The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-05-01
THE REGISTRY LAW.


4 further supplement TO the oct reldting
to the elections Of this Commonwealth.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met, and it is here
by enacted by the authority of the
same: That from and after the pas
sage of this act it shall be the duty of
the several assessors within this Com
mCnwealth, on receiving their trans
cripts from the County Commissioners,
to proceed to make out list, i'll alpha
betical order, Of the white freemen
above tWenty-one years OF age, whom
they shall know, or who shall make
claim to said assessors TO be qualified
voters within their respective town
ships, bOrOughs, wards, or other elec-
tion districts, and opposite said names,
state whether the said freeman is, or
is not a hOusekeeper, and if he is, the
number of his residence in towns
where the same are numbered, with
the street, alley, or court in which sit
uated, and if in a town, where there
are no numbers, the names of the
street, alley, or court on which the
said house fronts, also the occupation
of the party, and where he is not a
housekeeper, the occupation, place of
boarding and with whom and, if
working for another, the name of the
employer; and write opposite said
name the word voter; and, where said
party claims to vote by reason ofnatUr-
alizatiCn, he shall exhibit his certificate
thereof to the assessor, unless he shall
have voted in the township, borough,
ward or district at five preceding gen.
eral elections and, on exhibition CT
the certificate, the name shall be mark
ed with the letter \ where the party
has merely declared his intention to be-
come a citizen and designs to be natUr-
allied before the next election the name
shall be marked d | where the claim
is to vote by reason Of being between
the ages of twenty-One and two, as
provided by law, the word "age" shall
be entered, and if the party has moved
into the election district to reside since
the last general election, the letter r
shall be placed opposite the name and
in all of the cases enumerated a tax
Il g, 40 aGSn-Sph npaJnGf fhn
person, aud in order to carry this law
into effect for the present year it shall
be the duty of the Commissioners OF
irrespective counties Ofthis Common
wealth, and Ofthe city of Philadelphia,
within sixty days after the passage OF
this act, to cause alphabetical lists OF
the persons returned by the assessors
as having been assessed in the several
districts for the present year, to be
made out and placed in the hands OF
/ the respective assessors, whose duty it
shall be, on or before the 1st of Sep
! tember, to ascertain the qualifications
of the persons so Eamed and their
! claims to vote, as before mentioned, and
perform, in regard to such persons,
all of the duties enjOined by this act
and furnish said list to the commission
! ers and election board, as hereinafter
/ directed; Provided, That the names OF
/ all persons who were duly registered
and permitted to vote at the next pre-
| ceding general election in October,
/ shall, without further proof or applica-
ton, be placed on the list or registry
directed to be prepared for the election
in November, but they and all Others
shall be subject to challenge and their
right to vote be passed on as prescrib.
ed by the fourth section of this act.
SECTION ,. On the list being COM
pleted and assessments made as afore
said, the same shall forthwith be re
turned to the county commissioners
who shall cause duplicate copies of sale
lists, with the observations and expla
nations required to be noted as afore
said, to be made out as soon as practi
cable and placed in the hands of The
assessor, who shall, prior to the first 0
August next ensuing said assessments
put one copy thereof on the door ofth'
house where the election of the respec
tive district is required to be held anC
retain the other in his possession fo
the inspection, free of charge, of any
person resident within the said election
district who shall desire to see tht
same, and it shall be the duty of said as
SCISSOR to add, from time to time, on th'
personal application of any one claim
! ing the right to vote, the name of sucl
claimant and mark opposite the nam
sc w and Immediately assess hin