN Section of this act is furnished each
and every candidate for county or State Office
IN the primaries as hereinbefore mentioned, shall
furnish and file in the office of the clerk of the cir
cult court of his county in the office of the secre
tarv of State according TO whether he is can
didate for a county, or national a State Office,
another statement giving the names of all those
persons to whom loans were made during his
didacy which would not have been made had he
not been a candidate. This statement shall also
be given under oath
Sec. All the statements hereinabove required
EXCEPT the one to be furnished before the primary
IN which candidate furnishing it is voted upon,
NAV be sworn 70 at one time and shall be given
and fled on the same day and date.
Sec 5. Any candidate refusing OF wilfuliy fail
ing TO obey any of the provisions of this act shall
be punished by fne not 10 exceed i've hundred
dollars and shall not be allowed to have his name
printed on the official ballot at the next ensuing
general election, or his name presented as can
didate of any party for the Office of United States
senator to the next succeeding legislature accord
ing TO whether he is candidate for State or
county Office. or for national office, as the case
may be.
Sec. 8. The ballots required for any primary
election shall be prepared as follows The official
heading OF caption OF the ballot shall be printed
all the way across the top of the ballot. There
shall be printed on said tickets Immediately be-
low the caption perforated facsimile of the sig
nature of the chairman of the State executive
committee.
Above the caption of each ballot there shall be
two stubs. with a perforated line between them
sDd the top OF the ballot. On each of the said