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

the election of the proper district at a
meeting to be held by them as herein
after directed.
SECTION 3. 1t shall be the duty of
the inspectors and judge of the cleo
ton, together with the assessor, to at
tend at the place of holding the gener-
al elections for the respective election
districts, on Saturday, the tenth day
next preceding the second Tuesday in
October, and on the other days herein
after mentioned, and continue in open
session at said place from nine O'Clock,
a. m., till six O'Clock, p. M, OF said day,
to hear proof of the right Of the re-
spective persons to vote whose names
are contained in the assessors list, as
before mentioned, or who shall apply
to them to have their names registered;
and all persons who have not previous
Iy voted in the election district shall
make due proof, in the manner now
prescribed by the election laws, of their
right to vote in said district, and like
proof shall be made in all cases by those
applying for registry whose names are
not enrolled by the assessor and mark
ed ''voter - and it shall be the duty
of the assessor, forthwith, to assess
said person with tax as required by
law, on the proof being made to the
satisfaction of the election board, if
not already assessed; on the list of the
voters in the said district being COM
pleted, it shall be the duty of the election
officers aforesaid to cause duplicate
COPIES thereof to be made out, forth
with. in alphabetical order, one of
which shall be placed on the door of
the house where the elections are to be
held and the other retained by the
Judge of election, who shall hold the
same subject to the inspection Of
any citizen Of said district until the
day of the general election, and pro-
duce the same thereat Provided, That
the officers hereinbefOre named, when
they shall deem it advisable, may meet
for the purposes named i'll this section
one or more days mot exceeding four
prior to the tenth day next preceding
any general or presidential election, OF
which meeting and its purposes they
shall give due public notice by written
or printed handbills, posted in at least
six of the most public places in their
respective wards, in cities, bOrOughs,
wards in boroughs, or townships: And
provided further, That any ward in a
city, borough, or ward in borough, or
township having but one assessor, is
divided into two or more election pre-
cincts or districts, the judges and in
spectOrs of all such election districts or
precincts, in each ward in a city, bor-
ough, ward in borough or township,
respectively, shall meet at the usual
place of holding the election in the
precinct polling the largest number OF
votes at the last preceding election in
their respective wards, boroughs or
townships, and shall give due public
notice as hereinbefOre provided, of the
time and place of their meeting, and in
all cases where any ward in the city,
borough, ward in the borough, or town
ship is so divided into two Or more
election districts, ii shall be the duty of
the assessor to assess each voter in the
election district to which he belongs
and to furnish separate duplicate lists
to the election officers in each election
district. 1t shall be the further duty
of the said inspectors, judges and AS
SCISSOR, in each ward, borough and
township, to meet again, at the place
fixed by the third section of this act,
on the Thursday next preceding any
general election, between the hours OF
nine and ten, a. m., and remain in 5es-
sion until six, p. m, for the purpose OF
hearing and determining any claims
that may be presented to them by any
person or persons claiming to be en-
titled to vote and whose name OF
names have not been entered on the
registry of the election district in
which he or they claim to be entitled tC
vote. each person SO claiming to be
entitled to vote therein shall produce
at least one qualified voter of the dis
trict as witness to the residence OF
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be a voter for the period Of
at least ten days next preceding the
I general election then next ensuing,
which witness shall take and subscribe
an affidavit to the facts stated by him
/ which affidavit shall define clearly
/ where the residence is of the person sc
claiming to be a voter, and the person
so claiming the right to be registered
! shall also take and subscribe an affida
| Wit stating where and when he was
born that he is citizen of the Com
monWealth of Pennsylvania and of the
United States; and, if naturaliZeC
citizen, shall also state when, where
and by what court he was naturalized
and he shall also present his certificate
of naturalization for examination, I'm
less he has been voter in said election
district for FIVE years then nextpreceed
ing; that he has resided in this Com
monwealth one year, or, if formerly {
citizen therein aud has moved there
from, that he has resided therein sil
months next preceding the genera