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sions therefor, to pay the following expenses: (a) of hiring of halls
and music for the conventions, public meetings and public primaries
and for advertising the same; (b) of printing and circulating political
articles, circulars, pamphlets and books; (c) of printing and distrib-
uting sample or specimen ballots and instructions to voters, subject,
however, to such prohibitions or restrictions as may be imposed by this
article upon the publication and distribution of such sample or speci-
men ballots or instructions; (d) of renting rooms and headquarters
to be used by political committees; (e) of compensating clerks, ste-
nographers and typewriters employed in the committee-rooms, and also
of challengers and watchers employed in the registration rooms, in
the voting-rooms and at the polls.; (/) the traveling and other legiti-
mate expenses of political agents, committees and public speakers;
(g) of necessary postage, telegrams, telephoning, printing expenses and
conveyance charges for carrying persons to and from the polls, or to
and from the office of registration; (h) the cost and expenses of mes-
sengers sent by direction of the chairman of the State Central Com-
mittee of any political party in connection with party matters or inter-
ests, and also the cost and expenses of any person or persons summoned
by or at the instance of the chairman of the State Central Committee

of any political party to the committee's headquarters or offices in con- .
necfion with party matters or interests and also for the accommoda-
tion and entertainment of such persons; (i) all expenses incurred
by or under the authority of the chairman of the State Central Com-
mittee of any political party in providing accommodation and enter-
tainment for the members of the State Central Committee or for the
transportation of such members, when assembling for any meeting of

said committee or visiting the headquarters of said committee in con-
nection with party matters or interests. No treasurer or political agent
shall incur any expense or liability or make any payment for any pur-
pose not authorized by this section, and every liability incurred and
payment made shall be at a rate which is proper and reasonable and
fairly commensurate with the service rendered. It shall not be lawful
for any treasurer or any political agent to expend any money 'for
printing or publication of any political matter whatsoever which shall
not purport on its face to be printed or published by the authority of
said treasurer or political agent, and which, if published in any news-
paper or other periodical, shall not be marked as an advertisement.
The treasurer appointed and acting for or in connection with the State
Central Committee of the State of any political party shall not expend
or disburse any money or valuable thing, or incur any liability what-
soever, except by the authority and subject to the direction of the
chairman of the State Central Committee of the State for or in con-
nection with which said treasurer may be appointed or acting. Every
person expending money in violation of this section or of sections 166
or 167 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof