The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-09-07
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design to influence unduly or OVerawe any elec-
tor or prevent him from voting, or to restrain the
freedom of choice such persons conviction shall
be fined in any sum not exceeding i've hundred
dollars to be imprisoned for any time not less than
one nor more than twelve months, and II 1t shall
be shown to the court where the trial of such Of
fence shall be had, that the person so offending
was not a resident of the city, ward or district
where the said offence was committed, and not
entitled TO vote therein, on conviction, he snail
be sentenced to pay fine not less than one hun
dred or more than one thousand dollars, and be
imprisoned net less than six months nor more than
two years.
"if any person or persons shall make any bet or
wager upon the result of an election within the
Commonwealth, or shall offer to make any such
bet or wager either by verbal proclamation there
of or by any written or printed advertisement
or invite any person or persons to make such pei
or wager upon conviction thereof he or they shall
forfeit and pay three times the amount so bet or
offered to be bet
The qualified electors will take notice OF the
following act of Assembly, approved l2Ih day OF
March 1866 An ACT, Regulating the mode oil
voting at all elections, in the several counties oil
this Commonwealth.
SrcTIoN / Re it enacted by the Senate and
House Of REPRESENTATIVES Of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and 1t is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same.
That the qualified voters of the several counties Of
this Commonwealth, at all general to" nship,
borough and special elections, are hereby, hpTeai-
ter authorized and required to vote, by tickets,
printed, or written, or partly printed and partly
written severalIy classified as follows: One tick
ct shall embrace the of all judges of courts
voted for, and to be labelled, outside, ''judieia-
nv. " one ticket shall embrace the names Of all
state officers voted for and be labelled, "state -
one ticket shall embrace the names Of all county
officers yoted for including Office of senator mem
Der, aud members of assembly, If voted for and
members of Congress. if voted for, and be LABEL
ed county, one ticket shall embrace the names
of all township officers voted for and be labelled,
"township:" one tick ct shall embrace the names
of all borough officers voted for, and be labelled,
..borough:' and each class shall bo deposited in
sepcrate ballot-boxes.
SECrI0y 9 That it shall be the duty Of the Sher-
ifs. in the several counties Of this Commonwealth,
to insert in their election procsnatons. hereafter
Issued the first section Of this act.
JAMES R. KELLEY,
Speaker of the House OF Representatives,
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPRovED-the thirtieth day Of March Ammo
Domini one thousand eight hundred and slxty-six
A g. CURTIN.
And the Judges of the respective districts afore-
said. are required to meet at Bedford, on the Fri
day next following the holding of said election,
then and there to perform those things required
of them by law.
Given under my hand, at my Office in Bedford,
this 3lst day of August, in the year OF our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and
in the ninety-first of the Independence of the
United States
JOHN ALSTADT, Sheriff
Sherif7s Office, Bedford
August 81 1866.