Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-10-07


| to the Constitution of the Commonwealth, as the
| same appears on the Journals of the two Houses
| of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth
| for the session of 1857.
r. O Witness my hand and the seal of said
II ~ Jof said Office. this twenty-second day of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fiftysev
en-. A. G. CURTIN,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
| I also make known and give notice, as in and
by She 18th section of the aforesaid act am di-
rected; ''that every person excepting justices of
the peace, who shall hold any Office or appoint
| ment of profit or trust under the government of
the United States, or ofthls State or any city or
incorporated district, whether commissioned of
ficer or othe rwise subordinate officer, or agent
who is or shall be employed under the legisla-
tive, Judiciary, or executive department of this
State or the United States any city incor-
Grated district, and also, that every member of
Congress and the State Legislature, and of the
| lcct and common council Of any city, commits
sioners Of any incorporated district is by law in
capable Of holding exercising at the same time
| the office or appointment of judge, inspector
clerk of any election of this Commonwealth, and
that no inspector judge, or other officer of any
such election. shall be eligible to any office then
| to be voted for"
| Also. that in the fourth section of the act of
Assembly, entitled can Act re- ating to execu-
tons, and for other purposes" approved April
| l6, 1910, it is enacted that the aforesaid 18th
section .shall not be so construed to prevent
any militia officers or borough officers from serving
as Judge, inspector clerk at any general or spe
cial election of this Commonwealth"
| Also that in the 61st section of said act 1t is
enacted that .severy general and special election
shall be opened between the hours OF eight and
! ten in the forenoon, and shall continue without
| interruption or adjournment until seven o'clock
in the evening, when the polls shall be closed"
The general, special, city, incorporated district
and township elections, and all elections for cleo
tors of President and Vice President of the United
States, shall be held and conducted by the inspec
tors and judges elected aforesaid and by clerks
appointed ms hereinafter provided.
No person shall be permitted TO vote at any
| election as aforesaid, but white freeman Of the
age of twenty-one years or more, who shall have
resided in this State at least year and in the ece
ton district where he offers to vote at least ten
| days Immediately preceding such election and
| within two years paid a state or county tax,
which shall have been assessed at least ten days
! before the election But citizen of the United
! States who has previously been qualified voter
| of this State and removed therefrom and return
ed and who shall have resided in the election dis
trict and paid taxes aforesaid, shall be entitled
to vote after residing in this State six months.
P,,Orieled That the white freemen, citizens of the
, United States, between the ages Of 81 and %
wears, and have resided in the district ten days,
as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, although
they shall not have paid taxes.
ssNo person shall be admitted to vote whose
| name is not contained in the list of taxable in
habitants furnished by the commissioners, unless,
| First, he produces a receipt for the payment,
within two years, of state or county tax, as
sessed aoreeably to the constitution and give sat
| isfactory evidence either on his own oath afr-
nation, or on the oath or affirmation of another,
that he has paid such a tax. or on failure to pro-
duce receipt, shall make oath of the payment
.f La o., x-ofo ho,,,
an elector between the ages of 81 and % years,
he shall depose on oath affirmation that he has
| resided in the State at least year before his
application and make such proof of his residence
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 aforesaid and give such
other evidence as is required bv this act, where
upon the name of the person admitted to vote
shall be inserted in the alphabetical list by the
inspectors and note made opposite thereto by
writing the word 'tax' if he shall be admitted te
vote by reason of having paid tax, or the word
sage' if he shall be admitted to vote by reason o.
such age as shall be called out to the clerks, who
shall make the like notes IN the list OF voters kept
by them.
In all cases where the name Of the pcrson cla
ming to vote is not found on the list Furnished
by the commissioners and assessor, his right t,
VOTE whether found there or not, is objected t.
BY any qualified citizen, it shall be the duty o
. the inspectors to examine such person on oath a
to his qualifications, and if he claims to have re
i, sided within the State for one year or more hi
oath will be sufficient proof thereof. but shal
make proof by at least one competent witness
who shall be qualified elector, that ne has resi-
, ded within the district for moro than ten day
. next Immediately preceding said election, an
shall also himself swear that his bona fide res
aence in pursuance of his lawful calling is with
in the district, and that be did not remove ini
said district fer the purpose Of voting therein.