Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21
ARTICLE FOuRTEEN.
Limitation Of Campaign Expenses and
Penalties for Violations of This
Statute.

Statute.
Sec 1879 Limitation of Expenses in So
licitation OF Notes.-The expense Of any
candidate at any primary shall be limited
10 payments for food, clothing, lodging,
transportation public speaking, printing,
hall rent, office rent, clerk hire, stationery
and postage, and candidates must keep an
itemized account of all such campaign eX
penses and TO whom paid and file a veri-
fled statement thereof in the office Of the
secretary of state or county auditor, as
the case may require. within 30 days after
primary date; but no candidate or COM
mittee or organization shall be allowed
to pay any moneys or other consideration
for transporting voters to or from the
polling places at primary elections
Sec 140 Enrollment-(Pe Penalty
person making a false statement, in rela-
tion to his qualification as an enrolled
elector at said primary, shall, upon con
viction therefor, be fined in sum not
exceeding two hundred dollars or inn
prisoned in the states prison not exceed
ing three months, and the court, may in
It's discretion, impose both such fine and
Imprisonment; and for the violation OF any
of the provisions Of article Of this act
by an enrolment officer he shall be sub
iect to a like fine and imprisonment.
Any person who shall cause his name to
be enrolled, in more than one election
precinct or who shall cause his name TO
be enrolled, knowing he is not qualified
elector in the precinct where such enroll
ment is made, or shall falsely imperson-
ate any enrolled voter, and any person
aiding or abotting him in any manner In
either of such acts shall be punished for
each and every offense by Imprisonment
In the county Jail for not less than two,
nor more than five months. Any person,
who shall at any primary knowingly in
sert any name in said enrolment list
contrary to the provisions of this statute
or make any false statements in said list
shall on conviction therefor, be punished
by Imprisonment in the county Jail for not
less than two months or more than five
months Any Judge or clerk of any pri-
mary who shall wllfully violate any of the
provisions as to the enrolment of party
electors, or be guilty of any fraud in the
execution OF the duties OF his office. shall
upon conviction thereof, be punished by
Imprisonment in the county Jail not less
than two or more than five months
Sec. 1t Solicitation OF Votes on Per
sonalty-( -(Penalty)-Any person who
shall solicit an elector to vote for or
against any party candidate except in
ciple for n public policy shall be guilty
or a misdeameanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars or by inn
prisonment in the county Jail not eX-
ceeding thirty days
Sec 142 Illegal Voting (Penalty)-
Every person who knowingly votes or
offers to vote Illegally at any primary
election within this state shall be pun
ished by fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars or by Imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding six months.
Sec l43. Interference Prohibited
CPenalty)-lt shall be unlawful for any
party 10 in any way interfere with the
voting of any other political party at any
primary, or in any way to obstruct the
voting OF any elector at such primary or
to create any disturbance, or to in any
way intimidate any elector from attend
ing at any primary or voting thereat Any
person violating the provisions of this sec
tion shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor and punished accordingly.
Sec. 144. Unlawful to Vote Unless
Qualifed-tPenalty)-It shall be unlaw-
fgll n n "A
of the ward or precinct in which any
minority oil majority mass conference or
primary is held to vote in any manner or
on any question which may come before
said primary. Any person who shall vio
late the provisions OF this section shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and pun
ished by Imprisonment in the county Jail
not less than thirty days and not more
Sec las Unlawful to Vote More Than
Once-(Penaity)-Any person who votes
more than once al any primary or offers
TO vote more than once, either in the
same or any other precinct. is guilty of
OF, shall be punished by a fine not ex
ceedng two hundred dollars or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not ex-
ceedng one year.
Sec 146 Solicitation of Illegal Votes
tPenalty) )--Every person who procures,
aids. assists. counsels or advises another
to give his vote al any primary. knowing
that such person is disqualified. is guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars or by i'm
prisonmcnt in the county jail not exceed
ing thirty days.
Sec 147 Inducing Persons to Vote in
other Precincts-( -(Penalty)-Every person
who procures or counsels another to enter
any town, ward or voting precinct for the
purpose of giving his vote at the prl-
mary. knowing that such person is not
entitled to vote, is guilty OF misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined in sum not exceeding one hun
dred dollars by Imprisonment in the
county Jail not exceeding thirty days.
Sec. 14S. Voting in Precincts in Which
One Does Not Reside Penalty Every
person, who, at any primary, knowingly
votes or offers to vote in a precinct IN
which he does not reside, or in which he
is not authorized by law to vote, and any
person who knowingly votes the primary
election ballot OF a political party OF which
he is not a member, is guilty of a misde-
meanor. and upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by n fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars or by Imprisonment
in the county Jail not exceeding thirty
days
Sec. 149 Intoxicating Liquors Prohib-
lted-( -(Penalty)-Eve person who sells,
gives away or disposes of any intoxicating
liquors as n beverage on the day OF any
primary election, in this state, Is guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof. shall be punished by n fine OF not
exceeding one hundred dollars or by i'm
prisonment In the county Jail not more
than thirty days.
Sec. 100. False Returns Penalty
Any judge or clerk of a primary election
or any member of any board, county or
state. whose duty II shall be to keep,
make. deliver or canvass returns of any
primary or primaries who shall knowing
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