Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04
represented in Senate and Assembly.


represented in Senate and Assembly.
SECTION l. There are added to the
statutes thirty-nine new sections to
read: Section 94-1. The following
words and phrases as used in sections
94-1 to 94-39 of the statutes shall
be construed as follows:
CD Any act shall be deemed to have
when the act is Of a nature. is done
with the intent, or is done in such a
way, as to influence or tend to in
aqen nee. directly or indirectly. voting
account of any person having voted,
or refrained from voting, or being
about to vote or refrain from voting at
(2) The term candidate" shall
mean and include every person for
WhQm 1t Is contemplated or desired
or primary and who either tacitly or
expressly consents to be so considered,
except candidates for president and
ceezzpresident of the United States;
mean and include every act by or
through which any money. property.
office or position or other thing of
value passes or is directly or indirectly
pended, promised, pledged, contributed
or lent, and also any money, property,
office or position or other thing OF
value so given, provided, paid, expend-
lent.
"a The term filling officer" when
used with reference to any candidate,
shall be construed to mean the officer
who is authorized by law to issue a
certificate of nomination or election to
such candidate, if he be successful. II
there be no officer authorized to issue
such certificate Of nomination or cleo
ton, then such term shall be construed
to mean tn, clerk of the town, city or
village in which such candidate resides.
Section 94-2. 1. No person shall re-
ceive or accept any money, property or
other thing Of value, or any promise
or pledge thereof, constituting a dis
bursement made for political purposes
contrary to law.
2. In any prosecution for the viola
ton Of this section, it shall be de-
that he had neither knowledge that
such disbursement constituted a dis
bursement made for political purposes
contrary to law, nor any reasonable
cause to believe that it constituted such
disbursement.
Section 3D. No candidate shall
make any disbursement for political
purpose except under his personal
direction which for every purpose shall
be considered his act through a party
committee, or through d personal cam
paign committee, whose authority ia
on S s4 DC Of n tee s as IN
Section 94-4. Amy candidate may
select a single personal campaign com
mittee to consist of one or more per-
sons. Before any personal campaign
committee shall make any diSburSe-
ment i'll behalf of any candidate, or
shall incur any obligation, express or
implied, to make any disbursement in
his behalf, it shall file with the filing
statement, signed by such candidate
setting forth that such personal camp
align committee has been appointed
and giving the name and address of
each member thereof, and the name
and address of the secretary there of
If such campaign committee consists
OF only one person, such person shaIl
be deemed the secretary thereof. Any
candidate may revoke the selection of
any member Of such personal camp
align. committee by revocation IN
writing which, with proof of personal
service on the member whose selec-
ton is SO revoked, shall be filed with
the filing officer of such candidate.
Such candidate may fill the vacancy
thus created in the manner in which
an original appointment is made. In
civil actions and proceedings brought
under sections 94-1 to 94-39, inclu-
Sive, Of the statutes, the acts of every
committee shall be presumed to be with
the knowledge and approval Of the
candidate until it has been clearly
proved that the candidate did not have
and that, in the exercise of reasonable
care and diligence, he could have had
knowledge OF and opportunity to dis
Section 91@5. No person or group
o fpersons, other than the candidate
or his personal campaign committee
or a party of committee shall make
any disbursement for political purposes
otherwise than through personal
campaign committee or a party COM
mittee, except that expenses incurred
for rent of hall or other rooms, for
hiring speakers, for printing, for pos
tage, for advertising, for distributing
printed matter, for clerical assistance
and for hotel and travelling expenses
may be contributed and paid by a per-
son or group of persons residing with
in the county where such expenses
are incurred.
shall make any disbursement for politi-
cal purposes except:
(1) For his own personal hotel and
travelling expenses and for postage,
telegraph and telephone expenses.
CD For payments which he may
make to the state pursuant to law.
90 For contributions to his duly
registered personal campaign commit
"a For contributions to his party
committee.
o. For the purposes enumerated
in section 94-7 of the statutes, when
such candidate has no personal cam
paign committee, but not otherwise.
2. After the primary. no candidate
for election to the United States SEN
behalf of his candidacy, except contri-
buttons to his party committees, for
his own actual necessary personal ira
yelling expenses, and for postage, tcle-
phone and telegraph expenses, and for
payments which he may make to the
State pursuant to law.
Section 94-7. No party committee
nor personal campaign committee shall
make any disbursement except:
Cd For maintenance Of headquart-
ers and for hall rentals, incident to
the holding of public meetings.
CD For necessary stationery, post
age and ceIerical assistance to be en-
ployed for the candidate at his head
quarters or at the headquarters of the
personal campaign committee, incident
to the writing, addressing and mailing
of letters and campaign literature.
(3) For necessary expenses, in
cdent to the furnishing and printing
of badges, banners and other insignia,
to the printing and posting of hand
bills, posters, Autographs and other
campaign literature, and the distribu-
ton thereof through the mails or other
wise.
(4) For campaign advertising In
newspapers, periodicals or magazines,
as provided in this act.
(5l For wages and actual necessary
personal expenses of public speakers.
(6) For travelling expenses of mem
bers of party committees or personal
campaign committees.
Section 94-S. Every person who