Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-10-06
The Law DISTINGUISHING Dcscr

This class who dishonored themselves
during the Rebellion, anG deserted the flag
of the country in its nour of extreme need,
are under the wing and protection of the
Copperhead party of this State. The papers
of that party here and elsewhere are endea,
vorirg to secure these votes at the coming
election. Now these papers will most as
suredly get the deserters who vote, and the
election officers who receive their votes,
knowing them to be deserters, into trouble,
for there is law on the statute, books of
Pennsylvania DISTINGUISHING deserters. Every
officer of election boards or other persons,
who set the law at defiance, will be prose
cuted.
publish the law:
Whereas, BY the act of Congress of the
United States, entitled IAN act to amend
the several acts heretofore pissed to provide
for the enrolling and calling out the national
forces and for other purposes" approved
March 3, 1865, all persons who have deserted
the military or naval service of the United
States, and who have not been discharged
or relieved from the penalty or disability
therein provided, are deemed and taken to
have voluntarily relipquishcd and forfeited
their rights of citizenship and their rights
to become citizens, ana are deprived of exer-
cising any rights of citizens thereof.
And uAereas, Persons not citizens of the
! United States, are not, under the Constitu-
tion and laws of Pennsylvania, qualified
electors of the Commonwealth
SECTION 1. BE ii enacted by tie Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Commonwealth
Of Pennsylvania IN General assembly met, and
it is hereby enacted By the authority Of the same,
| That in all elections hereafter to be held IN
this Common nwealth, it shall be unlawful for
the Judge or inspectors of any such election
to receive any ballot or ballots from any per-
son or persons embraced in the provisions
and subject to the disability imposed by said
net of Congress approved March 3, 1865, and
it shall be unlawful for any such person to
offer to vote any ballot or ballots.
SEC. 2. That if any such Judge or inspec.
! tors of election, or any one of them, shall
receive, or consent to receive, any such un'
lawful ballot or ballots, from any such dis
qualified person, he or they so offending shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and, upon con
viction thereof, in any court of quarter ses
sions of this Commonwealth, he shall. fol
each offence, be sentenced to pay a fine o
not less than one hundred dollars, and t.
undergo an imprisonment in the Jail of tn,
, proper county for not less than sixty days
f, SEC: g. That if any person deprived of cit
izenship and disqualified as aforesaid, shal
at any election hereafter to be held in thi
Q Commonwealth, vote OF tender to the officer
3 thereof, and oher to vote, ballot or ballots
+. any person so offending shall be deeme,
guilty of misdemeanor, and on convict;o,
n thereof in any court of quarter sessions a
this Commonwealth, shall for each ofr.nc
he punished in like manner as is provided /
:, the preceding section of this act, in the cas-
" of officers of election receiving such unlav
full ballot or ballots. a.
q SEC. 4. That if any person shall hereaft,
!. persuade or advise any person or persol
Q deprived of citizenship, or disqualified
=. aforesaid to offer any ballot or ballots to Il
: officers of any election hereafter to be hel
l. in this Commonwealth, or shall persuade
x advise any such officer to receive any ball
IN or ballots from any person deprived of Gil
r. zenship aud disqualified as aforesaid, SUI
!, person SO offending shall be deemed gull
:" of a misdemeanor, and upon convicti'
10 thereof, in any court of quarter sessions
this Commonwealth, shallbe punished in III
manner as ia provided 10 the second secti'
In of this act in the case of officers OF su
of election receiving such unlawful ballot
ballots.