No person shall falsely impersonate another, or purposely write his name or residence falsely, in the signing of any petition for initiative, referendum or forge any name thereto, or sign any such paper with knowledge that he is not a qualified elector of the City. Nor shall any person employ or pay another, or accept employment or payment, for circulating any initiative or referendum petition upon the basis of the number of signatures procured thereto. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and the costs of prosecution. The foregoing provision shall not be held to be exclusive of, but in addition to, all laws of the State of Ohio prescribing penalties for the same offenses or for other offenses relating to the same matter.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Signatures on initiative or referendum petitions obtained by one paid to collect them in violation of Section 76 of the charter are not invalid signatures and must be counted for the purpose of meeting the requirements of Sections 64 or 71 of the charter. City Commission of the City of Gallipolis v. State ex rel. Houck, 36 O. App. 253, 173 N.E. 36 (1930)).