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ELECTORAL AND GOVERNMENTAL CHANGES
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headquarters of the personal campaign committee, incident to the writing, addressing and mailing of letters and campaign literature.

"(3) For necessary expenses, incident to the furnishing and printing of badges, banners and other insignia, to the printing and posting of handbills, posters, lithographs, and other campaign literature, and the distribution thereof through the mails or otherwise.

"(4) For campaign advertising in newspapers, periodicals or magazines, as provided in this act.

"(5) For wages and actual necessary personal expenses of public speakers.

"(6) For travelling expenses of members of party committees or personal campaign committees (1911 c. 650)."

The following are the limitations of the expenses of candidates:—

"Disbursements by candidates: amount limited. Section 94-28. 1. No disbursement shall be made and no obligation, express or implied, to make such disbursement, shall be incurred by or on behalf of any candidate for any office under the constitution or laws of this state, or under the ordinance of any town or municipality of this state in his campaign for nomination or election, which shall be in the aggregate in excess of the amounts herein specified, namely:—

"(1) For United States senator, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

"(2) For representative in congress, two thousand five hundred dollars.

"(3) For governor, judge of the supreme court or state superintendent of schools, five thousand dollars.

"(4) For other state officers, two thousand dollars.