The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-08-22

statement required to be made after
such election is not made by any can
didate and committee for him, a GER
tlficate of election or nomination shall
not issue to such candidate though he
be successful in such election
Names On Posters, Cards, Etc.
Section 8 declares that every BILL
placard. poster, pamphlet. advertise
ment, newspaper advertisement, car
toon or other printed matter having
reference to an election or to any can
didate, shall bear upon the face thereof
the name and address of the person
or committee causing the same to be
published"
Newspaper Advertisements
Section 10 provides that "all politi-
cal advertisements appearing in a
newspaper shall be marked paid ad-
vertisement."
Cartoons
Section II says every cartoon hav-
ing reference to an election or to any
candidate or to any proposition to be
submitted to a popular or party vote
or to a vote of the legislature of Ala
bama, shall if published in any news
paper, and not caused to be published
therein by some persons or commit
Tee, bear upon the face thereof the
name of the owner or publisher of
such newspaper and If such newspaper
is owned or published by a corporation,
the name of the principal executive
officer of such corporation
Intimidation, Hiring Conveyances, Etc.
Section IL declares to be corrupt
practice for any person on any cleo
ton day, first, to intimidate or at
tempt to ntimidate an elector or any
of the elections officers; or. second, OBJ
struct or hinder or attempt to obstruct
OF hinder, or prevent or attempt to
prevent, the forming of the lines of
the voters awaiting their opportunity
or time to enter the election booths,
or. third, to hire or to let for hire any
automobile or other conveyance for the
purpose of conveying electors to and
from the poles; or fourth, to do any
electioneering or to solicit any votes
or to promise to cast any votes for or
against the election or nomination of
any candidate or in support of or in OPP
position to any proposition that is be-
ing voted on the day on which the cleo
ticn affecting such candidates or
proposition is being held"
Soliciting Contributions From Can
didates, Etc.
Section IS declares it a corrupt prac-
tice Cor any person, directly or indi-
rectly by himself or through any other
person to either, first, aid or procure
TO be done any act forbidden to be done
by the laws of this state relating to
election; or. second, for any election
inspector or other election officer to
fail to perform any of the duties inn
posed on him by law as such officer;
or, third, the commission of any crime
or offense against the elective fran
ohise, or the encouragement or assis-
lance of any person in the commission
OF crime or offense against the cleo
tive franchise to evade arrest or to es-
cape conviction and punishment for
such crime or offense, or the providing
wholly or in part for the expense of
boarding, lodging or maintaining a
person at any place or domicle in any
election precinct for the purpose OF
securing the vote for himself or any
other person or proposition, or of reg
istering any person as voter at any
election held within this state, or the
hiring or employment of a person to
take or maintain a place in or to 9TH
erwise obstruct or hinder or to pre-
vent the forming of the line of voters
awaiting their opportunity or time to
enter the polling place of any election
or, fourth, demand, solicit ask or in
wife any payment or contribution for
any religious, charitable or other cause
or organization supposed to be primar-
lily for the public good from any can
dldate for nomination or election, or
fifth, demand solicit, ask or invite any
candidate for nomination or election
for public office or party position or
any political committee to subscribe
Tor the support of any club or organi-
zation or to buy tickets to any enter
talnment or ball or to pay for space In
any book, programme periodical or
publication This shall not apply to
the solicitation of any business adver-
Using in periodicals in which the can
date was a regular advertiser prior to
mis- candidacy, nor to ordinary business
advertising, nor to the regular de-
mands of any organization, religious
charitable, or otherwise of which he
was a member or to which he was a
contributor for more than six months
before his candidacy or to any ordinary
contributions at church services, or
sixth, for any corporation or person.
trustee, or trustees owning or holding
a majority of stock of a corporation
carrying on the business of the bank
savings bank, trust, trustee, savings
indemnity, safety deposit, insurance,
railroad, street railway, telephone,
telegraph, gas. electric light, heat or
over company or any company hav-
ing the right to condemn land, or to
exercise franchises in public ways
granted by the state county. city or
town, to pay or contribute any money
or value in order to aid or promote
the nomination or election of any per-
son, or in order to aid or promote the
interest or success or defeat of politi-
cal party or political proposition; or,
seventh. for any business corporation
Incorporated under the laws doing
business in this commonwe or any
officer or agent acting in behalf of
such corporation, to directly or indi-
rectly give, pay, expend or contribute,
or promise to give, pay, expend or
contribute any money or other valu-
able thing in order to aid, promote or
prevent the nomination or election of
any person or defeat any question or
proposition submitted to the vote of
the people, in order to aid, promote, or
antagonize the interest of any political
party, or for any person or persons, or
political committee to solicit or receive
from such corporation any such gift,
payment, expenditure or contribution,
or any promise to give. pay, expend or
contribute"
Punishment
Section IA fixes the punishment for
any act or acts not otherwise provided
for in said law at a fine of not more
than $500 and the offending party may
also be imprisoned in the county Jail
OF sentenced to hard labor for the
county for not more than six months.
Sections Independent
Section Is declares that each section
and every part of each section shall be
Independent, and that the holding Of
any section or part thereof to be void,
Ineffective or unconstitutional for any
cause, shall not affect the other sec