§ 17-164. Political contributions by owners of polling places prohibited. A person, who being the owner of premises contracted for or used as a place of registration or as a polling place for any election or official primary, who makes offers or promises to make a political contribution to any party committee, candidate or person, or any person who makes, promises or offers to make any such political contribution as an inducement for the hiring of premises owned by him for use as a place of registration or polling place for any election or official primary, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.