and no more, and that, except as aforesaid, I have not, nor to the best of my knowledge and belief, has any person, committee, club, society, or association on my behalf, directly or indirectly, made any payment or given, promised or offered any reward, office, employment or valuable consideration, or incurred any liability on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election, except such moneys as may have been paid to or expended by the said committee designated by me.

Disclaimer of Responsibility.

2847. [Sec. 9.] If any candidate seeks to avoid the responsibility of any payment made by any other person in his behalf, of which he has knowledge, he shall set forth such payment and disclaim responsibility therefor.

Statement to Be Filed.

2848. [Sec. 10.] Candidates for office or for nomination for office, to be filled by the voters of the State, or any political division thereof greater than a parish, shall file their statements in the office of the Secretary of State. Candidates for all other offices shall file their statements in the office of the clerk of the district court of the parish wherein the election is held, and within which the duties of the office for which the candidate is voted for are to be exercised. The statement and affidavit of a committee or candidate shall, after being filed, become a public record, and open at all times to public inspection.

Forfeiture of Office for Failure to File or for False Statement. 2849. [Sec. 11.] Any candidate who shall refuse or neglect to file, or who makes a false statement of moneys received or expended, as prescribed by section three of this act, shall, in addition to the punishment for such offense prescribed by the laws of this State, forfeit any office to which he may have been elected at the election with reference to which the statement is required to be made. If a candidate elected to a public office or party position refuses or neglects to file the statement prescribed by section three of this act, no certificate of election shall be issued to him; neither shall any official bond presented or offered by him be approved, and the encumbent of the office, unless he is himself a defaulting candidate, must not surrender or deliver up said office, but shall continue to discharge the duties and shall receive the emoluments thereof until his successor is legally chosen. If the candidate refusing or neglecting to file the state

ment, or making a false statement of moneys received or expended, is the incumbent of an office of profit or trust under the laws of this State, except in the event of a constitutional provision to the contrary, in addition to the punishment prescribed by the laws of this State for such refusal or neglect, or for making such false statement, he shall be deprived of his office, and shall also forfeit any office to which he may have been elected at the election in reference to which the statement is required to be made.

Presentation of Claims.

2850. [Sec. 12.] Every claim payable by the committee, selected under the provisions of section one of this act, on account of or in respect of any expense incurred in the conduct and management of an election held within this State, or in behalf of the candidates of the political party, organized assemblage or body, which such committee represents, must be presented to the committee within four days after the primary election, and ten days after the general election, and if not so presented, the same shall not be paid, and no action shall be commenced or maintained thereon, and all expenses incurred as aforesaid shall be paid within fifteen days after the completion of such official canvass, and not otherwise. Any person who makes a payment in contravention of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Judge May Allow Claim.

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2851. [Sec. 13.] The Judge of the District Court in the parish wherein such statement is filed, or is required to be filed, may, on the application of either the committee or a creditor thereof, allow any claim to be presented and paid after the time limited by this act, and a statement of any sum so paid, with a certificate of its allowance, shall forthwith, after payment, filed by the committee in the same office as the original statement of the committee. If the committee, upon such application, shall show to the satisfaction of said judge that any error or false recital in such statement or affidavit, or that the failure to make such statement or affidavit or to present, within the designated time a claim otherwise just and proper, has been occasioned by the absence or illness of such candidate, or by the absence, illness or death of one or more members of such committee, or by the misconduct of any person other than such appli

cant, or by inadvertence or excusable neglect, or of any reasonable cause of a like nature, and not by reason of want of good faith on the part of the applicant, the judge may, after such notice of the application as the judge shall require, and on the production of such evidence of the facts stated in the application as shall be satisfactory to such judge, by order, allow such statement and affidavit to be filed or such error or false recital therein to be corrected, or such claim to be paid, as the judge seems just; and such order shall relieve the applicant from any liability or consequences under this act in respect of the matters excused by the order. If the application is made by a creditor, the judge may, under like conditions and upon a like showing, order the claim to be paid, and the creditor shall also be entitled to his costs. The claims of one or more creditors may be united in such application, but the amount and specific nature of each. claim must be fully stated.

Advertisement, etc., Shall Bear Name.

2852. [Sec. 14.] Every bill, placard, poster, pamphlet, advertisement or other printed matter having reference to an election, or to any candidate, shall bear upon the face thereof the name and address of the person or committee causing the same to be published, and no payment therefor shall be made or allowed unless such address is so printed.

Prohibitions.

2853. [Sec. 15.] No money shall hereafter be paid or any expense authorized or incurred by or on behalf of any candidate for nomination at any primary, or for election to any party position, for election to any office at any general election, or any political party or organization, for any purpose prohibited by the provisions of this act.

Limitations on Expenses.

2854. [Sec. 16.] No sums of money shall be paid, and no expenses authorized or incurred by or on behalf of any candidate to be paid by him, in his campaign for nomination to any public office or position in this State in excess of the following schedule; for the office of United States Senator in Congress or Governor of the State $6000.00; for any other elective State office in which the candidate is elected by the voters of the entire State $2000.00; for Representative in Congress, Justice of the Supreme

Court, and Railroad Commission $2000.00; for member of the State Board of Equalization and Judge of Circuit Court of Appeal $750.00; for District Judge, Sheriff, Clerk of the District Court and Assessor $750.00; for Senator or Representative in the General Assembly, and for candidates for any other office, not heretofore enumerated $250.00; provided, however, that any candidate for nomination not heretofore specially named, may expend in his campaign for nomination a sum not exceeding 20 per centum of one year's salary of the office for which he is a caudidate for nomination, provided, that nothing herein contained shall authorize personal expenditure by any candidate, but the sums herein mentioned may be contributed to the designated committee, and expended by them in the manner herein provided. Contributions.

2855. [Sec. 17.] For the purposes of this act, the expenses or contributions of any ascendant, or descendant, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece of any candidate, or of any fellow official of a corporation, shall be considered as the expenses or contributions of the candidate.

Restrictions Upon Expenses.

2856. [Sec. 18.] No money shall be spent, and no expense authorized or incurred on behalf of any candidate for nomination to any office, or on behalf of any candidate for any office or party position, or on behalf of any political party or organization, for the following purpose:

The hiring of any watchers, agents or challengers for any work on election day, provided this provision shall in no way conflict with the primary election law relative to watchers.

2857. [Sec. 19.] No payment of money shall be made and no expense shall be incurred by any person in aid of or for or on behalf of any candidate, or on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of an election held within this State, except by the committee selected under the provisions of section one of this act. All expenses shall be made paid only from the fund in the custody of the said committee so selected as required by this act. Any contract for the payment of money, or any expense incurred, contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be absolutely void.

2858.

[Sec. 20.] No person or candidate for nomination or for election to a public office or party position shall pay, lend,

or contribute, or offer, or agree to pay, lend or contribute, any money or other valuable consideration to or for any person, either for:

(1) The doing or procuring to be done of any act forbidden to be done by the laws of this State relating to primary or general elections; or,

(2) The commission of any crime or offense against the elective franchise, or the encouragement or assistance of a person in the commission of a crime or offense against the elective franchise, or aiding or assisting any person charged with the commission of a crime against the elective franchise or to evade arrest or to escape conviction and punishment for such crime, or offense; or,

(3) Providing wholly or in part for the expense of boarding, lodging or maintaining a person at any place or domicile in any election precinct or ward or district, with the purpose of securing the vote of such person for himself, or any other person, at an election held within the State; or,

(4) The hiring or employment of a person to take or maintain a place in, or otherwise obstruct or hinder, or to prevent the forming of the line of voters awaiting their opportunity or time to enter the polling place or election booth of an election. precinct; or,

(5) In consideration of any person withdrawing as a candidate for public office or Presidential elector, at any election held within this State; or,

(6) For any purpose in contravention of the provisions of this act; or,

(7) Making any payment after the time limited by this act, unless the same is authorized as provided by this act; or unless it be in satisfaction of a judgment obtained against him, whether before, during or after an election, in respect of or en account of such election, or who refuses or neglects to file the statement prescribed by section three of this act, or who makes or files a false statement thereof, or is guilty of any crime against the elective franchise, or of any offense which is punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under the provisions of this act.

2859. [Sec. 21.] No person shall make any payment of his own money, or of the money of any other person, in connection with any nomination or election in any other name than that of the person who really supplies such money, nor shall any ser