The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-10-06

! will hold their election at the house of Joh
R. Osterhoudt, in said township.
j The freemen of the township of Tunk
u hammock, will hold their election at th
house of Benjamin F. Schafer, in said town
/ ship.
i The freemen of the township of Barrett
will hold their election at the house of Philil
Rockafellow, in said township.
/ Notice is Hereby Given,
That every person, excepting Justices O
the Peace, who shall hold an office or ap
pointment of profit or trust under the Unitec
States or of this State or any city or corpo
rated district, whethera commissioned Officer
or otherwise, subordinate officer, or agent.
who is or shall be employed under the legis
lative, executive or judiciary department Of
this State or the United States, or of any
incorporated district !; and also, that every
member of Congress, and Of the state legis
lature and of the select or common council
of any city, or commissioner of any incorp6
rated district is by law incapable of holding
or exercising at the same time, the appoint
ment OF Judge, inspector, or clerk OF any e.
lection of this commonwealth, and that nc
| inspector, Judge or other officer of such elec-
tion shall be eligible to be then voted for.
And the said act of Assembly, entitled
san act relating to elections of this common
wealth, passed July 3D. 1889, further provides
That the Inspectors and Judges shall meet
at the respective places appointed for hold
ing the election in the district to which they
respectively belong, before nine o'clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober, and each of said inspectors shall ap-
point one clerk, who shall be qualified vo-
ter.
'It shall be the duty of said assessors re-
spectively 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 Judges, when called on
in relation to the right of any person assess
ed by them to vote at such election, and
such other matters in relation to the assess
ments of votes as the said inspectors or judg-
es, or either of them, shall from time to time
require.
Agreeably to the provisions 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 continue without interruption or
adjournment until seven in the evening,
when the polls shall be closed.
"No person shall be admitted to vote
whose name is not contained in the list of
taxable inhabitants furnished by the Com
missioners, unless first he produce receipt
for payment within two years, of State or
countU IN acsoccod b1., to tho Comet
tuition, and give satisfactory evidence either
on his own oath or the affirmation of another
that he has paid such tax, or on failure to
produce receipt, shall make oath to the
payment thereof; or, second if he claims a
right to vote by being an elector between
the ages of 21 and % 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 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
by this act, whereupon the name of the per-
son so admitted to vote shall be inserted in
note made opposite thereto, by writing the
word 'tax,' he shall be admitted to vote by
reason of having paid tax, or the word age,
if he shall be admitted to vote by reason of
such age 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 person
claiming to vote is found on the list furnish
ed by the Commissioners and Assessors, or his
right to vote whether thereon or not is OBJ
jected to by any qualified citizen it shall be
the duty of the inspector to examine such
person on oath as to his qualifications, and
If he claims to have resided within the dis
trict for one year or more his oath shall be
proof thereof, but shall make proof
at least by one competent witness who shall
be qualified elector that he has resided with
in the district for more than ten days next
preceding such election and shall also him
self swear, that his bonafide residence in
pursuance of his lawful calling is within the
district, and that he did not remove i'll 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 aforesaid, shall
be admitted to vote in the township, ward or
be admitted to vote in the township, ward or
district in which he shall reside.
eff any person not qualified to vote in this
Commonwealth, agreeably to law, Except the
sons of qualified citizens) shall appear at any
place of election for the purpose of issuing
tickets or 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
any term not exceeding three months.
Pursuant to the provision contained in the
9th section of the act aforesaid, the Judges
of the aforesaid district shall take charge OF
the certificate or return of the election of
their respective districts and produce them
at a meeting of the Judges from each district
at the Court House in the Borough of Strouds-
burg, on the third day after the day of cleo
tion, being for the present year on FRLDA Y
the I4th day of OCTOBER next, then and
there to do, and perform the duties required
by law of said judges. Also, that where a
Judge by sickness or unavoidable circumstan-
ces, is unable to attend said meeting of Judg-
es, then the certificate or return as aforesaid
shall be taken charge Of by one of the In