Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1912 — All Elective Candidates Must File Itemized Statement of Expenses. [ARTICLE]

All Elective Candidates Must File Itemized Statement of Expenses.

The state legislature in 1911 passed the appended act, which makes it compulsory for all candidates for elective offices to file itemized statements of their expenses. The penalty is so severe that no one should fail to comply with the law. Town officers elected or 'defeated in the corporations of Remington and Wheatfield last fall, while late in complying with the law, shoujd not fail to file their statements without delay. It will be unlawful for them to draw their pay until this has been done. Road supervisors also should file their statements of expense and if they did not spend anything, then make a sworn statement to that effect. If they fail to do this, they are subject to a fine of from S3OO to SI,OOO and to imprisonment, and it will be unlawful for trustees to pay any road supervisor who has not Complied with this law. For the benefit of all, the full text of'the law is published here: