The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-02-01
CANDIDATES
ARE LIMITED
In Amounts They May Spend Fol
Office in Corrupt Practice Act
Passed by House.

Passed by House.
The corrupt practices bill, which
is designed to purify elections in Ken
lucky was passed through the House
at Frankfort last week. 1t is known
as an Administration measure, and
has the approval of Gov. Stanley. A
peculiar feature of the act is that it
permits candidates for some Offices
to spend in winning the Offices al
most as much or more in one instance
than the Office is worth. The meas
ure as adopted fixes the. maximum
amount of money that may be spent
by any candidate for an Office in
Kentucky, including the primary and
general elections. The amounts fol-
! low: Governor, $4,000; other state
officers, $4,000; Railroad Commits
sioner and Judge of the Court of APP
peals, $4,000; Circuit Judge and
Commonwealth Attorney, $4,000;
county officials in counties having CT
ties of the first class, $4,000; county
official in counties having cities of
the second class, $4,000; county Of
ficials in counties having cities of the
third class, $4,000; county officials in
all other counties, $4,000; Represen-
tatives, 500; Senator, $4,000; for
any other office, city, county, or dis
trict, not mentioned, $1,000.
The bill repeats the statute which
requires two witnesses to convict for
bribery in elections.
Donations of campaign funds by
corporations or individuals to candi-
dates who hold positions requiring
them to assess the property of the do
nors, and coercion by corporations of
| their employees to vote for any can
didate are made unlawful.
Amounts of money spent by candi-
dates must be filed for publication Is
days before and Is days after the
election. A fine of not less than 500
nor more than $1,000 is fixed as a
penalty for violating the act.
No mention is made in the act of To-
cal option, municipal bonds or con-
stitutional amendment elections.
To Reimburse Cattle Owners.
Favorable report will be made to
the Senate by the Committee on Ap-
preparations of the act providing for
the reimbursement of owners of cat
tie destroyed by legal authorities
during the foot and mouth disease
epidemic. The Committee consider
ed the bill and heard DIR. A. J. Payne,
of the United States Bureau of An
imal Industry, and DIR. S. F. Mussel-
man, State Veterinarian, describe
the necessity of destroying animals
affected with the disease. About
$68, 900 will be needed to settle the
claims in this State and already this
amount has been paid out by the
Federal Government which agreed to
stand fifty per cent of the loss.
Fourteen States have settled their
claims and Kentucky and Maryland
are expected to make appropriations
this year.
Two measures affecting the De-
partment of Agriculture were intro
duced by Senator Zimmerman. One
provides for the repeal of the sta
tute in regard to commercial ferti-
lizer, reducing the fee from soc to
25c per ton, and transferring the
enforcement of the law from the Ex-
pertinent Station to the State Board
of Agriculture. The other amends
the statutes by making it the duty
of the Commissioner of Agriculture
to enforce the act relating to the
State Board of Agriculture in collect
ing fees for commercial feeds.
Wants to Raise Salaries.
Senator Stricklett introduced a
bill to increase the salary of the
Commissioner of Agriculture from
$4,000 annually to $4,000 annually,
and create the Office of Assistant
Commissioner at salary of $1,000
annually.
A bill to repeal the charter of the
town of Dunnville, in Casey county,
has received favorable consideration
from the committee to which it was
referred. Dunnville very probably
has gone back into the village class.