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

that he was prevented from registering his
name at the first meeting for that purpose
as directed by this act the said affidavit
shall also state when and where the tax
claimed to be paid by the affidavit was
assessed, and when, where and to whom
paid, and the tax re' e pit thereof shall be
produced for examination unless the affiant
shall make oath that it has been lost or
destroyed or that he never received any
receipt: Provided, That if the person so
claiming the right to vOle shall take and
subscribe an affidavit that he is citizen
of the United States that he Is, at the
time of taking the affidavit, or will be on
or before the day Of the next election
ensuing, between the ages of twenty
and twenty-five years that he has resided
in the State one year and IN the election
district ten days next preceding such
election, he shall be entitled to be register
ed as voter, although he shall not have
paid taxes. The said affidavits of all
persons making such claims, and the
affidavit of the witnesses 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 therein. If said
board shall find that the applicant or ap-
plicants possess all the legal quaific; ons
of voters, the name or names shall be
added to the list al alphabetically, with like
effect as if done ten days before the elec-
ton, and they shall forthwith be placed
with the other names at the foot of the
list on the door or 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 law
ful for the officers of the election to receive
the vote of any person whose name was
not contained in said registry, made out
and put up 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 SO registered shall constitute
misdemeanor in the election officers so
receiving it, and, on conviction thereof,
the election officers so offending shall be
subject to fine or Imprisonment, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
4. 1t shall be lawful for any qualified
citizen Of tho district, Notwithstanding
the name of the proposed voter is con-
tanned in the registry, and the right TO
vote has been passed on by the election
board, to challenge the vote Of such per
son, whereupon the same proof Of the
right of suffrage as is now required by law
shall be publicly made and again acted on
by the election board, and the vote admit
ted or rejected according to the evidence.
Every person claiming TO be naturalized
citiz,n shall be required to produce his
naturalization certificate at the election
before voting, as required by existing laws,
except where his case comes within the
fifth provision of the sixty-fourth section
of the act of one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-nine, to which this is supple
ment, although the same may have been
exhibited to the election board before
registry and, on'the vote of such person
being received, it shall be the duty of the
election officers to cause to be distinctly
written thereon the word ''voted," with
the month and year, and if any election
| officers at the same or any other district
shall receive second vote on the same
day by virtue of such certificate, and the
person who shall offer such second vote,
the persons so offending shall be guilty of
high misdemeanor, and, on conviction
thereof, be fined and imprisoned at the
discretion of the court. PrOvided, said
fine shall not exceed one hundred dollars
and the Imprisonment shall not exceed one
year, and like punishment shall be inflicted
on the officers of the election who shall
neglect or reiuse to make, or cause to be
made the endorsement required as afore-
said on said naturalization certificate.
5. On the close of the polls the registry
list, on which the memorandum of TIE
voting has been kept as before directed,
shall be sealed up with and preserved in
the same manner now required by law as
to the tally papers, and not taken out un-
til after the next meeting of the Legisla-
ture, unless required on the hearing of a
contested election or for the purpose of be-
ing used at the election Of presidential
electors, or preparatory thereto, as herein-
after povided, after which it shall again
be sealed up and carefully preserved az
before directed.
6. Ten days preceding every election
| for electors of President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, it shall be the
duty of the election board and the proper
assessor to meet at the place of holding
the general election in the district for the
same length of time and in the manner
directed in the third section of this act,
and then and there hear all applications
of persons whose names have been omit
ted from the registry and who claim the
right to vote, or whose right of suffrage
in such district, on the personal applica-
ton of the claimant only, and, if the per-
son shall not have been previously assess.
ed, it shall be the duty of the assessor
forthwith to assess him with the proper
tax After completing the list copy
thereof shall be placed on the door of the
house where the election is to be held, a
least eight days priol to holding the same
when the same course shall be pursued il