§ 107. Prohibition against certain political activities; improper\ninfluence. 1. Recommendations based on political affiliations. No\nrecommendation or question under the authority of this chapter shall\nrelate to the political opinions or affiliations of any person whatever;\nand no appointment or selection to or removal from an office or\nemployment within the scope of this chapter or the rules established\nthereunder, shall be in any manner affected or influenced by such\nopinions or affiliations. No person in the civil service of the state or\nof any civil division thereof is for that reason under any obligation to\ncontribute to any political fund or to render any political service, and\nno person shall be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing so to\ndo. No person in the said civil service shall discharge or promote or\nreduce, or in any manner change the official rank or compensation of any\nother person in said service, or promise or threaten so to do, for\ngiving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or\nservice or any other valuable thing for any political purpose. No person\nin said service shall use his official authority or influences to coerce\nthe political action of any person or body or to interfere with any\nelection.\n 2. Inquiry concerning political affiliations. No person shall directly\nor indirectly ask, indicate or transmit orally or in writing the\npolitical affiliations of any employee in the civil service of the state\nor of any civil division thereof or of any person dependent upon or\nrelated to such an employee, as a test of fitness for holding office. A\nviolation of this subdivision shall be deemed a misdemeanor and\nconviction thereof shall subject the person convicted to a fine of not\nless than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or to\nimprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or\nto both such fine and imprisonment. Nothing herein contained shall be\nconstrued to prevent or prohibit inquiry concerning the activities,\naffiliation or membership of any applicant or employee in any group or\norganization which advocates that the government of the United States or\nof any state or of any political subdivision thereof should be\noverturned by force, violence or any unlawful means.\n 3. Political assessments. No officer or employee of the state or any\ncivil division thereof shall, directly or indirectly, use his authority\nor official influence to compel or induce any other officer or employee\nof the state or any civil division thereof, to pay or promise to pay any\npolitical assessment, subscription or contribution. Every officer or\nemployee who may have charge or control in any building, office or room\noccupied for any governmental purpose is hereby authorized to prohibit\nthe entry of any person, and he shall not knowingly permit any person to\nenter the same for the purpose of making, collecting, receiving or\ngiving notice therein, of any political assessment, subscription or\ncontribution; and no person shall enter or remain in any such office,\nbuilding or room, or send or direct any letter or other writing thereto,\nfor the purpose of giving notice of, demanding or collecting a political\nassessment; nor shall any person therein give notice of, demand, collect\nor receive any such assessment, subscription or contribution. No person\nshall prepare or take any part in preparing any political assessment,\nsubscription or contribution with the intent that the same shall be sent\nor presented to or collected of any officer or employee subject to the\nprovisions of this chapter, and no person shall knowingly send or\npresent any political assessment, subscription or contribution to or\nrequest its payment of any said officer or employee. Any person\nviolating any provision of this subdivision shall be guilty of a\nmisdemeanor.\n 4. Prohibition against promise of influence. Any person, who while\nholding any publi
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