The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-03-25
CAND|DATESTO
F|LEACCOUNTS
Giving on Oath Amount of Their
Total Campaign Expenses
NAMES OF WORKERS
Statements to Contain Names of An
Campaign Workers, Contributors to
Campainn Fund and Loans Made

The following taken from the stat
ute of the state of Florida, should be
read by ever candidate and voter:
Notice to candidates Laws of Flor
ida Acts of 1909. Chapter 1920 No.
COY. Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Florida:
Section |. That each and every candi-
date voted upon in the State and County
primaries of the State of Florida, be
ard is hereby required to file in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
of his county if he is candidate for a
county office, or in the office of the
Secretary of State if he is a candidate
for national or State office, not less
than ten days before the Primary in
which he is candidate, complete
statement in itemized form of his
campaign expenses. This statement
shall include the names of all the con-
tributors to his campaign fund, whether
they be persons or corporations, firms
or associations, and their relationship
to him by blood; marriage, business or
association, political. fraternal or other
wise, and all the expenses incurred as
result.of his candidacy, and shall be
given under oath. And each candidate
voted upon in the State or County Pr-
maries, as aforesaid, shall file not later
than ten days after the primary in
which he is candidate another state
ment in the same place as is respective
ly provided herein for the first state
ment. and including any, every and all
of the specifications, divisions and re-
quirements of the first statement, as
above required. up to and including the
day of the Primary in which he was
candidate, and each candidate furnish
ing this last statement shall swear at
the time, that the two statements of
campaign expen ses herein required in
clude a complete and full account of all
the expenses incurred by him as a re-
suit of his candidacy.
Section 2. At the time the last state
ment required in Section of this Act
is given, another statement shall be
furnished also under oath, by each and
every candidate voted upon in any
State or County Primary of Florida,
giving the names of his political work
ers and telling for what consideration.
if any, such work was done, the term
political workers" TO refer to those
who left for time or part Of time
their ordinary avocations to further his
candidacy. This statement shall be
filed in the Office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of his county, or in the
Office of the Secretary of State, accord
ing to whether candidate furnishing it
was a candidate for county or a
national or State Office.
Section 8. At the same time that
sworn statement required in Section 2
of this Act is furnished each and every
candidate for county or State Office
in the Primaries as hereinbefore men
toned, shall furnish and file in the Office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court or his
county or in the Office of the Secretary
of State, according to whether he is Il
candidate for county, or national of
State Office, another statement giving
the names of all those persons to whom
loans were made during his candidacy.
which would not have been made had he
not been a candidate. This statement
shall also be given under oath.
Section 4 All the statements here
required, except the one to be
furnished before the Primary in which
candidate furnishing it is voted upon.
may he sworn to at one time, and shall
be given and filed on the same day and
date
Section 5. Any candidate refusing
or willfully failing to obey any Of the
provisions of this Act shall be punished
10y fine not to- exceed five hundred
dollars, and shall not be allowed to
have his name printed on the Official
ballot at the next ensuing general
or his name presented as the
candidate of any party for the Office of
United States Senator 20 the next sue
ceedng Legislature, according To
whether he is a candidate for State
or County office, or for a national
Office, as the case may he