Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-09-16

tors and judges elected aforesaid and by clerks
| appointed as hereinafter provided
| ssNo person shall be permitted to vote at any
| election as aforesaid, but a Wblte freeman OF the
! oro of tventv-one years or more, who shall have
resided I'm this state at least year, and in the
election district where he offers to vote at least ten
days Immediately preceding such election and with
| in two wears paid 4 State and county tax, which
shall have been assessed at least ten days before
! the election. But citizen OF the United States,
! who has previously been a qualified voter of this
! State, and removed therefrom and returned, and
who shall have resided IN the election district, and
paid aforesaid shall be entitled to vote af
| ter residing in this State six months. PT20Hsd,
| That the white treemen, citizens Of the United
States, between the ages Of y and p years, and
have resided in the election districts ten days as
aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although they
! shall not have paid taxes.
| No person shall be admitted to vote whose
name is not contained in the list Of taxable inhab-
iauts furnished by the commissioners, unless, First
| he produce n receipt for the payment, within two
! years, of State county tax assessed agreeaby
to the constitution, and give satisfactory evidence
on his own oath or affirmation of another, that he
has paid such tax or on failure 70 produce re-
ceipt shall make oath of the payment thereof, or
Secend if he claim right to vote by being an cleo
tor between the age Of q and - years, he shai de
pose on oath or affirmation, that he has resided III
the State at least year before his application anu
make such proof of his residence in this district as
is required by this act, and that he does verify be-
eve, from the accounts given him that he IS OF age
quireI by this act whereupon the name Of the per
so admitted vote, shall be inserted IN the al
phahetical list by the Inspectors and note made
apposte thereto by writing the word tax, II lie
shall be admitted 10 vote by reason Of having paid
tax, the word - age" if he shall be admitted 10
vote by reason Of such age shall be called out TO
the clerks, who shall make the like notes in the
! list ofyoters kept by them
In all cases where the name Of the person
claiming to vote is found the list furnished by
the commissioners and assessor, or his right to
vote whether found thereon or not, is objected to
by any qualified citizen, it shall be the duty OF the
inspectors to examine such person on oath 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 thereof but shall make
proof there by at least one competent witness who
shall be 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 bonafde residence in pursuance Of
his lawful calling, is within the district, and that
he did not remove into said district fer the purpose
Of voting therein.
every person qualified as aforesaid, and who
shall make due proof, if required, Of his residence
and payment of taxes, aforesaid shall bc admit
ted to vote in the township, ward or district IN
which he shall reside.
IF any person shall prevent or attempt to pre-
vent any officer of any election under this act from
holding such election threaten any yiO
lence to any such officer shall interrupt or I'M
properly interfere with him in the execution Of his
duty, shall block up the window, or avenue to
any window where the may be holding, or
shall riotOusy disturb the peace of such election
or shall use or practice any lntlmldatlng threat $
force violence, with design to influence unduly
or oyerawe any elector to prevent him FROM yo-
ting restrain the freedom Of choice such person
on conviction shall be fined in any sum not eXcec-
ding five hundred dollars and be imprisoned for
any time not less than 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 offending was not resident Of the
city, ward, district, township where the said
offence was committed, and not entitled to q vote
therein then conviction, he shall be sentenced
to pay q fine of not less than Cne hundred
more than thousand dollars, and be imprisou-
ed not less than six months nor more than two
years.
Pursuant to the provisions contained in the 57th
section Of the act first aforesaid, the judges of the
aforesaid districts shall respectively take charge Of
the certificate return Of the election OF their
spectiye districts, and produce them at meeting
of judge from each district at the Court House
in the borough Of Ebensburg, the third day af-
the day of elections being for the present year
on FRIDAY the 18th Of OCTOBER next, then and
there do and perform the duties required by law
of said judges. Also, that where judge by sick
ness or unavoidable accident is unable to attend
said meeting Of judges, then the certificate or
turn aforesaid shall be taken charge OF by Of
the inspectors the clerks Of the election Of said
district, who shall do and perform the duties
quired of said judge unable to attend.
Given under nay hand at my Office in Ebensburg,
the 8th day of Sentember, \, D. 1853, and Of the
independence Of the United States of America the
seventy eighth.
AUGUSTIN DURBIN,
Sheriff of Cambria county.
Sherifs Office Ebensburg,
September 1lth, 1858.