The Green Forest tribune., 1909-12-24
New Primary Law.


 Legislature for United States Senator, or for Congress or any legislative, judicial, state, district. county, town ship, or municipal office, the said pri- mary election shall be, and is, hereby made legal election.
 Section 2. The County Central Com mittee of the party holding sad pri- mary election shall select the judges and clerks to serve at said primary election, and said judges and clerk shalI possess al qualifications required of judges and clerks of general cleo tions Provided, that in said primary election the judges and clerks shall all be of thu same political party for which said primary election is held.
 Section 5. The judges holding such primary election, before entering upon their duties, shall qualify before some officer duly authorized to adm mister oaths, and they then shall have power to administer paths to the clerks for the said primary election and to voter 8 when deemed necessary to ascertain qualifications of electors. If any judge or clerk shall perform any of the duties taking and subscribing to the oath provided for in this section, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, an d upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than S25.00 nor more than S10000
 Section i Any judge, or clerk serving at any such primary election, who sh tll in any manner falsify the re- turns of the same, or knowingly make false count of the ballots cast, or aid aho of son, or knowingly permit such to be done, shall be deemed guilty of fel- ony, and upon conviction thereof shall be confined in the State penitentiary at hara labor for period of not less than six months, nor more than five years,
 Section Any person who shall solicit or accept for himself or for an other any gift or donation of any kind or character from person who is a candidate for any office, or who is a candidate for nomination to became a candidate for any office, such persons soliciting or accepting such gift or do- nation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punised by fine of not less than S25.0O, nor more than $500 and each donation or gift solicited or ac- cepted shall constitute separate offense.
 Section 6. Any person who is a candidate for any office in this State, or the candidate for the nomiation to become a candidate at any general election, who shall give or offer to give any gift or donation to any person during the time that he is a candidate, such candidate, giving or offering to give, shall be deemed guilty of nis- demeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty five dollars, nor more than three hun dred dollars.
 XSection 7 Any person who shall become candidate before any primary election in this State for any district or county office shall, within fifteen days after such primary election is held, file with the County Clerk of his homo country verified Itemized statement of all expenses incurred Dy him. which is in any way connected with his cam paign. covering the entire time that such person is a candidate.
 Section 8 Any person who shall become candidate before any primar." election in this State for nomination to become candidate at any general election for any State office, for Con- gress or to become candidate for United States Senator before the Legislature, shall within thirty days after such primary election is held, file with the Secretary of State verified itenized account of all campaign ex- peDses incurred by him during such time as he may have been a candidate before su ;h primary. Any failure or refusal of any candidate to comply with Sections 2 and 8, as herein set out, shall be regarded as a violation of this act, and such candidate offending shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than $50 nor more than Sl ,0J0.
 Secti on g. Any person voting in any primary election not possessing ali the quallfi cations of an elector, az required under the general election laws of this State, or who shall cast more than one ballot in the said primary election, or accept any money or it's equivalent for his vote, or use any money or it's equivalent to influence the vote of any other person, or employ any force, threat or intimidation to inf lenee tn vote of any other person, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall ba imprisoned in the penitentiary at hard labor for not less than six months, nor more than five years. Every repetition of either or any of the acts specified in this or the preceding section shall constitute separate offanse.
 Section t0 Judges and clerks of primary elections shall take and sub- scribe to the paths prescribed for judges and clerks for general elections.
 Section il This act sa4ll take effect and oa in force from and after its passage, shall repeal all laws in col flict herewith, and shall especially rs- peal Section 2S92 # Kirhv's Digest.
 Approved April 23, 1909.