Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1912 — Page 2

CONCERNING THE DISBURSEMENT OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS

Act Also Sets Forth Penalties for Corrupt Practices at Elections, Caucuses and Primaries. IS WIDE IN ITS APPLICATION Particularly the Matter of Soliciting Contributions Is Dealt With— Limit of Legitimate Expenses Set Forth—How Reports J Must Be Made. An act concerning corrupt practices at elections, caucuses and primaries, and the collection and disbursement of campaign funds.Elections—Corrupt Practices —Application of Act. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Indiana, The provisions of this act shall apply to the election of all officers for whom ballots shall be cast pursuant to the provisions of the laws relating to elections, to the election of all officers to be voted for by the general assembly, by the common council Of any city or the board of trustees of any incorporated town, to the election of county superintendents, to all caucuses and primary elections preliminary io any such other elections, and to all candidates to be voted for at such elections, caucuses and primary elections. The term "caucus and primary elections” shall include: (a) all meetings and elections.held to nominate a candidate for office or to elect delegates to a nominating convention; (b) nominating conventions of such delegates, and (c) caucuses of members of > the general assembly, of the common council of any city, and of the hoard of trustees of any incorporated town.

Terms in Act Defined—Treasurer or Agent. .Sec. 2.The term “political committee,” within the meaning of this act; shall include every committee or combination of two or more persons to aid or promote the or defeat of any political party or principle in any election, or of any proposition submitted to vote at a public election, or to aid or take part in the nomination or election of any candidate for public office. The term “treasurer” shall include all by any political committee or candidate for nomination or election to any public office, to receive or disburse moneys to aid or promote the success or defeat of any such party, principle or candidate. The term “political agent” shall include all persons appointed by any candidate before any election, or primary election, to assist him in his candidacy. No person shall act as any such treasurer or political agent unless, after his appointment, and before the primary or election for which he is appointed, a writing, signed by the political committee or candidal e appointing him, and designating him as such treasurer'Or political agent, shall tiled with the secretary of state, except that in case the duties of such treasurer or political agent shall relate to any district, county, township, city, city ward or town election exclusively, or to any primary election preliminary thereto, such writing shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county within which such treasurer or political agent resides, instead of with the secretary of state. Every such writing shall designate the particular period, election or primary election, within which such treasureship or political agency shall continue. Nothing in this act shall prevent the treasurer or political agent of any candidate from being the treasurer or political agent of any other candidate, and any other candidate for public office may designate himself as his own political agent. No person shall be appointed or act as treasurer or political agent in any flection or primary election who is not a citizen and a resident of the State of Indiana. Political Committee Treasurer— Bond—Penalty.—Sec. 3. Every political committee shall appoint and constantly maintain, a treasurer to receive, keep and disburse all sums of money or other valuable things, which may be collected, received or disbursed by such committee or by any of Its members for any purposes mentioned in section 1 of this act, or for which such committee exists or acts and unless such treasurer is first so appointed and maintained, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this act for a political committee or any of Its members to collect or receive or disburse money or other valuable things for pny such purposes. The treasurer appointed under this act by the state central committee of any party and the treasurer appointed in « any county by the county central committee or in any city by the city central committee before proceeding to act, shall give bond to the State of Indiana in such penalty as the committee by whom he shall be appointed shall .prescribe, conditioned for the faithful performance by him of the duties of his office without loss or detriment to any person interested in the performance of such duties; upon which bond an action may be maintained in the name of the State of Indiana, foT the 5 use of any person interested In the faithful performance

of his said duties, and injured by a breach of the condition..of said bond. The premium required to be paid for such bond, If any, may be paid by him out of the funds that shall come into irfs hands -as -such treasurer and shall be allowed to him as a credit In the settlement of his accounts. All money or other valuable things collected, received or disbursed by any political committee or by any member,, or membets thereof, for any of the purposes aforesaid shall be paid over to and made to pass through the hands of the treasurer»of such committee and shall be disbursed by him and not otherwise; and it shall be unlawful and a violation of this act for any political committee or for any member or members of a political committee to disburse qr expend money, or any other valuable thing for any of said purposes until the money or other valuable thing so disbursed or expended shall have passed through the hands of the treasurer of said committee; and any person .other than a member, of such political committee or other than the political agent hereinbefore defined, who shall engage in disbursing or receiving money for any of the purposes aforesaid, shall be deemed a treasurer of the political committee within the meaning; of this act and shall be subject to all the requirements, obligations and penalties hereby provided for in the case of such treasurer. Provided, however, that the treasurer appointed under this act by the state central committee of any party, or the treasurer appointed in any county by the county central committee, or the treasurer, appointed by any city central committee of any party may appoint one sub-treasurer for each voting precinct in said county or city, as the place may be, which subdreasurer is authorized to expend * such money as may be placed in his hands by the treasurer 'appointing him for such purposes as are lawful under the provisions of this act and for no other purpose, and it shall be the duty of every sub-treasurer, within ten days after every election or primary. election to make a report in writing, under oath to the treasurer appointing him, stating in detail the amount of money placed in his hands by said treasurer and for what purposes the s&ld money was expended by him and to whom paid, and each sub-treasurer shall file vouchers for all money ex-, pended by him,, which vouchers shall I state the purpose for which said sums i are expended; and it shall be the duty ! of every such treasurer to file the re-| port of every sub-treasurer appointed ; by him, alongwith and as a part of the account and statement required • to be filed by such treasurer under the I provisions of section 7 of this act. Any person or persons violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions.i of this section or the preceding sec- ' tion of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction"' thereof shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars, nor more than I one thousand dollars, or imprisoned ' for not more than one year, or both I fined and imprisoned in the discretion !• of the court. , i I

Soliciting Contributions—Voluntary ' Contributions.—Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful lor any political committee ; or officer thereof to solicit any con tri- i bution, payment or favor from any candidate for any office or from any person desiring to lieccme a candidate. Any person nominated as a candidate for public office or a candidate for such nomination may make a voluntary payment of money to any treasurer or' political agent, for any of the purposes permitted by this act: Provided, however, that no,, person, other thgn such candidate shall to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political party or principle or of any candidate for public office, or of any candidate for nomination as such, within six months prior to any such election make a contribution of money or property or incur any lialility or promise any valuable thing to any person other than to a treasurer or political agent. No contributions, payments or savoys of any kind shall be made, extended by or solicited from any private corporation, or any judge of the circuit court, criminal, superior, probate, appellate or supreme courts of the State of Indiana or any candidate for judge of any of such courts, to promote the success or defeat of any candidate for public office or of any political party or principle or for .any other political purpose whatever. Nothing contained in this act. shall limit or affect the right of any person to expend money for proper legal expenses in maintaining or contesting the result of any election.

Payment of Election Expenses— Hovy Made.—Sec. 5. No person other than a treasurer or political agent shall pay any of the expenses of any election, caucus or primary election, except that a candidate may pay his own expenses for postage, telegrams, telephoning, stationery, letters, circular letters, printing, expressage and traveling; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to non-partisan election and ante-election expenses paid out of the public moneys of the state, or of any town.Acity, county or other municipality. Th? payments, expenditures, promises and liabilities, which any candidate for nomination or election, or both may make or incur directly or indirectly under this, or the preceding section, shall' not exceed in the whole ,twenty-five dollars for each thousand (or the major portion thereof) up to fifty thousand, ten dollars for each thousand (or the major portion thereof) in excess of fifty thousand and up to one hundred thousand, and five dollars for each thousand (or the major portion thereof) in excess of o'fte hundred thousand of the voters qualified to vote for the office in question at the next preeed-

Ing election therefor, except that such candidate may expend twenty-five dollars for said purposes, all to be paid, handled and disbursed by' a treasurer or political agqpt and not otherwise; and any payment,. confrlbution, expenditure of, or promise or liability to pay, contribute or expend any money, or valuable thing in excess of said sum sjiall be unlawful: Provided, whomever, that a candidate may pay personally, in addition to said sum or valuable thing or things amounting thereto, his own expenses for postage, letters, circular, letters, telegrams, telephoning, stationery, printing, advertising, publishing, expressage, traveling and board: and, Provided further, that nothing in this act shall be taken or construed to prohibit the chairman of the state central committee of the state, or the chairman of any county, city or town central committee of any political party from soliciting contributions for campaign purposes, which contributions, however, shall all be expended in accordance with and subject to the provisions and restrictions of this act: and, Provided further, that such contributions shall not be solicited from any candidate for office, any Judge of a circuit, criminal, superior, probate, appellate or supreme court, in the State of Indiana or any private corporation. Legitimate Expenses—Penalty.— Sec. 6. It shall be lawful for any treasurer or political agent in connection with, any election or primary election, and In making provisions therefor to pay the following expenses: (a) Of hiring halls and music for conventions, public meetings and public primaries and for advertising the same; . , , . (b) Of printing and circulating political articles, circulars, circular letters, pamphlets and books; j (c) Of printing and distributing sample or specimen ballots and instructions to voters; ($) Of renting rooms and headquarters to be used by political committees ; (e) Of compensating clerks, stenographers, typewriters and other assistants employed in the committee

rooms, and also of challengers, watchers and messengers employed in the registration rooms, in the voting rooms and at the polls; (f> The traveling and other legitimate expenses of political agents, committees and public speakers; (g) Of necessary postage, telegrams, telephoning, printing expenses and conveyance charge for carryjhg sick and infirm persons to and from the polite or to and from the office of registration;

(h) The cost and expenses of messengers sent by the direction of the chairman of the state central committee of any. political party in, connection with the party matters or interests, and also the cost and expenses of any person or persons summoned by or at the instance of the chairman of the state central committee, or of the county central committee, or of the city central committee of any political party to the committee headquarters or offices in connection with party matters or, interests. and also for the accommodations and enter-

tainment of such persons. (i) All expenses incurred by or under the authority of the chairman of the state central committee or of tire chairman of the county central committee, or of the chairman of the city central committee of any political party in providing accommodations and entertainments for the rpembers of the state central committee, or of the county central committee, or of the city central committee, or for the transportation of such members, when assembling for any meeting o-f said i committee or visiting the headquarters of said committee in connection with party matters or interest. No treasurer or political agent.shall incur any expense or liability or make any payment for any purpose not authorized by this section, and every liability incurred and payment made shall be at rate which is proper and reasonable and fajrly commensurate with the service rendered. It shall riot be lawful for any treasurer or any political agent to accept any money for printing or publication of any political matter whatsoever, Which shall not purport on its face to be printed or published by the authority of said treasurer or political agent, and which, if published in any news paper or other periodical, shall not be marked as an advertisement. The treasurer appointed and acting for or in connection with the state central committee of the state, or the county central committee of the county, or the city central committee of the city, of any political party shall not expend or disburse any money .or any valuable thing or incur any liability whatsoever except by the authority and subject to the’ direction of the state central committee of the state, or of the county central committee of the county, or of the city central committee of the city, for or in connection with which said treasurer may be appointed or acting. Every person expending money in the violation of this section or sections 4 or 5 and every person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section or of section 4 or 5 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined riot less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more fiian one year in jail, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. Treasurer or Agent’s Report—Penalty.—Sec. 7. Within tw'enty days after every election or primary election, every treasurer and every political agent shall file a full, true and detailed account and statement, sub= scribed and sworn to by him, before an officer authorized to administer

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