The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-06-13
WANT TO RUN
FOR AN OFFICE
Things You Have to Remember
to Keep Out of Trouble.

known, elmer IN England or the
United States. 1t is Chapter 1SS,
and is entitled "A Supplement to an
Act to Regulate Elections If you
have any bees buzzing in your head
relative to office holding, be sure to
study the law before sdeciding to en-
ter the race. When nominated the
candidate must appoint committee
to receive and eXpend campaign funds
The committee to consist of five who
will select a treasurer to keep an
itemized account of the moneys which
must be filed showing receipt and ex
penditure
The candidate must file state
ment of his personal contributions.
The money an candidate is allowed
to pay must not be in excess of the
following for nomination or election
to any office or party position as fol-
ws:--At primary election for
governor $2.50O; congress, S1,500,
county office including members Of
the senate, $500; general assembly,
5000; municipal office, $3.50; provid-
ed, however, that candidate may
expend in his campaign for nomina-
tion sum not exceeding 25 per
cent. o. one years salary of the Of
fice for Which he is a candidate, but
his committee must attend to ics ex-
penditure in the manner provided by
law.
Among other prohibited things are
the following No holder of any
public office or position not filled
by the voters or benevolent order
or ASSOCIATION thereof shall contribute
to the nomination or the election of
any person to public office or party
position provided, that this prohibit
ton shall not apply to any person
holding an appointive office or posi-
tion the term of which is fixed by
law No person shall invite, demand
or accept payment or contribution
from such persons for campaign pur
poses.
"No person shall demand, solicit,
ask or invite any payment or contri-
button for any religious, charitable
Or other cause or organization sup
posed ito be primarily for the public
good, front any candidate for nomi-
nation or election.
mo person shall demand. solicit,
ask or invite any candidate for nomi-
nation or for public office or party
position 10 subscribe for the support
of any club or organization, or to
buy tickets to any entertainment or
ball, or to pay for space in any book,
program, periodical or publication
This shall not apply to the solicita-
tion of any business advertising in
periodicals in which the candidate
was regular advertiser prior to his
candidacy, nor to ordinary business
advertising, nor to the regular pay
ments to any organization, religious,
charitable or otherwise, of which he
was a member, or to which he was
a contributor, for more than six
months before his candidacy, nor to
any ordinary contributions at church
services.
mo corporation or person, trustee
or trustees, owning or holding the
majority of stock of a. corporation,
carrying on the business of a bank.
savings bank, cooperative bank, trust
trustee, savings indemnity, safe de-
posit, insurance, rail, street railway,
telephone, telegraph, gas, electric
light, heat, power, canal or aqueduct
company, or any company having the
right to condemn land. or to eXer-
else franchises in public ways grant
ed by the state, county, city or town,
shall pay or contribute any money
or value in order to aid or promote
the nomination or election of any
person, or in order to aid or promote
the interests, success or defeat of
any political party.
"To advance or pay, or cause to
be paid, any money or other valuable
thing to or for the use of any other
person, with the intent that the
same, or any part thereof, shall be
used for boarding, lodging or main
tanning a person at any place or
domicile in any election precinct, or
ward, or district, with intent to Sc
cure the vote of such person, or to
induce such person to vote for any
particular person or persons at any
election.
To advance or pay, or cause to
be paid any money or other valuable
thing to or for the use of any other
person, with the intent that the same,
or any part thereof, shall be used
to aid or assist any person to eyade
arrest who is charged with the com
mission of crime against the cleo
tive franchise, for which, if the per
son We're convicted, the punishment
would be Imprisonment in the state
prison.
ut shall be unlawful for any can
didate for public office, before or
during an election, to make any bet
or wager with voter. or take a
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