Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

shall notify the district attorney of the
county where such candidate resides Of
the fact of his failure to file and said
district attorney shall therupon prose-
cute such candidate.
Section 94-36. L. If any person shall,
in criminal action, be adjudged to have
been guilty of any violation Of this act,
while a candidate for any office under
or under any ordinance of any town or
municipality therein other than the office
of state senator or member of the assem-
bly,, the court SHALL after entering the
adjudication Of guilty, enter a supple
mental judgment declaring such person
to have forfeited the office in the conduct
Of the campaign for the nomination or
election to which he was guilty of such
violation, and shall transmit to the filing
officer of such candidate a transcript of
such supplemental judgment, and there
upon such office shall be deemed vacant
and shall be filled as provided by law.
2. If any person shall, in a similar ac
ton. be found guilty of any violation Of
this act, committed while he was
member of the personal campaign COM
mittee Of any candidate for any such
office, the court before which such action
is tried, shall Immediately after enter
ing such adjudication of guilty, enter
a supplemental judgment declaring such
candidate to have forfeited the office in
the conduct Of the campaign for nOmn-
alton, or election, to which such MEM
Der of his personal campaign committee
transmit to the filing officer of such can
didate transcript of such supplemental
judgment, and thereupon such office
shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled
as provided by law.
8. If any person shall, in criminal
action, be adjudicated guilty of any vio-
lation of this act, committed while he
was a candidate for the office of state
States senator or representative in con-
gress, or while he was a member of the
personal campaign committee of any
such candidate, the court, after entering
such adjudication of guilty. shall forth.
with transmit to the presiding officer of
the legislative body as a member Of which
such officer was a candidate when such
violation occurred, a certificate setting
forth such adjudication of guilty
4. Any court having jurisdiction to
enter judgment. Of guilty in any such
isdiction to enter such supplemental
judgment, transmit transcript thereof
and issue certificate as provided in
this section.
this act shall prevent any candidate
from employing counsel to represent him
in any action or proceeding, affecting his
rights as q candidate, nor from paying
all costs and disbursements necessarily
incident thereto. No sum so paid or in
CURED shall be deemed a part of the
campaign expenses of any such cand1-
date.
Section 94-3S. Any person violating
any provision of section S94-1 to 94-3S,
inclusive, Of the statutes, shall upon con-
viction thereof, be punished by imprison-
ment in the county Jail for period OF
not less than one month nor more than
one year. or by imprisonment in the
state prison for period of not less than
one year nor more than three years, or
by fine of not less than twenty five dol
lars nor more than one thousand dollars,
or by both such fine and imprisonment; and
no person so convicted shall be permitted
to take or hold the office to which he was
elected, If any, or receive the emoluments
thereof.
Section 94-3s. A sum sufficient to
carry out the provisions of sections 94-l
to exceed the sum of fifteen thousand
dollars, Is appropriated annually out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise
Section 2. Sections 62, Sc and rs of
the statutes are amended to read: Sec
ton g.. On the day following the cleo
ton, one of said poll lists and one copy
Of the registry SO kept ana fa 94ecK t6 s4a
Of the proper town, city village clerk,
and . = two of said poll lists and copy
of the registry shall, with all convenient
dispatch and within two days after the
election, be returned to the county clerk
with the returns of the election.
Section &c. /. = The clerks Of
election shall keep ,a,' three poa 1900
each person voting at such election in
the order in which their ballots are cast;
and on request Of the inspectors each
elector shall state his full name and post
office address before the ballot shall be
received.
2. When any person shall have taken
the oath provided in section 81 before Vot-
ing, the clerk shall write at the end of
such persons name on the poll list the
word "sWorn."
Section IS. The chairman of the In In,
! int cd
him shall forthwith deliver to the clerk
of the town, city or village one Of said
statements and poll lists, to be filed ana
preserved in his. office, and shan, WIN ,n
all convenient dispatch and within two
days after the election, deliver to the
county clerk or send by registered letter
from the nearest post-offce, the other
statement and two poll lists to the
county clerk. they having been by the in
spectors carefully sealed up, with the
oaths Of the inspectors and clerks afhxeG,
In an envelope properly directed TO such
clerk. The person delivering or sending
such returns shall receive as compen,-
sation therefor, fifty cents, together with
postage and registration fees paid by
him, to be paid out Of the town. city or
Section 8. There are added to the stat
uteg two new sections to read: Section
62m. /. Whenever the inspectors Of cleo
ton in any polling PLACE shan 1ali oh pf
hours after the closing of the polls upon
any election day, to deliver to the county
clerk, two Of the poll lists containing the
post-offce address Of every voter having
voted at such election, every inspector
OF election at such polling place shali
forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars 70
be collected as provided by law Tor the
collection Of forfeitures.
2 II such two poll lists are not deilVered
to such county clerk within five days
after the closing Of the p0IlS upon1, any
! election day, the county clerk shaH re-
port such failure or neglect to me dls-
| triot attorney, who shall forthwith pc
gin and speedily prosecute an action Tor
| the collection Of such forfeitures.
Section 62n. Within thirty days after
every 5V county in the state shall forward
| to the secretary Of state, one OF the poll
| lists of every polling precinct IN aus
| county. ANY county clerk failing or
! neglecting to comply with the, provisions
! of this section shall forfeit the sum OF
| one hundred dollars. to be collected as
provided by law for the collection OF such
| forfeitures. eeoo.
| and be in force from and after Its pas
| sage and publication.
Approved July Ii, 1911. Copy Law.
No. 434, Al Published July 13' 1911.
CHAPTER 651, LAWS OF 1911;
| AN ACT to amend section 1222a of the
| HN,N10 r.