The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-04-16

7. At every special election directed
by law, and al every city, ward, borough
or township election, the registry required
to be kept as aforesaid may be used by
the proper officers as evidence of the per-
sons entitled 10 vote thereat, and said
officers shall require all persons whose
names are not on the registry, whether
challenged or not, to show that they
possess the right of suffrage at said e'e;-
ton but nothing herein contained shall
make the want of said registry conclusive
against the right of the person to vote at
such election, but the same shall be judged
of and decided as in other cases.
8. Before entering on the duties of their
offices under this act, the respective as
SCISSORS and inspectors and judges of the
elections shall take an oath, before some
competent authority. in addition to the
oaths now required by law, ''to perform
the several duties enjoined by this witk
fidelity and according TO the requirements
thereof in every particular, to the best of
their ability" They shall each have the
power to administer oaths to every person
claiming the right to be assessed or enrolled
or the right of suffrage, or in regard TO
any other matter or thing required to be
done or inquired into by said officers un>
der this act, and any wilful false swearing
by any person in lation to any matter
or thing concerning which they shall be
lawfully interrogated by any of said Off
GERS under this act, shall be punished as
perjury. Said assessors, inspectors and
! judges shall each receive the same COM
pensation for the time necessarily spent in
performing the duties hereby enjoined as
is provided by law for the performance of
their other duties, to be raid ty the county
commissioners as in other cases, with a
proper allowance to be judged of by the
said commissioners for the expense of
making the list or registries hereby re-
quired to be made out and it shall not
| be lawful for any assessor to assess tax
against any person whatever within len
days next preceding the election to be
held on the second Tuesday in October,
in any year, or within ten days next be-
fore any election for electors of President
or Vice President oc the United States,
and any violation of this provision shall
be a misdemeanor, and subject the officer
so offending to fine, on conviction, of
not less than ten nor exceeding one hum
dred dollars, or to imprisonment not ex-
Gee ling three months, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court.
9. On the petition of five or more citi-
zens of the county, stating under oath that
they verify believe that frauds will be
practiced at the election about to be held
In any district, it shall be the duty of the
court of common pleas Of said county, if in
session, or, if not, judge thereof in vaca-
ton, to appoint two persons, Judcious,
sober and intelligent citizens of the county,
! to act as overseerS at said election. Said
persons shall be selected from different
political parties, where the inspectors be-
long to different parties, and where both
| of said inspectors belong to the same poll
ticaI party, both Of the oyerseers shall be
taken from the opposite political party.
Said overseers shall have the right to be
! present with the officers of the election
| during the whole time the same is held,
the votes counted and returns made out
and signed by the election officers to
keep a list of the voters, if they see pro-
per to challenge any person offering to
vote and interrogate him and his witnesses
under oath in regard to the right of suf-
| frage at said election to examine his
papers produced. and the officers of said
election are required to afford to saic
overseers, so selected and appointed, every
convenience and facility for the discharge
of their duty; and if said officers shall
refuse to permit said overseers to be pre-
sent and perform their duty as aforesaid;
or they shall be driven away from the
! 2oi:s BIZ violence or intimidation, all the
votes polled at such election district shall
be rejected b. any tribunal trying con
test under said election.
10. If any prothonotary, clerk or ths
deputy of either, or any other person,
shall afix the seal of Office to any n-tu-
ralization paper and give out the same in
blank, whereby it may be fraudulentiy
used, or furnish naturalization certificate
to any person who shall not have been
! duly examined and sworn in open court
in presence of some Of the judges thereof,
of, according to the act of Congress, he
shall be guilty of high misdemeonor; or
if any person shall fraudulently use any
such certificate of naturalization, knowing
that it was fraudulently issued, and Shsll
vote or attempt to vote thereon, be snail
be guilty of high miedemesnor, and
either or any of the persons, their aldert
or abetors, guilty of either of the miede'
meanors aforesaid, on conviction, shall
be fined in q sum not eaceeding one thous-
end dollars, end Imprisoned in the proper
pcnitentiary for . Poriod pot exceeding
three years.
IL. ANY assessor, election ofncer OF
person appointed rs m overseer, whc
Shall neglect or refuse to perform any iutJ
enioined by this act, without reasonable
legal cause, shall be subject to penalty
of one hundred dollars (; and If any asses
sor or election officer shall enrol any per
son as a voter who be shall know is no
qualified, or refuse TO enrol any one wht
he shall know is qualified, he shall b.
guilty of a misdemeanor in Office, and, ol
conviction, be punished by Rne and i'm