Delaware General Assembly

CHAPTER 575.

OF ELECTIONS

AN ACT concerning Bribery.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

SECTION I. That if any person shall bribe or attempt bribe any one holding or expecting to hold any official position under the election or registration laws of this State, either as registrar, judge, inspector, voter's assistant, or otherwise, by giving money or the promise of money, office, or the promise of office or position, either under the State or Federal government, to perform any service for any political party in this State, or to favor any candidate for political office, [he] shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by indictment shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and may also in the discretion of the court be imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months.

Passed at Dover, May 1893.