Section 156. Unauthorized soliciting in behalf of civil service employees

Any person, not at  the  time  a  salaried  officer  or  employee  of  a
  department,  bureau or office of the state, or of any of the counties or
  cities thereof, or of any of the courts of the  state,  or  any  of  the
  counties  or  cities thereof, who shall distribute, circulate or display
  any  ticket,  credentials,  letter,  letterhead,  contract,   agreement,
  application  or  other  written or printed matter which bears, either in
  full or in part, the name, seal or insignia of any state, county or city
  department, bureau, office or court, or any person not an active  member
  of the uniformed force, who shall wear or display the uniform or part of
  the uniform thereof, or any badge, shield, medal, button, decoration, or
  other  insignia relating to or identified with any state, county or city
  department, bureau, office or court,  for  the  purpose  of  selling  or
  attempting  to  sell  any ticket, book or privilege in connection with a
  dinner, reception, dance, entertainment, concert,  athletic  exhibition,
  contest  or  lecture, proposed to be conducted by and under the auspices
  of any group or association  of  active  or  retired  employees  of  any
  department,  bureau, office or court of the state or any of the counties
  or cities thereof, or for the purpose of soliciting paid  advertisements
  or  greetings  for  any book, pamphlet or program to be published by any
  such groups or associations, shall be deemed guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,
  and  upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for six months or
  by a fine of five hundred dollars or both.