The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-21
sixteen FAIL
TO FILE Bills
Candidates Fines Growing
at Rate Of 500 for Each
Day After. Nov. 20.

According to the letter Of the Law
the neat little sun Of $500 IL due Il
the county Of Grand Forks from can.
didates at the recent election. whe
have 10 far failed to file an itefnised
statement Of their expenses or lack
of expenses with County Auditor Ham
Anderson. And to make the mattel
worse tomorrow 1t will be $500, and
so n ad infiitum. at h rate OF SA0t
u day. The sixteen candidates. whose
names are given below, have SO fal
failed to 6le my statement with thu
county auditor, so expressly demand
ed by the law. The penalty for fail
ure Is $26 q day. unless excused b.
the court. That il the loophole. i
remains to be Seen how many vii
to the court.
The new law Is very explicit on thu
point. Section Z Of chapter 12e, re-
ferring to the filing of statements
reads:
Itemixed Statements Filled. Ever,
candidate for nomination or election
to public office, including the office,
of senator's of the United States. shall
within fifteen days after the primar,
or general election at which he wa
q candidate, file with the secretary o.
state, IL a candidate for senator o.
the United States. representative In
office, in a district composed of one
or more counties. but with q county
auditor for legislative districts com
posed Of not more than n county
an itemized statement setting forth IT
detail all the moneys contributed. ex.
pended or promised by him to aid and
promote his nomination or election,
or both, as the ase may be. n FOL
the election Of his party candidates
and all existing unfulflled promises
of every character and all liabtlltles
In force at the time Of such statement
and IL no money or other
ale q statement to that effect within
afteen DAYS after the election at which
he was q candidate. Any candidate
who shall fail to file such statement
shall be fined twenty-five dollars fot
every day in which he was In defauit
unless excused by the court.
The Anal section Of the statute
reads:
Whoever violates any provision OF
this act, the punishment OF which u
not specifically provided by law. snal
on conviction thereof be punished py
Imprisonment in the county jail foi
not more than six months. or oy a me
Of not more than n thousand ooi'
lars ar nv both such ine OF impris.
onment.
Judge c. F. Templeton Of the dis
trict court was asked about this sec
ZION. He said that in his opinion the
section referred to the corrupt prac'
tices act. He called attention to the
words of the section "the punishment
Of which is not specifically provided
by law. According to Judge Tenn
pieton's understanding of the statute
the penalty for failure to hle candi-
dates statements Is specifically pro
vided in the section covering the point
viz, a fine Of $25 q day.
Following are the candidates who
have not yet filed with the county
auditor in compliance with the terms
of the statute:
John 8. Kyllo. representative Fifth
Joseph A. Ingram. county surveyor
F.. E. Murphy. county coroner
r. j. Purcell. clerk OF the d'stric'
court.
James Twamley. public administra'
John f. sheehan, justice of the
W. F. Adams. justice Of the peace
John Berkheimer, justice OF the
peace.
N. H. Dimond. justice Of the a
r, e. Smith, justice Of the peace.
Richmond Fadden. constable.
J.. c. Mahon. constable.
C. C. Stewart, constable.
George Boyd. constable.
John w. Melsheimer, constable.
John MCGUIRE, constable.