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[69 Stat. 704]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1955
[69 Stat. 704]

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PUBLIC LAW 377-AUG. 12, 1955

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for election of any national committeeman, national committeewoman, delegate, or alternate. (e) Every candidate and independent committee or party committee shall, within ten days after the election, file with the Board of Elections an itemized statement, subscribed and sworn to, by the candidate or committee treasurer, as the case may be, setting forth all moneys received and expended in connection with said election, the names of persons from whom received and to whom paid, and the purpose for which it was expended. Such statement shall set forth any unpaid debts and obligations incurred by the candidate or independent committee or party committee with regard to such election, and specify the balance, if any, of such election funds remaining in his or their hands. PENALTIES

SEC. 14. Any person who shall register, or attempt to register, under the provisions of this Act and make any false representations as to his place of residence or his voting privilege in any other part of the United States, or be guilty of bribery or intimidation of any voter at the elections herein provided for, or, being registered, shall vote or attempt to vote more than once in any election so held, or shall purloin or secrete any of the votes cast in such elections, or attempt to vote in an election held by a political party other than that to which he has declared himself to be affiliated, or, if employed in the counting of votes in such elections, make a false report in regard thereto, and every candidate, person, or official of any political committee who shall make any expenditure or contribution in violation of this Act, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. The provisions of this section shall be supplemental to and not in derogation of any penalties under other laws of the District of Columbia. Approved August 12, 1955.

Public Law 377 August 12, 1955 [S. 2501]

P o l i o myelitis V a c c i n a t i o n Assistance Act of 1955.

CHAPTER 863

AN ACT To provide grants to assist States to meet the cost of poliomyelitis vaccination programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Flouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act of 1955". AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, to remain available until February 15, 1956, such sums as may be necessary for making payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Surgeon General, applications for grants under this Act. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 3. (a) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 2, the Surgeon General shall allot to each State which has an application approved pursuant to section 4— (1) an amount equal to 33% per centum of the number of unvaccinated eligible persons in such State multiplied by the product of (A) the cost of the poliomyelitis vaccine per eligible person, and (B) the State's allotment percentage; and