The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1866-09-27
Notice is Hereby Given.

That every person, excepting Justices of
the Peace, who shall hold an office or ap-
pointment of profit or trust under the United
States or of this State or any city or corpo-
rated district, whethera commissioned officer
or otherwise, a subordinate officer, or agents
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 incorpo-
rated district is by law incapable of holding
or exercising at the same time, the appoint
ment of Judge, inspector, or clerk of any G.
lection of this commonwealth, and that no
inspector, Judge or other officer of such cleo
ton 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 I'd. 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 a qualified vo-
ter.
sit shall be the duty of said assessors re-
spectively to attend at the places of holding
every general, special or towship 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 iudg-
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
mo 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 OF
county tax assessed agreeably to the Consti-
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 elcctor between
the ages of II and % years he shall depose
on oath or affirmation that he has resided in
the State at least one year next before his
appl ication 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 III
the Alphabetical. list by the inspectors and a
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 be shall be admitted to vote by reason o
such age shall be called out TO the clerks
who shall make the like notes in the list o
voters kept by them.
sin 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
iccted TO by any qualified citizen it shall be
the duty OF the Inspector TO examine sucl
person on oath as to his qualifications, ano
| If he claims to have resided within the dis
trict for one year or more his oath shall be
sufficient proof thereof, but shall make proc
at least by one competent witness who shal
! be qualified elector that he has resided with
in the district for more than ten days mex
] preceding such election and shall also him