Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-05-01
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the general elections for the respective cleo
tion districts on Saturday the tenth day
next proceeding the second Tuesday in Oc-
tober, and on the other days hereinafter
mentioned, and continue in open session at
said place from nine o'clock, a. m. till six
o clock, p. NJ of said day to hear proof OF
the right OF the respective persons to vote
whose names are contained in the assessor s
list, as before mentioned, or who shall apply
to them 70 have their names registered; and
all persons who have not previously voted
IN the election district shall make due proof,
IN the manner now prescribed by the elee-
ton laws, of their right to vote in said dis
trict, and like proof shall be made in all
cases by those applying for registry whose
names are not enrolled by the assessor and
marked voter" and it shall then 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 voters in the said district be-
ing complete, it shall be the duty Of the
election officers aforesaid to cause duplicate
copies thereof to be made out forthwith, 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 retain
ed by the Judge Of the election, who shall
hold the same subject to the inspection of
any citizen of said district until the day. of
the general election, and produce the same
thereat Pf0Uiotd, that the officers here
inbefore named, when they shall deem il
advisable, may meet for the purposes named
in this section ono or more days mot ex-
ceeding four prior 20 the tenth day next
preceding any general OF presidential elec.
ton, 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 boToughs, wards in Dor
oughs or townships; And proritled further,
that where anY ward in city, borough, or
ward in borough or township having but
one assessor, is divided into two or
more election precincts or districts,
the judges and inspectors of all such
election districts or precincts, in each
ward in a city, borough ward IN
a 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 proceeding cleo
ton 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 a city, borough, ward
in the borough, or township is so divided
into two or more election districts, it 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 sfficers in each election district. 1t
shall be the further duty of the said inspec
tors, judges and assessor, in each ward, bor-
ough aud township, to meet again, at the
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act, on the Thursday next preceding any
general election, between the hours Of nine
and ten, a. m and remain in session until
six, D. m, for the purpose of hearing and
determining any claims that may be pre-
sented to them by any person or persons
claiming to be entitled to vote and whose
name or names have not been entered on
the registry of the election district
in which be or they claim to be en-.
titled to vote, each person so claiming
to be entitled to vote therein shall
produce at least one qualified voter of the
district as a witness to the residence Of the
claimant in the district in which he claims
to be a voter for the period Of al least ten
days next preceding the 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 so
claiming TO be voter, and the person so
claiming the right to be registered shall also
take and subscribe an affidavit stating where
aud when he was born; that be is a citizen
Of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
of the United States; and, if u Baturalized
citizen, shall also state when, where and by
what court he was naturaiized; and he shall
also present his certificate of naturalization
for examination, unless he has been voter
in said election district for five years then
next preceding; that be has resided in this
I Commonwealth one year, or, If formerly q
citizen therein aud has moved therefr0m
that he has resided therein six months next
preceding the general election then next fol
lowing that he has not moved into the
district for the purpose of voting therein;
that he has not been registered as a voter
elsewhere; that he has paid State or coun-
~ tax within two years, which was assessed
at least ten days before the election for which
he proposes to be registered, and that he
was prevented from registering his name al
the first meeting for that purpose as direct
ed by this act; the said affidavit shall also
state when aud where the tax claimed to be
paid by the affidavit was assessed, and when,
where and TO whom paid. and the tax re-
ceipt therefor shall be produced for examina-
tion unless the af6ant shall make oath
that it has been lost or destroyed or that be
never received any receipt: ProUided, That
if the person so claiming the right 10 vote
shall take and subscribe an affidavit that be
is citizen of the United States; that he is,
at the time OF making the affidavit, or will
be on or before the day of the next election
ensuing between the ages Of twenty one
and twenty two years, that he has resided 10
the state one year and in the election dis
trict ten days next preceding such election,
be shall be entitled to be registered as a vo-
ter, although he shall not have paid taxes
The said afidavits of all persons making
such claims, and the affidavit of the witnes-
ses to their residence, shall be preserved by
the said board until the day of the election,
and shall, at the close thereof, be placed in
the ballot box along with the other papers
now required By law to be preserved there
in. If said board shall find that the appli-
cant or applicants possess all the legal quail
ifications Of voters, the name or names shall
be added TO the list alphabetically, with like
effect as If done ten davs before the election,
and they shall forthwith be placed with the
other names at the foot of the list on the
door OF house of the place of election, and
as each person whose name is enrolled votes
at said election, one Of the clerks thereof
shall mark on or opposite to the name
''vote, and it shall not be lawful for the
officers Of the election to receive the vote
of any person whose name was not contain
ed in said registry, made out and put uD at
least eight days before the election, as
aforesaid. or in the registry made on the
Thursday next preceding the election and
the reception Of the vote Of any person not
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