NEW ELECTION LAWS
Recent Statutes Relating to Pri
mary Elections. Pri
maries Legalized
Act 165, Acts of 1909, as Amended by
Act 18, Acts of 1911
Section 1. Whenever any polit
ical party in this State shall, by
primary election, nominate any
person to become a candidate at
any general election, regular or
special, or before the legislature
for United States senator, or for
Congress or any legislative, judi
cial, State, district, county, town
ship or municipal office, the said
primary election shall be, and is,
hereby made a legal election.
Sec. 8. The judges holding
such primary election, before
entering upon their duties, shall
qualify before some officer duly
authorized to administer oaths,
and they then shall have power
to administer oaths to the clerks;
for the said primary election and
to voters when deemed necessary
to ascertain qualifications of
electors. If any judge or clerk
shall perform any of the duties
of their respective positions be
fore taking and subscribing to
the oath provided for in this sec
tion, he shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction shall be fined in any sum
not less than .$25. nor more than
$100.
Sec. 4. Any judge or clerk,
serving at any such primary
election, who shall in any man
ner falsify the returns of the
same, or knowingly make a false
count of the ballots cast or aid or
abet any such act of any other
person, or knowingly permit such
to be done shall be deemed guil
ty of a felony, and upon convic
tion thereof shall be confined in
the State penitentiary at hard
labor for a period of not less
than six months nor more than
five years.
Sec. 9. Any person voting in
an any primary election not pos
sessing all the qualifications of
an elector, as required under
the general election laws of this
State, or who shall cast more than
one ballot in the said primary
election, or accept any money or
its equivalent for his vote, or
use any money or its equivalent
to influence the vote of any other
person, or employ any force,
threat or intimidation to influence
the vote of any other person,
shall be deemed guilty of a felo
ny, and upon conviction thereof
shall be imprisoned in the peni
tentiary at hard labor for not
less than six months nor more
than five years. Every repetition
of either or any of the acts spe
cified in this or the preceding
section shall constitute a separ
ate offense.
Sec. 10. Judges and clerks of
primary election shall take and
subscribe to the oaths prescribed
for judges and clerks for general
elections.
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT
Act 308, Acts 1913
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful
for any person to give, offer or
promise anything of value to any
other person for his aid or in
fluence in behalf of or against
any candidate in any primary
election in this state.
Sec. 4. Candidates for state
or district offices shall file with
the secretary of State, and can
didates for county or townahip
)ffices shall file with the county
clerk of the county, and candi
dates for city or town offices
shali file with the city clerk or
town recorder, thirty days before
said primary election, a pledge
in writing, stating that he is
familiar with the requirements
of this act, and will, in good
faith, comply with its terms.
Sec, 5. It shall be unlawful
for any person to appoint or offer
to appoint anyone to any office
or position of trust, or for any
person to influence, attempt to
influence or offer to influence the
appointment, nomination or elec
tion of any person to office, in
consideration of the support/or
assistance of such person for any
candidate in any primary election
in this State.
Sec. 9. Candidates in any pri
mary election for State or dis
trict offices shall file with the
secretary of state, and candidates
for county and township offices
shall file with the county clerk,
and candidates for city or town
offices shall file with the city
clerk or town recorder, a true,
complete, itemized and verified
statement of all campaign ex
penses paid or incurred by him
or by others authorized by him,
except his actual personal travel
ing and hotel expenses. Said
statement of expenses, as pro
vided herein, shall be filed with
in thirty days after the election
in which same were incurred.
Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corpora
tion to pay the poll tax of any
person for the purpose of in
fluencing his vote in any primary
election. It shall be unlawful
for any person who has paid the
poll tax of another to surrender
the possession of the poll tax
receipt to anyone other than the
person to whom the receipt was
issued, or surrender it to him
without repayment by him of the
amount therefor. It shall also
be unlawful for any person to
vote on a poll tax receipt unless
he has actually paid the amount
of the poll tax to the collector
of taxes or to the person who
paid his poll tax for him.
sec. lz. rne violation oi any
provision of this act shall be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding
$1,000, or by imprisonment in
the penitentiary not exceeding
one year, or by both fine and im
prisonment; and any person con
victed under the provisions of
this act shall thereafter be in
eligible to hold any office in this
state.
Sec. 13. The provisions of
this act shall apply to all general
and special elections held for any
purpose in this State. Should
this section be held invalid by
the courts, it shall not thereby
be understood as affecting, and
shall not affect, the other provi
sions of this act, or any of them.
See H. T. Raney for screen
wire, doors and hinges.
E. C. Caudle, the tractor en
gine candidate for road overseer
was in Forrest City the first of
the week on business.
PLEADS GUILTY
Singer Leads, Others
Strive to follow.
D. E. CLARK,
“The Singer Sewing
Machine Man.”
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
W. D. HINSON
OPTOMETRIST.
Will call at residence and make
examination for glasses
McCRORY, ARKANSAS.
DR. G. F. MAYNARD
Licensed Deputy State
Veterinarian
AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS
Sick and emergency calls answered
Promptly
B. BREWSTER
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office phone 39, Residence 16
Office in rear of Farmers &
Merchants Bank building.
H. P. HARGIS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Phone No. 49
Calls answered day or night.
J. H. WEST
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Calls answered promptly
day or night.
Grays, Arkansas
Hutchins & Hutchins
Attorneys at Law
Will practice in all courts.
Phone 149 Augusta, Ark.
In McCrory every Saturday.
Official Vote of Woodruff Co. Primary, Mar. 25, 1914
D T. Angelo . . . . .
E. \V. Chaney...
S. E. Dent.
County —
A. D. Hutchins...
I Ivy Echols .
.Jas. L. Garrett..
F. B. Winfree...
Sheriff—
Bob Spradlin ....
Alex. McGregor .
M. H. Patterson..
Bill Wilkes .
W. R. Cain.
R. B. McKnight..
J. R. F idgitt
Circuit Clerk—
Ludie Winfree ..
Ed B. Carl-Dee..
Ed Trice .
County Clerk—
Will Moorman . . .
M. Wj»Thompson.
County Treasurer—
Walter Jimerson
Tax Asessor—
Edgar Miller
F. W. Parker....
J. N. McCurdy...
Don M. Reynolds.
D. C. Berry.
Surveyor—
Alex Beilis .
Coroner—
R. Q. Patterson..
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