Section 17-23-4

Buying votes.

Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote of any qualified elector at any election by the payment of money or the promise to pay the same at any future time, or by the gift of intoxicating liquors or other valuable thing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00.

(Code 1907, §6808; Code 1923, §3926; Code 1940, T. 17, §321.)