The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-10-21

the Commissioners and Assessor, his right Il
| vote whether found thereon or not, objected t.
lby any qualified citizen, it shall be the duty Of
the inspectors to examine such person oatl
as to his qualifications, and if he claims to have
resided within the state for one or more years
his oath shall not be sufficient proof thersof but
shall make proof there by at least one competent
| witness, who shall be q qualified elector that he
has resided within the district for more than
ten days next preceding said election, and shall
also himself swear that his bona fda residence
in pursuance of his lawful calling, is within the
district, and that he did not remove into said
district for the purpose of voting therein.
''Every person qualified aforesaid, and who
shall make due proof, if required, of his resi-
dence and payment of taxes as aforesaid, shall
be admitted to vote in the township, ward, or
district in which he shall reside.
''If any person shall prevent or attempt to
prevent any officer of any election under this
act from holding such election, use or threat
en- any violence to any such officer, or shall in
terrupt improperly interfere with him in the
execution of his duty, or shall block up the win
dow, avenue to any window where the same
may be holding, or shall riotously disturb the
peace at such election, shall use practice
any ntimidating threats, force violence, with
design to influence unduly or overawe any cleo
tor or to prevent him from voting or to restrain
the freedom of choice, such person conviction
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding five hun
dred dollars and be imprisoned for any time not
less than one month nor more than twelve
months and if it shall be shown to the court
where the trial of such offences shall be had
that the person so offending was not resident
OF the city, ward or district, or township where
the said offence was committed, and not entitled
to vote therein, then conviction, he shall be
sentenced to pay fine of not less than one
hundred nor more than one thousand dollars,
and be imprisoned not less than six months nor
more than two years.
Pursuant to the provisions contained in the
9th section of the act first aforesaid the judges
of the aforesaid districts shall respectively take
charge of the certificate or return of the cleo
ton of their respective districts and produce
them at a meeting of one judge from each dis
tricts, at the Court House in the borough of
EbensbuIg, on the third day after the day of
election, being for the present year on FRIDAY
the 9Th of NOVEMBER next, then and there TO
do, and perform the duties required by law of
said judges. Also, that where judge by sick
ness or unavoidable accident isunable to attend
said meeting of judges, then the certificate or
inspectors or the clerks of the election of said
district, who shall do and perform the duties re-
quired of said judge unable to attend.
Given under my hand at my office. in Ebens-
burg, the 18th day of October, A. D., 1852,
and of the independence of the United States
of America, the seventy-seventh.
JOHN BRAWLEY,
Sheriff Of Cambria Co.
Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg, ".
October Z, 1S52-4t.