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SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 368. 1925. 1073 _(a) Shall be verified by the oath or ailirmation of the person V°¤¤°¤*i¤¤- · fishng snnlh statement, taken before any officer authorized to admin- 1 er oa s; (b) Shall be deemed pro erl filed when de osited in an - I"°""°¥d°" by Wt lished post pilice within thai) prgscribed time, dlixly stamped, tmd mm. tered, and directed to the Clerk or Secretary at Washington, District of Columbia, but in the event it is not received, a duplicate of such statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the Clerk or Secretary of its nonrece1pt; P (c) Shall be preserved by the Clerk or Secretary for a period of cieifiirsrezigtiiy iii two years from the date of filing, shall constitute a part of the i“SP°°"°“· public records of his office, and shall be open to public inspection. . Sec. 309. (a) A candidate, in his campaign for election, shall not ¤¢%i°l°f¤-&1i°¤iii°¢eli:i° make expenditures in excess of the amount which he may lawfully make under the laws of the State in which he is a candidate, nor in excess of the amount which he may lawfully make imder the provisions of this title. (b) Unless the laws of his State prescribe a less amount as the Am°“”°S °“°"°d· maximum limit of campaign expenditures, a candidate may make expenditures up to- (1) The sum of $10,000 if a candidate for Senator, or the sum of S°°°°°”' , $2,5QO if a candidate for Representative, Delegate, or Resident Com- R°‘”°°°“t“t"°“‘ missionerz or (2) An amount equal to the amount obtained by multi lying b,§1,§°2§“{§{§;$,T,‘,§,“§{ three cents by the total number of votes cast at the last genereg elec- 1¤¤¤¤*¤¤¤<>¤· tion for all candidates for the office which the candidate seeks, but in no event exceeding $25,000 if a candidate for Senator or $5,000 if a candidate for Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner. c) Money expended b a candidate to meet and dischar` an S°°"i§°“P°‘s°““l‘§f; assiessment, fee, or chargg made or levied upon candidates ig this iierriiis 0tmchmd° laws of the State in which he resides, or expended for his necessary personal, traveling, or subsistence expenses, or for statione , postage, writing, or printing (other than for use on billboarg or in newspapers), for distributing letters, circulars, or posters, or for telegraph or telephone service, shall not be included in determinin whether his expenditures have exceeded the sum fixed by paragrapg (1) ctn $2) of subdivision (b) as the limit of campaign expenses of a can i ate. , Sec. 310. It is unlawful for any candidate to directly or indirectly m§`l{§m;*{f,P¤w°xg"2_‘j,§fé promise or pledge the appointment, or the use of his_influenee or :nIn¤si'r':11¤l'wyw¤¤¤. support for the appointment of any person to any_publ1c or private ° ‘ posgiign or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his ' can 1 acv. Src. 311. It is unlawful for any person to make or offer to make m?,fg‘@;¤m¤:g¤°{é¤_j$i; an expenditure, or to cause an expenditure to be made or offered, to lawful. ' any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate, and it is unlawful for any person to solicit, acce t, or receive any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or tfse withholding of his vote. _ _ _ l Sec. 312. Section 118 of the Act entitled "An Act to codify, revise, mf’Dgf‘¤°°* °°°“'*'°“‘ and amend the enal laws of the United States,” approved March 4, ¥;g&°d35. p. uw. 1909,is amended to read as follows: _ _ °m _ _ _` " Sec. 118. It is unlawful for any Senator or Representative in, b,§§“§g“(§*g;,;g'SS}“_;j,“,}j or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress, or anyecandidate dg¤=·==s.etG¤;;lr:g,¢;c for, or individual elected as, Senator, Representative, le%te, or ° °°”’ °" Resident Commissioner, or any officer or employee of the _ nited States, or any person receiving any salary or compensation for · services from money derived from the Treasury of the United States, to directly or indirectly solicit, receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or