Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-02-09

or any other person to give or refrain
from giving his vote at such election
to or for any candidate or politica
party ticket or measure before tho PEG
pie, or on account of such person or any
other person having voted or refrainet
from voting for any candidate or the
candidates Of any political party o,
organization or measure before the PEG
pie, or being about to vote or refrain
from voting at such election, shall he
guilty of treating. Every elector who
accepts or takes any such drink or in
toxicating liquors shall also be guilty
of treating, and such acceptance shall
be ground of challenge to his vote and
of rejecting his vote on contest.
| Penalty.
| Any person shall be guilty Of corrupt
! practice within the meaning of this act
if he expends any money for election
purposes contrary to the provisions Of
this statute, or if he is guilty of treat
ing, undue influence, personation, OF
tho giving or promising to give any
money or valuable thing to an clector
with the intent to induce him to vote
or to refrain from voting for any can,
; didate for public ogce.
Transportation Prohibited.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
to pay another for any loss or damage
due to attendance at the polls, or in
registering or for the expense Of trans
portation to or from the polls. No per-
son shall pay for personal services to
be performed on the day of a caucus,
primary convention or any election for
any purpose connected Herewith. tend
ing in any way, directly or indirectly,
to affect the result thereof, except for
the hiring Of persons whose sole duty
is to act as challensers and watch the
count of Official ballots. No person shall
buy, sell, give or provide and political
badge, button or an yinsignia to he
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 election
day.
Political Advertising Labeled Paid.
No publisher of a newspaper or other
periodical shall insert either in its ad-
vertising or reading columns or any
paid matter which is designed or tends
to aid, injure or defeat any candidate
or political party or organization or
measure before the people, unless it is
stated therein that it is a paid adver-
tisement. No person shall pay the own
er, editor, publisher or agent of any
newspaper or other periodical to induce
him to editorially advocate or oppose
any candidate for nomination or cleo
ton, and no such owner, editor, publish
er or agent shall accept such payment
Any person who shall violate any of
the provisions of this section shall be
punished as for corrupt practice.
Electioneering on Election Day.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
at any place On the day Of any cleo
ton to ask, solicit or in any manner
try to induce or persuade any voter on
such election day to vote or refrain
from voting for any candidate, or the
candidates or ticket of any political
party or organization, or any measuer
submitted to- the people, and upon con-
viction thereof, he shall be punished by
a fine of not less than FIVE dollars, nor
more than one hundred dollars for the
first offense, and for the second and
each subsequent offense occurring on the
same OF different election days he shall
be punished by a fine as aforesaid or
by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
less than five nor more than thirty days,
or both such fine and Imprisonment.
Candidacy Bona Eide.
1t shall be unlawful for any person
to accept, receive or refrain from be-
coming candidate for nomination or
election, or by himself or in combina-
tion with any other person or persons
to become a candidate for the purpose
of defeating the nomination or election
of any person and not with bona fide
intent to obtain the Office.
Forfeiture Of Office.
If unpon the trial of any action or
proceeding under the provisions of this
act for the contesting Of the right Of
any person declared to be nominated
to any office or elected to any office, or
to remove any person from his Office,
it shall appear that such person was
guilty Of any corrupt practice, illegal
act, or undue influence in or about such
nomination or election he shall be pun
ished by being deprived Of the nomi.
nation or Office as the case may be, and
the vacancy filed as provided by law.
Contest Commencement.
Any action to contest the right Of
any person declared elected to auy of.
flee or to annul or set aside such cleo.