The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-09-29
/ LET THE SOLDIERS VOTE!
How they Are to be Assessed---
Prescribed Form for Ballot
Ing, sc.
ADDRESS OF THE UNION Co. COMMITTEE

To the Union Voters Of Cambria county:
The members of the Union Executive
Committee of the county of Cambria will
take immediate steps to secure the assess
ment of the soldiers in the army, under
the law recently passed. Each member
viii organize committee for this work
in his own district, and all loyal citizens
are invited to lend their assistance to the
good cause.
BY the terms of the act, any citizen may
give the name of an absent soldier to the
proper assessor, who is required to enter
it on his list, assessing him with tax of
ten cents, and giving to the citizen Ger
tifcate of the fact. On this certificate the
County Treasurer, or any Collector, en-
dorses the payment of the tax, and the
paper then becomes prima tacie evidence
of the soldiers right to vote.
The undersigned will furnish blanks, if
they can be procured in time but in de-
fault of this, the following form may be
used
I, A. B., assessor of Township, or ward and
Borough) county Of Cambria, State Of Penn
syivsnia, hereby certify that @. D., -- of
Company -, in he - Regiment of -
has been duly assessed in this (ward or
township), with county tax of ten cents for
the year 1854, as provided by the act of the
Legislature of fPennsylyania, approved August
25th, 1864. (Signed,) -
(Date) Assessor.
Received, September =, 1864 of c. D., ten
cents for County Tax assessed to him for the
year 1864. - -, Collector.
Where the party procuring the assess
ment to be made, knows the company and
regiment Of the soldier, it will be very
important to have it inserted in the GER
tifcate.
Commissioned officers are to be asses
sed with the same taxes payable by other
citizens.
Whenever 1t is known that the voter
belongs to company composed in whole
or in part of Pennsylvania soldiers, the
certificate assessment, &c, should at once
be deposited with the undersigned, TO be
forwarded to the company by the State
Commissioner.
Whenever the voter is In hospital, in a
company composed of men from another
State, on detached service, or otherwise SO
situated that it is not probable a Pennsyl-
vania poll will be opened within one mile
Of him, the chairman of each local COM
mittee herein provided for, or some friend
of the soldier, should transmit the certif-
cate and receipt to him i'm mediately, by
mail. ln case the soldier finds a poll
open near him, he can use it at once; if
not he can return it with his ballot, which
he votes by proxy, as follows:
He places In a sealed envelope,
1st. His ticket properly folded.
End. A Statement In the following
form:
I, c. D., of (Township or ward and Bor-
ough), in the county of Cambria, and State
of Pennsylvania, hereby authorize f. F., 8
qualified voter and resident of said district,
to cast the within ballot for me, at the cleo
| tion on the End Tuesday of October, 1864.
(Signed,l C. d.
Regiment, Company, or by some other wit
I, c. D., being duly (sworn or afirmed) ac-
cording to law, doth depose and say that am
| n qualified voter of (Township or ward and
Borough)in the county of Cambria, and State
OF Pennsylvania, that am in the actual mil
itary service of (the United States or the
| State of Pennsy lvaria,) a (private or nom
| commissioned ofhcer) of Company, that 1
| have not sent my ballot to any other person
| or persons than the one in the above author
ity mentioned, that l will not offer to vote at
any poll which may be opened on the End
Tuesday of October at any place whatsoever,
| and that I am not deserter and have not
| been dishonorably discharged from the serv-
| ice, and that am now stationed at --, in
the State of -
(Signed,) CD.
Sworn and subscribed before me, Ca COM
missioned officer of soldiers company or reg
| iment, ma gistrate, notary public, or other
qualified officer) this - day of -, 1864.
(Sfgned,) L. F., Capt, &c.
The foregoing papers properly sealed
by the soldier should be addressed to the
person authorized to cast the ballot, ard
should be endorsed across the sealed part,
or back of the envelope, soldiers ballot,
for Township, or ward and Borough), in