"Treasurer" Defined. The term "treasurer" includes all persons appointed by any political committee to collect, keep, receive or disburse moneys or any other thing of value to aid or promote the success or defeat of any such party, principle or candidate. (Sec. 219.) "Political Agent" Defined. The term "political agent" includes all persons appointed by any candidate before any election or primary election to assist him in his candidacy, or to collect, keep, receive or disburse moneys or any other thing of value to aid or promote the success of such candidate. (Sec. 219.) Appointment of "Political Agent" or "Treasurer" Must Be in Writing Where Filed. No person shall act as any such treasurer or political agent until he has been appointed in writing, which written appointment shall be signed by the chairman of the political committee or candidate appointing such treasurer or political agent and until such written appointment has been filed with the clerk of the Circuit Court of the county within which such treasurer or political agent resides except in the case of the treasurer of the State Central Committee of any party, when such written appointment shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and until such treasurer has given bond as required by Section 3 of the Corrupt Practices Act. Every such appointment shall designate the particular period, election or primary election within which such treasurership or political agency shall continue. (Sec. 219.) Form of Appointment of Political Agent. The undersigned candidate for the office of. (or for the nomination to the office of) . . . . . on the... ticket, hereby appoints John Brown as a political agent to aid in promoting my candidacy at the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1914 (or the primary election to be held on the. ...), this appointment to continue for the period beginning on the Form of Appointment of Treasurer. The undersigned, Chairman of the State Central Committee John Smith as treasurer for said committee for the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 19...., (or for the primary election to be held on. ;) this appointment to continue for the period beginning on the ..day of.. and ending on the. 19.., Dated.... day of. Chairman of the (STATE, COUNTY Party. (Sec. 219.) Duty to Appoint Treasurer. Every political committee shall appoint and constantly maintain a treasurer to collect, receive, keep and disburse all sums of money or other valuable things which may be collected, received or disbursed by such committee or any of its members for any purposes mentioned in the scope of the Corrupt Practices 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 the Corrupt Practices act for a political committee or any of its members to collect, receive, keep or disburse money or other valuable things for any such purposes. (Sec Bond of Treasurer-Where Filed. The treasurer appointed by a central committee under the Corrupt Practices Act before proceeding to act as such treasurer shall execute a bond payable to the State of Indiana in such penalty as the appointing committee shall prescribe, except that in no event shall the minimum penalty of such bond be less than $500.00, and with surety or sureties to the approval of such committee, which bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance by such treasurer of the duties of his office without loss or detriment to any person interested in the performance of such duties and the payment by such treasurer of all sums of money in his hands to his successor, upon which bond an action may be maintained in the name of the State of Indiana for the use of any persons interested in the faithful performance of his duties and injured by a breach of the condition. Said bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court except the bond of the treasurer of the State Central Committee which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. (Sec. 220.) Sub-Treasurers-Bond Not Required-Appointment Must Be in Writing-Treasurer Liable on Bond for SubTreasurer's Acts. A treasurer may appoint one sub-treasurer for each voting precinct which sub-treasurer is authorized to collect money for the treasurer by whom he is appointed and to turn said money over to such treasurer without diminution. Or he may be authorized to expend such money as may be placed in his hands by the treasurer appointing him. The sub-treasurer may be authorized both to collect and expend money. A sub-treasurer shall not be required to give bond, but shall, before serving as such, receive from the treasurer an appointment in writing stating for what purpose such sub-treasurer is appointed, the name of such sub-treasurer, the territory in which he shall act and the time. for which he is appointed. Every treasurer appointing a subtreasurer shall be liable on his official bond for any dereliction in duty or misappropriation or unauthorized expenditure of funds by any sub-treasurer so appointed by him. (Sec. 220.) Qualifications of Political Agents and Treasurers-Removal -Successors-Reports. 1. No person shall be appointed or act as "treasurer" or "political agent" in any election or primary election who is not a citizen and resident of the State of Indiana. 2. No person shall be appointed or act as any such "treasurer" or “political agent" who is the chairman of any political committee. 3. A "treasurer" or "political agent" is not prohibited from being the treasurer of another political committee or the political agent of any other candidate. 4. Any political committee shall have the power and right to remove, without assigning any cause therefor, any person appointed by such committee as treasurer and to appoint the successor of such removed treasurer. 5. A treasurer who has been removed shall immediately account for and turn over to his successor in office the moneys then in his possession as such treasurer and within twenty days after such removal file a full, true and detailed account and statement of his receipts and expenditures with the clerk of the Circuit Court in the County in which he resides in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of the Corrupt Practices Act. 6. Any candidate shall have the power and right to remove, without assigning any cause therefor, any person appointed by him as political agent and to appoint the successor of such removed political agent. 7. Upon such removal said political agent shall immediately account for and turn over to the candidate appointing him the moneys then in his possession as such political agent and shall within twenty days after such removal file a full, true and detailed account and statement of his receipts and expenditures with the clerk of the Circuit Court in the County in which he resides in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 7 of the Corrupt Practices Act. (Sec. 220.) Candidate Need Not Appoint Political Agent. Any candidate may, without appointing a political agent, make such disbursements as political agents may make under the provisions of the Corrupt Practices Act. He is not required to file a written appointment, give bond, make a report as political agent, but shall include in the statement required to be filed by him as a candidate under the provisions of the Corrupt Practices Act, a full, true and detailed account and statement of the matters and facts required to be reported by political agents under the provisions of this act. (Sec. 220.) All Moneys Received or Disbursed by a Political Committee Must Pass Through the Hands of the Treasurer. All moneys or other valuable things collected, received or disbursed by any political committee or by any member thereof for any political purpose 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: Provided, however, That such disbursement may be made by a voucher drawn by the chairman of such political committee on the treasurer and presented to such treasurer for payment, which voucher shall show the specific purpose for which said money is being expended, and it shall be unlawful and a violation of the Corrupt Practices Act for any political committee or for any member or members thereof to disburse or expend money or any other valuable thing for any political purpose until the money or other valuable thing so disbursed 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 herein before defined, who shall engage in receiving or disbursing money for any political purpose shall be deemed a treasurer of a political committee within the meaning of the Corrupt Practices Act and shall be subject to all the requirements, obligations and penalties hereby provided for in the case of such treasurer. (The treasurer may ap point sub-treasurers as stated above.) (Sec. 220.) Reports of Sub-Treasurers. It shall be the duty of every sub-treasurer within twenty days after every election or primary election to make a report in writing under oath to a clerk of the Circuit Court of the county in which such sub-treasurer resides, stating in detail the amount of money collected by him and from whom and when collected, or the amount of money placed in his hands by said treasurer and for what purpose the said money was expended by him and to whom paid, or both if such sub-treasurer has both collected and disbursed money or other things of value, and each subtreasurer shall file vouchers for all money expended by him, which vouchers shall state the purpose for which said sums are expended; but in no event shall a sub-treasurer who is appointed to collect money, expend or disburse any money so collected by him, but he shall in every case deliver the same and every part thereof without diminution to the treasurer appointing him |