Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-02

mOeS the interest, SucCeoS Ut uSAee
Of any person or any political part
or organization. And no person sha
solicit or receive such payment froI
any corporation.
| .4. Treating.
Any person or candidate who shall
either by himself or by any othe
person either before or after ele'
ton, or while such person or candle
date is seeking a nomination or elet
ton, directly or indirectly, give o
provide. or pay, wholly or in part, tn
expense Of giving or providing an
drink or with the intent or hope t
influence that person or any othe
person to give or refrain from givinI
his vote at such election to or TO
any candidate or political party o
measure before the people, or on &C
count Of such person or any othe
person having voted or refrained from
voting for any candidate or the can
tidates az any political party or or
ganization or measure before the PEG
pie, or being about to vote or re
| frain from voting at such election
shall be guilty of treating. Ever,
elector who accepts or takes any sucf
drink or intoxicating liquors shall al
so be guilty of treating, and such &C
ceptance shall be ground Of challenge
to his vote and of rejecting his vote
on a contest. =:
Penalty.
Any person shall be guilty Of cor.
ru2t practice within the meaning OF
this act II he expends any money for
election purposes contrary to the pro:
visions OF this statute, or II he Is
guilty of treating, undue influence,
personatton, or the giving or promts-
ing to give any money or valuable
thing to an elector with the intent
to induce him to vote or to refrain
from voting for any candidate for
public Office.
Transportation Prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person
to pay another for any loss or dam
age due to attendance at the polls.
or in registering or for the expense
Of transportation to or from the polls.
10 person shall pay for personal SCI
vices to be performed on the day OF
a caucus, primary convention or any
election for any purpose connected
tending in anyway. directly
or indirectly to effect the result
thereof, except for the hiring Of per-
sons whose sole duty Is to act as
challengers and watch the count of
official ballots. No person shall buy,
sell, give or provide any political
badge, button or any insignia to be
worn at or about the polls on the day
of an election, and no such political
badge, button or insignia shall be
worn at or about the polls on any
day.
Political Advertising Labeled Paid.
No publisher Of q newspaper or
other periodical shall insert either in
its advertising or reading columns or
anv paid matter whihh Is designed or
tends to aid, injure or defeat any can
didate or political party or organize
ton or measure before the people un'
less it is stated therein that It ts a
paid advertisement. No person shall
pay the owner. editor, publisher or
agent Of any newspaper or other peri
odiral to. induce him to editorially
advocate or oppose any candidate for
or elertion, and no such
owner, editor, publisher, or agent
shall accept such payment. Any per-
son who shall violate any Of the pro.
visions Of this section shall 'be pun.
lshed as for a corrupt practice.
EleetIoneerlne on Election Day.
It shall be unlawful for any person
1t any place on the day Of any cleo.
lion to ask solicit or In any manner
Try to induce or persuade any voter
IN such election day to vote or re-
rain from voting for any candidate,
,r the candidates or ticket Of any po-
itical party or organization, or any
Measure submitted to the people. and
lpon conviction thereof, he shall be
punished by a flne Of not less than five
lollars. nor more than one hundred
lollars for the FIRST offense, and for
he second subsequent offense OCCUR.
ne on the same or different election
lays he shall be punished by a fine
Is Aforesaid or BY imprisonment in
he county jill not less than five nor
more than thirty days. or both such
Inc and imprisonment.
Candidacy Bona Eide.
It shall be unlawful for any person
o accept. receive or refrain from be-
coming a candidate for nomination or
SECTION, or by himself or in combine
ion with any other person or per
|ons to become q candidate for the
,urpose Of defeating the nomination
r. election Of any person and not
With bona hde intent to obtain the
|mce.
Forfeiture Of ONCE.
II upon the trial Of any alton or
under the provisions of
his act for the contesting Of the
light Of any person declared to be
nominated to any ONCE or elected to
my office, or to remove any person
rom his ONCE. It shall appear that
uch person was guilty Of any corrupt
illegal act, or undue influ-
nee in or asout such nomination or
election, he shall be punished by be-
ng deprived of the nomination or Of
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