American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-09-14
Notice is Hereby Given.

THAT every person. excepting Justices of the Peace
who shall hold any Office of profit trust under the
Government of the United Satcs Of this State, of
any city incorporated district whether acomnssion-
ed officer agent who is shall be employed under the
Legislative, Executive Judiciary department Of this
state or of the United States city incorporated
district and also that every member OF Congress and the
State Legislature, and Of the Select Common Council
of any CITY, or Commissioners of any Incorporated district
if by law incapable Of holding exercising the same
time the officer or appointment of Judge, Inspector, or
Clerk any electionof this Commonwealth and that no
Judge Inspector other officer of such election shall
be eligible TO any Office when voted fol.
And the said Act Of Assembly, entitled "An Act rea-
ting TO the elections ef this Commonwealth passed Ju-
ly ID 1889, provides as follows, to wit:
That the Judgeand Inspectors, chosen aforesaid,
ing the election in the district to which they respectively
belong, before O'Clock in the morning Of the second
Tuesday Of October in each and every and each of
the said Inspectors snail appoint clerk who shall be
a qualified voter Of said district"
In the person who should receive high
number Of votes for Inspector shall not attend on the
day Of any election then the person who shall have
ceved the second highest number Of votes for Judge
the next preceding election shall act Inspector in his
place aud In case the person who shall have received the
highest number Of votes fur inspector shall attend
the present election Judge shall appoint inspector
his place and in the person elected Judge shall
attend then the inspector the highest
ber of votes shall appoint Judge in his place and II
any vacancy shall continue in the board for the space
one the time fixed by law for the opening Of
the election the qualified Of the township ward
district for which such officers shall have been elect
e the voters the place of election shall elect
one of their number to I'LL such vacancy
1t shall be the duty Of said Assessors, respectively
to attend at the place Of holding every gener special
township election, during the said election is
open, for the purpose Of giving information 70 the In
speotors and Judges when called in relation to the
rights of assessed by them vote at such
election or such other matter in relation to the
ment of voters the said Inspectors Judges eth
er OF TIA EN-, shall from time to time require"
No person shall be permitted 10 vote at any election
Aforesaid other than white freeman, Of II years
more, who shall have resided in this State least
year. and in the election district where he offers to vote
at least ten days Immediately preceding the election and
within two years paid State county tax which shall
have been assessed least days before the election
but citizen of the United States, who had been previ-
ousy qualified voter Of this State and removed there
from and returned and who shall have resied in the
election district and paid taxes aforesaid shall be ent
tied 10 vote after residing in the State six months Pro
vded that the white freemen citizens Of the United
States between the of 2l and y and having
sided in this State year and in the district ten days
aforesaid shall be entitled to vote, although they have
not paid taxes.
No person shall be entitled to vote whose is
contained in the list of taxable inhabitants furnish
ed by the Commissioners, unless he produce receipt
for the payment, within years of State county
tax assessed aqreeably to the Constitution given sat
isfctory evidence, either his OATH Of affirmation
another that he has paid such tax, fure procure
such receipt shall make oath Of the payment thereof
second if he claims to be eecor between the age
of u and - years he shall depose oath affirmation
that he resided in the State least year before