CRIMES AGAINST THE ELECTIVE Intimidating voters by bribery or threats. Every person who prevents, hinders, controls, or intimidates another from exercising, or in exercising the right of suffrage, to whom that right is guaranteed by the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, by means of bribery or threats of depriving such person of employment or occupation, pr. of ejecting such person from a rented house, lands, or other property, or by threats of depriving such person of employment or occupation, or of ejecting such person from a rented house, lands, or other property, or by threats of refusing to renew leases or contracts or labor, or by threats or violence to himself or family, shall be punished as provided in the preceding chapter. U. S. R. S., § 5507. Conspiracy to injure or intimidate citizens in the exercise of civil rights. If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his so having exercised the same; or if two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured, they shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and imprisonment not more than ten years; and shall, moreover, be threafter ineligible to any office, or place of honor, profit, or trust created by the Constitution or laws of the United States. U. S. R. S., § 5508. Other crimes committed while violating the preceding sections. If in the act of violating any provision in either of the two preceding sec tions any other felony or misdemeanor be committed, the offender shall be punished for the same with such punishment as is attached to such felony or misdemeanor by the laws of the State in which the offense is committed. U. S. R. S., § 5509. Depriving citizens of civil rights under color of State laws. Every person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities, secured or protected by the Constitution and laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not more than one year, or by both. U. S. R. S., § 5510. Conspiracy to prevent accepting or holding ofee under United States, etc. If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire to prevent, by force, intimidation, or threat, any person from accepting or holding any office, trust, or place of confidence, under the United States, or from discharging any duties thereof; or to induce by like means any officer of the United States to leave any State, district, or place, where his duties as an officer are required to be performed, or to injure him in his person or property on account of his lawful discharge of the duties of his office, or while engaged in the lawful discharge thereof, or to injure his property so as to molest, interrupt, hinder, or impede him in the discharge of official duties; each of such persons shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, not less than six months nor more than six years, or by both such fine or imprisonment. U. S. R. S., § 5518. Unlawful presence of troops at elections. Every officer of the Army or Navy, or other person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, who orders, brings, keeps, or has under his authority or control, any troops or armed men at any place where a general or special election is held in any State, unless such force be necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States or to keep the peace at the polls, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment at hard labor not less than three months nor more than five years. U. S. R. S., § 5528. Intimidation of voters by officers, etc., of Army or Navy. Every officer or other persons in the military or naval service who, by force, threat, intimidation, crder, advice, or otherwise, prevents, or attempts to prevent, any qualified voter of any State from freely exercising the right of suffrage at any general or special election in such State, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned at hard labor not more than five years. U. S. R. S., § 5529. Officers of Army or Navy prescribing qualifications of voters. Every officer of the Army or Navy who prescribes or fixes, or attempts to prescribe or fix, whether by proclamation, order, or otherwise, the qualifications of voters at any election in any State, shall be punished as provided in the preceding section. U. S. R. S., § 5530. Officers, etc., of Army or Navy interfering with officer of election, etc. Every officer or other person in the military or naval service who, by force, threat, intimidation, order, or otherwise, compels, or attempts to compel, any officer holding an election in any State to receive a vote from a person not legally qualified to vote, or who imposes, or attempts to impose, any regulations for conducting any general or special election in the State different from those prescribed by law, or who interferes in any manner with any officer of any election in the discharge of his duty, shall be punished as provided in section fifty-five hundred and twenty-nine. U. S. R. S., § 5531. Disqualification for holding office. Every person convicted of any of the offenses specified in the five preceding disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the United sections, shall, in addition to the punishments therein severally prescribed, be States; but nothing in those sections shall be construed to prevent any officer, soldier, sailor, or marine from exereising the right of suffrage in any election district to which he may belong, if otherwise qualified according to the laws of the state in which he offers to vote. U. S. R. S., § 5532. Political contributions by corporations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any national bank, or any corporation organized by authority of any laws of Congress, to make a money contribution in connection with any election to any political office. It shall also be unlawful for any corporation whatever to make a money contribution in connection with any election at which Presidential and Vice-presidential electors or a Representative in Congress is to be voted for or any election by any state legislature of a United States Senator. Every corporation which shall make any contribution in violation of the foregoing provisions shall be subject to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and every officer or director of any, corporation who shall consent to any contribution by the corporation in violation of the foregoing provisions shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Act January 26, 1907, ch. 420, 34 Stat. L. 864. Publicity of campaign contributions for nomination and election to the offices of representative and senator in the congress of the United States and limiting the amount of campaign expenses.-(H. R. Bill No. 2250, approved June 25, 1910, as amended by act approved August 19, 1911, and by act approved August 23, 1912.) 64 Be it enacted, etc., that the term political committee" under the provisions of this act shall include the national committees of all political parties and the national congressional campaign committees of all political parties and all committees, associations, or organizations which shall in two or more states influence the result or attempt to influence the result of an election at which Representatives in Congress are to be elected. Sec. 2. That every political committee as defined in this act shall have a chairman and a treasurer. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to keep a detailed and exact account of all money or its equivalent received by or promised to such committee or any member thereof, or by or to any person acting under its authority or in its behalf, and the name of every person, firm, association, or committee from whom received, and of all expenditures, disbursements, and promises of payment or disbursements made by the committee or any member thereof, or by any person acting under its authority or in its behalf, and to whom paid, distributed, or disbursed. No officer or member of such committee, or other person acting under its authority or in its behalf, shall receive any money or its equivalent, or expend or promise to expend any money on behalf of such committee, until after a chairman and treasurer of such committee shall have been chosen. Sec. 3. That every payment or disbursement made by a political committee exceeding $10.00 in amount be evidence by a receipted bill stating the particulars of expense, and every such record, voucher receipt, or account shall be preserved for fifteen months after the election to which it relates. Sec. 4. That whoever, acting under the authority or in behalf of such political committee, whether as a member thereof or otherwise, receives any contribution, payment, loan, gift, advance, deposit, or promise of money of its equivalent shall, on demand, and in any event within five days after the re ceipt of such contribution, payment, loan, gift, advance deposit or promise render to the treasurer of such political committee a detailed account of the same, together with the name and address from whom received, and said treasurer shall forthwith enter the same in a ledger or record to be kept by him for that purpose. Sec. 5. That the treasurer of every such political committee shall, not more than fifteen days and not less than ten days next before an election at which Representatives in Congress are to be elected in two or more states, file in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives at Washington, District of Columbia, with said clerk, an itemized detailed statement; and on each sixth day thereafter until such election said treasurer shall file with said clerk a supplemental itemized detailed statement. Each of said statements shall conform to the requirements of the following section of this act, except that the supplemental statement herein required need not contain any item of which publicity is given in a previous statement. Each of said statements shall be full and complete, and shall be signed and sworn to by said treasurer. It shall also be the duty of said treasurer to file a similar statement with said clerk within thirty days after such election, such final statement also to be signed and sworn to by said treasurer and to conform to the requirements of the following section of this act. The statements so filed with the clerk of the House shall be preserved by him for fifteen months and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection. Sec. 6. That the statements required by the preceding section of this act shall state: First. The name and address of each person, firm, association, or committee who or which has contributed, promised, loaned, or advanced to such political committee, or any officer, member, or agent thereof, either in one or more items, money or its equivalent of the aggregate amount or value of one hundred dollars or more, and the amount or sum contributed, promised, loaned, or advanced by each. Second. The aggregate sum contributed, promised, loaned, or advanced to such political committee, or to any officer, member, or agent thereof, in amounts of less than one hundred dollars. Third. The total sum of all contributions, promises, loans, and advances received by such political committee or any officer, member, or agent thereof. Fourth. The name and address of each person, firm, association, or committee to whom such political committee, or any officer, member, or agent thereof, has distributed, disbursed, contributed, loaned, advanced, or promised any sum of money or its equivalent of the amount or value of ten dollars or more, stating the amount or sum distributed, disbursed, contributed, loaned, advanced, or promised to each, and the purpose thereof. Fifth. The aggregate sum distributed, disbursed, contributed, loaned, advanced, or promised by such political committee, or any officer, member, or agent thereof, where the amount or value of such distribution, disbursement, loan, advance, or promise to any one person, firm, association, or committee in one or more items is less than ten dollars. Sixth. The total sum disbursed, distributed, contributed, loaned, advanced, or promised by such political committee, or any officer, member, or agent thereof. (As amended by' act approved August 19, 1911.) Sec. 7. That every person, firm, association, or committee, except political committees as herein before defined, that shall expend or promise any sum of money or other thing of value amounting to $50 or more, for the purpose of influencing or controlling, in two or more states, the result of an election at which representatives to the congress of the United States are elected, unless he or it shall contribute the same to a political committee as hereinbefore defined, shall file the statements of the same under oath, as required by section 6 of this act, in the office of the clerk of the house of representatives, at Washington, D. C., which statements shall be held bý said clerk in all respects as required by section 5 of this act. Sec. 8. The word "candidate' as used in this section shall include all persons whose names are presented for nomination for representative or senator in the congress of the United States at any primary election or nominating convention, or for indorsement or election at any general or special election held in connection with the nomination or election of a person to fill such office, whether or not such persons are actually nominated, indorsed, or elected. Every person who shall be a candidate for nomination at any primary election or nominating convention, or for election at any general or special election, as representative in the congress of the United States, shall, not less than ten nor more than fifteen days before the day for holding such primary election or nominating convention, and not less than ten nor more than fifteen days before the day of the general or special election at which candidates for representatives are to be elected, file with the clerk of the house of representatives at Washington, District of Columbia, a full, correct, and itemized statement of all moneys and things of value received by him or by anyone for him with his knowledge and consent, from any source, in aid or support of his candidacy, together with the names of all those who have furnished the same in whole or in part; and such statement shall contain a true and itemized account of all moneys and things of value given, contributed, expended, used, or promised by such candidate, or by his agent, representative, or other person for and in his behalf with his knowledge and consent, together with the names of all those to whom any and all such gifts, contributions, payments, or promises were made, for the purpose of procuring his nomination or election. Every person who shall be a candidate for nomination at any primary election or nominating convention, or for indorsement at any general or special election, or election by the legislature of any state, as senator in the congress of the United States, shall, not less than ten nor more than fifteen days before the day for holding such primary election or nominating convention, and not less than ten nor more than fifteen days before the day of the general or special election at which he is seeking indorsement, and not less than five nor more than ten days before the day upon which the first vote is to be taken in the two houses of the legislature before which he is a candidate for election as senator, file with the secretary of the senate at Washington, District of Columbia, a full, correct, and itemized statement of all moneys and things of value received by him or by anyone for him with his knowledge and consent, from any source, in aid or support of his candidacy, together with the names of all those who have furnished the same in whole or in part; and such statement shall contain a true and itemized account of all moneys and things of value given, contributed, expended, used, or promised by such candidate, or by his agent, representative, or other person for and in his behalf with his knowledge and consent, together with the names of all those to whom any and all such gifts, contributions, payments, or promises were made for the purpose of procuring his nomination or election. Every such candidate for nomination at any primary election or nominating convention, or for indorsement or election at any general or spe |