North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-09-26

shall be fined IN any sum not exceeding FIVE hun
| dred dollars and be imprisoned for any time mo-
less than one nor more than twelve months; and il
| it shall be shown to the Court where the trial o.
such offense shall be had that the person offend
ing not resident of the city, ward district or
! township where the offence was committed. and no
entitled to a vote therein, then on convi"tion hs
shall he sentenced to pay fine Of not lees than one
hundred dollars and DO imprisoned not less thar
| SIX months or more than two years.
AN ACT
Regulating the mode Of voting at oil elections, in
the several counties of this Commonwealth.
SECTION I. Be it enscted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth oi
Pennsy lvania in General Assembly met, and it ID
hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That
the qualified voters of the severvl counties OF this
Commonwealth, at all general, township, borough
and special elections hereby, hareafter author
ized and required 70 vote, by tickets, printed or
writ. n or partly printed and partly written, sever
ally classified follows: One ticket shall embrace
the Of al judges Of courts voted for, and to
be lane lied, outside, judicaty;' one ticket shall
and to be labelled, ':sate;" ope ticket shall en-
brace the names of all county officers voted for in.
cluding Office of senator, member, and members OF
assembly if voted for, and members Of congress II
voted for, and be labelled, county, one ticket
shall embrace the names of all township officers vo-
shall embrace the rames of all borough officers vo-
ted for and be labelled, "borough 5" and each class
shall be deposited in separate ballot-boxes.
AND WHEREAS, By the act of the Congress Of the
United States, epsitled San act to amend the sew
erai acts heretofore passed to provide for the en-
rolling and calling out the National forces and for
other purposes " and approved March third. one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve, all pc rsons
who haze deserted the military r naval service of
the United States and who have not been dis
charged or relieved from the penalty. disability
therein provided are deemed, and taken, to have
voluntarily relnquished, and forfeited their rights
of citizenship, and their right to become citizens
and are deprv of exercising any rights of citizens
thereof:
AND WHEREAS Persons. not citizens of the United
States are not under the Constitution and laws of
Pennsylvania, qualified electors Of this Common
wealth
SECTION |. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and il is
hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That
in all elections hereafter TO be held In this m
monweaIth it shall be unlawful for the judge in
sp.ctors of any such election to receive ballot, or
ballots from any person or persons embraced in
the provisions, and subject to the disability, i'm
posed by SAID act Of Congress approved March third
one thous. nd eigh, hundred and sixty FIVE, and it
shall be unlawful for any such person to offer to
vote any ballot, or ballots.
SECTION 2. That if any such Judge and inspectors
of election or any Of them shall receive or ron
sent tn receive any suh unlawful ballot or ballots
from apy such disqualified person, he, they, so
offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
urnn conviction thereof, in any court of quarter
sessions of this Commonwealth, he SHALL for each Of
fense, be sentenced to pay fnc of not less than
one hundred dollars, and to undergo an imprfson-
ment in the Jail # the proper county for not less
than sixty days.
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ship, and disqualified aforesaid, shall at any cleo
tion hereaftar to be held in this Commonwealth.
vote or tender to the officers thereof, and offer TO
VOTE ballot, ballots, any person, SO offending,
shall be deemed guilty of a mis1emeanor, and on
conviction thereof, any court of quarter sessions
Of this Commonwealth, shall, 70. each ofense, be
punished in like manner is provided in tie pre-
ceedng section Of this act in the of officers of
election receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots
SEC 4 That if any person shall persuade, or
advise person, or persons de prived of citizen
ship and disqualified aforesaid, to offer any bal
10, or ballots to the officers of any election, here
after to be hell i, this Commonwealth, or shall
persuade or advise, any such officer to receive any
ballot or ballots from sny person deprived of cit-
Eenship and disqualified as aforesaid, such person.
30 offending shall be guilty of misdemeanar. and
upou conviction thereof in any court of quarter
sions of tLis Commonwealth, shall be punished in
like manner rs is provided in the oDd section Of
this act in the case of officers of such election
ceiving such unlawful ballot, or ballots
Agreeaply IN the provisions of the sixty. first Sec
ton of said Act every general and special election
sh j. be opened between the hours of eight and ten
in the forenoon and sha II continue without Interrupt
ton adjournment until seven o'clock in tho even
ing, when the polls shall be closed.
Pursu ant to the provisions contained in the 10th
section Of the Act the Judges Of the aforesaid dis
tricts respectively shall take charge of tie eerf-
cate or return of the election of their respective dis
tricts, and produce them at meeting Of one Judge
from ei ch district, at the Court House in the DO.
rough of Tunkhannock ON he third day after the
day Of election being the 18th day of Octo next
tben and there to do and perform th" duties re-
ouired ny law Of said Judges. Also, that where n
Judge by sickness Unavoidable accident is unable
to attend said meeting of Judges then the certif-
by one of the inspectors Clerks OF election of said
district who shall do and perform the duties requir
cd of said Judge unable to attend.
Also that in the 3lst section of said Act, it is
enacted that when two or more counties shall COM
pose a District for the choice of q member or mem
bers of the senate of this Commonwealth of the
House of Re pre- sentatves Of the United States of
OF the election in each county having met afore-
sa d. the Clerks shall make out fast statement of
all the votes which shall Eave been given at such
election within the county for every person voted
for an such member or members, or President
J udge. which shall be signed by said Judges and
attested by the Clerks and one OF the said Judges
sh all take charge of said certificate and shall pro-
duce the same at q meetiuo Of one Judge from each
county in such districts is or may be appointed
by law for this purpose which meeting shall be held
the seventh day after the election"
Given under ny hand at my ofhce in the Be trough
Of Tunkhannock, the 18th day Of Sept. A. d. 1866
(GoD SAVE THE CoMMoEwEALTH