Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-09-12

previously been qualified voter of this stat,
and removed therefrom and returned, and WI
shall have resided in the election district an
! paid taxes, aforesaid, shall be entitled io vol
after residing In this state six months: Prov
ded, That the white freemen, cilizens of Ii
Uni.ed States between the age of twenty-or
and twenty Two years. who have resided in II
election district aforesaid, shall be entitled
to vote, although they shall not have paid take
No person shall be allowed to vote whose
name is not contained in the list of taxable in
! habtants furnished by the Commissioners un-
less, First, he produces receipt for the pay
ment, within two years, of a State or County
tax assessed agreeably to the Constitution, and
! give satisfactory evid ence either on his own
oath or affirmation, or the oath or affirmation
of another, that he has paid spch tax, or on
| failure to produce such receipt, shall make
oath to the payment thereof or Second, if he
claim right TO vote by being an Elector be-
| tween the age of twenty one and twenty two
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 residence in the district as is re-
quired by this Act, and that he does verify be-
| lieve, from the accounts given him, tha the is
of the age aforesaid, and gives such other ev-
idence as is required by this act: whereupon
the name of the person so admitted to vote,
shall be inserted in the alphabetical list by
the inspectors, and note made opposite there
to by writing the word tax, If he shall be per-
mitted to vote by reason of having paid tax,
or of the word age if he shall be permitted
to vote by reason of age, and such vote shall
be called out to the Clerks, who shall make
like notes in the list kept by them.
"In cases where the name OF the person
claiming to vote is not found on the list fur
nished by the Commissioners and Assessors,
or his right. to vote whether found thereon or
not is objected to by any qualified citizen. 1t
shall be the duty of the Inspector to examine
such person on oath as to his qualifications,
and If he claims to have resided in the state
for one year or more, his oath shall be suth-
cient proof thereof, but he shall make proof
by at least one competent witness who shall
be qualified elector, that he has resided
within the district for more than ten days
next proceeding said election, :. shall himself
swear that his bona fde residence, in pursu-
ance of this lawful calling, is within the said
district and that he did not remove into said
district for the purpose of voting therein.
Every person qualified as aforesaid, and
who shall make the proof, if required, of his
residence and payment of taxes, as aforesaid,
shall be admitted to vote in the township,ward
or district III which he shall reside.
prevent any officer of an election under this
act from holding election, or use or threate
any violence to any such officer or shall in
terfere with him in the execution OF his duty,
or shall block up the window or avenue to
any window where the same may be holding,
or shall use or practice any intimidation, threats
force or violence with design to influence un-
duly, or overawe any elector, or to prevent
him from voting or to restrain the freedom OF
choice, such person. on conviction shall be nm
ed in any sum not exceeding FIVE hundred dol
lars, and be imprisoned any time not less than
three nor more than twelve months and if it
shall be shown to court, where the trial of
such offence shall be had, that the per-
son so offending was not a resident of the city,
ward, district or township where the offence
was committed ,and not entitled to vote there
in then on conviction, he shall be sentenced to
pay fine of not less than one hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars. and be impris-
oned not less than six months nor more than
two years.
"If any person or persons shall make any
bet or wager, upon the result OF any election
within this Commonwealth, or shall offer to
make such bet or wager. either by verbal
proclamation thereof or of any printed or
written advertisement, challenge or invitation
TO make such bet or wager upon conviction
thereof he or they shall pay three times the
amount so bet or offered to bet.
"lf any person not by law qualified, shall
fraudulently vote at any election in this Com
monwealth, or being otherwise qualified, shall
vote out of his proper district, or if any person
knowing the want of such qualification shall
aid or procure such person to vote the per-
son offending shall on conviction be fined in
any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars,
and be imprisoned for the term not exceeding
three months.
'If any person shall vote at any more than one
election dlstriCt,or otherwise fraudulently vote
more than once on the same day, or shall
fraudulently fold and deliver to the Inspector
two tickets together with the intent illegally
to vote or advise and procure another to do so,
he or they offending, shall on conviction, be
lined in any sum not less than fifty nor more
than FIVE hundred dollars and be imprisoned
for any term not less than three nor more than
twelve months
"if any person not qualified to vote in this
commonwealth, agreeably TO law, (except the
cons of qualified citizens,) shall appear at any
slace OF election for the purpose issuing tick
pts, or OF influencing the citizens qualified to
vote, he shall on conviction forfeit and pay any
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for
every such offence and be imprisoned for every
such offence three months.
"Agreably to the provision of the sixty first
section of said act every General and special
election shall be opened between the hours of
eight and ten in the forenoon and shall contin-
ue without interruption or adjournment until
SEVEN o'clock in the evening, when the polls
shall be closed.
Pursuant to the provision contained in the
76th section of the act afor esaid, the Judges of
the aforesaid district shall take charge of the
certificate or return of the election of their res
pective districts and produce them at meet