The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-09-14

Der OF votes Tor inspector shall be pnbcly declared
to be- inspectors of elections. But when any town.
ship has been or shall be divided IN forming an cleo
ton district, Judge and inspectors of the election
shall be chosen in the manner prescribed in the sew
enth section, as followsi where any township
has been or shall be divided in forming an election
district, the qualified citizens Of each part OF such
divided township shall severally elect in the manner
and at tile time and place aforesaid, TWO inspec-
tors for each Of the said election districts and shall
also elect one person to as Judge Of the elec
tons in each district
In pursuance of an Act Of the General Assem-
bly, OF the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entia
tied An act relating to the elections of this Com
monwealth, passed the I'd day of July A. ID. 1899,
IN office is hereby given,
d" That every person, except justices Of the peace,
who shall hold any office appointment of profit
or trust under the government of the United States
or OF this State, or of any city or incorporated dis
trlct, whether commissioned officer or otherwise,
subordinate officer or agent, who is, or shall be
employed under the legislative, executive or judicial
ry department OF this State, of the United States
or Of any city incorporated district and also that
every member of Congress, and of the State Legis-
lature and of the select common council of any
city or commissioners of any incorporated District
is by law, incapable of holding exercising at the
same time the office or appointment Of Judge, In
spector, or Clerk of any election of this Common
wealth, and that no inspector, Judge other officer
OF any such election, shall be eligible to any Office
| to be then voted for"
And the said Act of Assembly, entitled " an Act
relating to the elections of this Commonwealth, -
passed July 3D. 1889, further provides as follows, to
wit
"That the Inspectors and Judges chosen as afore-
SAID, shall meet at the respective places appointed
for holding the Election in the District to which
they respectively belong, before nine o'clock in the
morning of the Second Tuesday of October in each
and every year, and each of said inspectors shall APP
point one clerk, who shall be a qualified voter of
| such district.
ain case the person who shall have received the
second highest number of votes for inspector shall
notattend the day of any election then the per-
son who shall have received the second highest num-
Der of votes for judge at the next preceding election,
shall act an inspector i'll his place, and in case
the person who shall have received the highest num-
Der of votes for inspector shall net attend the per-
son elected Judge shall appoint an inspector in his
place; and in the person elected Judge shall
not attend, then the inspector who received the high
est number of votes shall appoint judge in his
| place. and if any vacancy shall continue in the
board for the space OF one hour after the time fixed
by law for the opening of the election, the qualified
voters of the township, ward or district, for which
such officer shall have been elected present at the
place of election shall elect one of their number 10
| fill such vacancy.
at shall be the duty Of said assessors respective.
ly, to attend at the place of holding every general
special, or township election, during the whole time
said election is kept open, for the purpose of giving
information to the inspectors and judge, when cal
led on in relation to the right of any person assess
ed by them to vote at such election, of such Other
matters in relation to the assessment of voters as
the said inspectors or judge or either Of them, shal
| from time to time require,
"No person shall be permitted to vote at any e.
| lection as aforesaid other than white freeman Of
the age of twentyone years more, who shall have
resided in this state at least year, and in election
district where he offers to vote at least ten days inn
mediately preceding such election, and within two
years paid state or county tax, which shall have
been assessed at least ten days before the election-
But citizen of the United States, who had previ-
ously been a qualified voter of this state and re-
moved therefrom and returned, and who shall have
resided in the election district, and paid taxes as
aforesaid shall be entitled to vote after residing in
| this state six months. Provided, That the white
freemen citizens of the United Satas, between the
ages of twenty-one and twenty-five and having e-
sided in this state year and in the election dis
trct ten days as aforesaid shall be entitled to vote
although they shall not have paid taxes.
No persons shall be admitted to vote
whose name is not contained in the list of
taxable inhabitants furnished by the commits
soners as aforesaid, unless, First; He pro-
duce receipt for the payment, within two
| years, of state or county tax assessed a.
| groeabIy TO the constitution, and give salts
| factory evidence either on his own oath or
affirmation of another, that he has paid such
| a tax, or on failure to produce receipt, shall
make oath to the payment thereof, or Sec
ond If he claim a right TO vote by being
an elector between the ages of twenty-one
and twenty-five years, he shall depose on
oath or affirmation, that he has resided in
the state at least one year next before his
application, and make such proof of resi-
dence in the district as is required by this
act; and that he does verify believe from the
accounts given him that he is Of the age a.
Goresaid and gives such other evidence as is
required by this act, whereupou the name
of the person so admitted to vote shall be
inserted in the alphabetical list by the in
spectors and note made opposite thereto
by writing the word "tax," if he shall be
admitted TO vote by reason of having paid
tax, or the word sage" if he shall be ad-
mitted to vote on account OF his age, and
in either case the reason of such vote shall
be called ont IN the clerks who shall make