Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-31

The Corvallis Gazette-Times pub
fishes the following extracts from
the Corrupt Practices Act:
The corrupt practice law provides
various and sundry duties of partlc-
ular interest to candidates and their
friends, and of general interest to
the public. 1t provides that very
little money shall be spent to secure
nomination or election and pro-
Vides for the proper filing of list
of all money so expended. The text
of the law is as follows:
No sum of money shall be paid as
expenses authorized or incurred by
or on behalf of any candidate to be
paid by him, except such as he may
pay to the state for printing, as
herein provided, in his campaign for
nomination for any public office or
position in the state, in excess of
Is per cent of one years compensa-
tion or salary of the Office for which
he is a candidate; provided, that no
than one hundred dollars in his
campaign for such nomination
No sum of money shall be paid
and no expenses authorized or iu-
Cured by Or on behalf of any can
didate who has received the nomin
alton to any public office or position,
except such as he may contribute
towards payment for his political
party's or Independent statement, ~
be paid by him in his campaign for
election, in excess of 10 per cent of |
one years salary for which he is
nominated; provided that no candi- |
date shall be restricted to less than |
one hundred dollars.
Every candidate for nomination or
election to public office shall within
fifteen days after the election at
which he was a candidate, file with |
the secretary of state, if candidate
for United States Senator, represen-
tative in Congress, or any state or
district composed of more than one
county, but with the county clerk,
auditor or recorder, of the town or
city, for town, city or ward offices,
an itemized sworn statement setting
forth in detail all moneys contribut-
ed, expended or promised by him to
aid and promote his nomination or
election or both, and for the election
of his party candidates and all eX-
isting, untitled promises of any
character and all liabilities remain
ing uncancelled. If no money or
other valuable thing was given, or
promised, and no unfulfilled liabili-
ties were incurred by a candidate,
he shall file such statement within
fifteen days after election. Any can
didate failing to file such a statement
shall be fined $25 for every day on
which he was in default; and his
name shall not be printed upon the
ballot unless statements of accounts
and expenses required by or on be-
half of the candidate have been filed
October 23, 1910.
Every political committee shall
have a treasurer, who is voter, and |
he shall keep detailed account of all
it's receipts, payments and liabilities
Similar accounts shall be kept by
every person who receives or ex-
pends money or incurs liabilities to
the amount of more than fifty dol
lars for political purposes and by
every political agent and candidate.
Every person receiving or expending s
money or incurring liability by au"
or in behalf of such candi-
date, committee, agent, or other per-
son or political party or organization
shall, on demand, and in any event,
within fourteen days after such re-
ceipt, expenditure, or incurrance OF
liability, give such treasurer, agent,
candidate or authorized person,
proper vouchers; and every pay
ment, except payments less in the
aggregate than five dollars, shall be
for by a receipted bill, stat
ing the particulars of expense.
Every voucher, receipt and account
shall be part of the accounts and
files of such treasurer, agent, candf' a
date or other person and shall be
by the public officer with |
whom it shall be filed six months af- G
.er the election.
Any person not candidate, who
expends money or value greater than
fifty dollars to aid in the election OF
any candidate, party ticket or meas
lre, shall, within ten days after the
election file with the secretary of !
state or with the county clerk for
county offices, or city officer for
offices, an itemized state
nent of receipts, expenditures and
vouchers for every sum in excess OF Q
i've dollars and at the same time de-
liver a duplicate statement and copy c
Of vouchers TO the candidate or
treasurer of the organization. Octo- q