The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-09-15
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part OF company; provide for opening
polls, and call for one copy of the poil-booP
after the election. They are to be paid
ten cents per mile for travelling to and
from their respective regiments, and NAV
vote at one of the company polls. No
failure OF commissioners to visit regiments
shall invalidate any election under the
act.
Sec. % and 20. The officers author
lied to conduct elections are to-be subject
20 the usual penalties for non-fulillment
OF duties. They are to receive no COM
pensation.
Sec. 30. When tho Sheriff issues his
proclamation for al election, he shall
transmit immediately copies oe the same to
the troops in the field from the county.
Sec 81. $4,000 is appropriated to car
the law into effect.
Sec. 32 and 33. Where less than ten
persons are separated from their proper
company, they are to vote as follows:
Each voter is authorized, before the day
of election, to place his ballot, properly
folded, in sealed envelope, together with
statement signed 6y the voter and his
commanding officer, or some other witness,
and duly sworn to and certified before said
oihcer, or some other competent person
This statement must set forth the follow
ing facts:
The name and proper residence of the
voter.
An authority to some qualified voter at
the place OF his residence, to cast the bal
lot for him.
That he Is qualified voter in the pre-
clnet where he proposes TO vote
That he is in the active military SER
vice, and give the name of the organize
tlon OF which he is member
That he has not sent hi s ballots to any
other person than the one SO authorized.
That he will not attempt to vote at any
poll opened on said election day, at any
place whatsoever.
That he has not been dishonorably dis
missed from service.
And that he is now stationed at -,
Said sealed envelope, ballots and state
nent are to be sent by mail, or otherwise,
to the proper person, with the endorse
ment or the sealed part thereof, 'ISoldier's
ballot for - township, (ward or bor-
ough,) in the county of -" &c.
Secs. 81, 35, 36, aud 81. The elector to
whom this ballot is sent shall deliver it
unopened, on the day of election, at the
proper polls. The election officer shall
open it in the presence of the board, and
deposit the ballots and accompanying
papers, as other ballots are deposited The
person delivering the ballot shall be COM
PEELED to testify on oath that he has deliv-
cred ii In the same state as when received,
and that he has not opened it or changed
or altered the contents. Without such
oath the vote shall not be received. The
right to vote of the person sending the
ballot may be challenged. the same as if
he was personally present. Any election
officer refusing to receive and count such
vote, excepting when fraudulent, and any
elector to whom such ballot is sent refu-
sing to present it at the proper poll, are
punishable by $500 fine and one years
Imprisonment. Any person making false
oath touching these matters is subject to
penalty Of 81 900 fine and five years i'm
prisonment.
Sec. 38. The Secretary of State shall
prepare and furnish the necessary blanks
to carry out this act.
Sec. 80. In case of an elector in militia
ry service on vessel, the master of said
vessel shall be competent to take affidavit
and written statement of said elector.
Sec. 40. Assessors are required to assess
a county tax of ten cents on every nom
commissioned officer and private, and the
usual tax on every commissioned officer,
known by them to be in the military SER
vice of the United States or of the State,
In the army or navy, and when names
shall have been omitted they be added on
application of any resident of the district.
Non commissioned officers and privates
are to be exempt from all other personal
taxes while in service. Assessors must
receive this tax from, and furnish GER
tifcate Of payment to, any citizen Offering
to pay the same for said soldier. Where
the name has been entered on the assess
men. books no certificate of assessment
shall be required. The certificate of pay
ment shall set forth the name of the per-
son for whom the tax is paid, the date OF
payment, and year for which it was assess
ed. This certificate shall only be evidence
OF payment of taxes, aud shall not preclude
demand for other evidence of a right to
vote. The penalty for Noncompliance on
the part of assessors, collectors or treas
urers shall not be less than $40, nor more
than $500.
fSy- Hon. Thad. Stevens has been "a.