The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 46, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 14 March 1912 — Page 7

CONCERNING THE OISBURSEMENTOF CMPM FUNDS Act Also Sets Forth Penalties tor Corrupt Practices at Elections, Caucuses and Primaries. IS WIDE IN ITS APPLICATION Particularly the Matter of Soliciting Contributions Is Dealt With Limit of Legitimate £xpensfs Set Forth—How Reports Must Be Made. An act coacefnipg corrupt practices at elections, caucuses and primaries, and the collection and disbursement of campaign funds. [S. 43 Approved March 3, 1911.] 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 shalbapply 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 o.r the board of trustees of any incorporated town, to the election of county superintendents, to all caucuses and primary elections preliminary to 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 mem v >rs of th'e general assembly, of the common council of any city, and of the board 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 success 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 persons appointed 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 oi* 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 candidate appointing him, and designating him as such treasurer or political agent, shall be filed 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 totfr 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 tyith 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 agiy election 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 any 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 com-

Barbaric Funeral Elites. I In the first part of volume five of the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society several correspondents contribute accounts of the funeral rites of a well-known member of the tribe, Isaac Heron, who died last year at Sutton-on-Trent. Gypsy rites of interment have perhaps never been mere carefully examined, than in this valuable contribution. The corpse was buried In an oak coffin large enough to admit the body, which was dre : ed in stockings, pants and a

mittee 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, for the 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 his hands as such treasurer and shall be allowed to him as a credit in the settlement of his accounts. All monqy or other valuable things collected, received or disbursed by any political committee or by any member or members 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 or 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 s 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 sub-treas-urer 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 .a detail the amount of money placed in his hands by said treasurer and for what purposes the said money was expended by him and to whom paid, and each sub-treasurer shall file vouchers for all money expended by him, which vouchers shall state the purpose for which said sums are expended; and it sbaM be the duty of every such treasurer to file the report of every sub-treasurer appointed by him, along with and as a part of the account and statement required to be filed by such treasurer unde, the provisions of section 7 of this act. Any person or persons violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this section or the preceding section 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 one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. Soliciting Contributions —Voluntary Contributions. —Sec.. 4. It shall be unlawful for any political committee or officer thereof to solicit any contribution, payment or favor from any candidate for any office or from any person desiring to become 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 than such candidate shall to aid or promote the success or defeat of any political »arty or principle Or o‘‘ any candidate for public 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 liapromise any valuable thing to any person other than to a treasurer or political agent. No contributions, payments or favors of any kind shall V e 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— How Made.—Sec. 5. No person other

white linen shirt, and covered with a white hhroud. Under the corpse his overcoat, lounge coat, waistcoat and trousers, all of which were turned inside out, were laid. Some money and jewelry, the amount of which was not disclosed, were placed in the pockets of the dead man. After the funeral, which was performed in a, Christian cemetery, his van was dismantled. The wheels, shafts, harness and horse nosebag were placed inside, the contents were soaked In 5 paraffin, and the conveyance was burned. Among 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 thia 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, city, 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 thousand (or the major portion thereof) in excess of fifty thousand and up to nne hundred thousand, and five dollars for each thousand (or the major portion thereof) in excess of one hundred thousand of the voters qualified to vote for the office in question at the next preceding 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 agent and not otherwise; and any payment, contribution, expenditure of, or promise or liability to pay, contribute or expend any money, or valuable thing in excess of said sum shall be unlawful: Provided, however, 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 j act shall be taken or construed to pro- > hibit 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) Os hiring halls and music for conventions, public meetings and public primaries and for advertising the same; (b) Os printing and circulating political articles, circulars, circular letters, pamphlets and books; (c) Os printing . and distributing sample or specimen ballots and in- | structions to voters; ' (d) Os renting rooms and headquar- : ters to be used by political commit- I tees; (e) Os 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) Os necessarv postage, tele- I grams, telephoning, printing expenses and conveyance charge for carrying sick and infirm persons to and from the polls 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 entertainment of such persons. (i) All expenses incurred by or under the authority of the chairman of the state central committee or of the chairman of the county• central committee, or of the chairman of the city central committee o‘s any political party in providing accommodations and entertainments for the members 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 of said committee or visiting • the. headquarters of said committee la 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 author- i ized by this section, and every liabil- ; ity incurred and payment made shpdl | be at rate which is proper and rea- I sonable and fairly commensurate with the service rendered. TO BE CONTINUED.

other peculiar features of the rite, the hands of the dead man were laid close to his sides, and a candle was kept burning from the time of death until the body was removed. Bashful. Nellie —Is that fellow of yours ever going to get up courage to propose? Belle —Guess not. He's like at hourglass. Nellie—An hourglass? Belle —Yes; the more time he get the less sand he has.

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