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

affidavit was assessed, and when. where
and by whom paid, and the tax receipt
thereof shall be produced for examina-
tion unless the af1iant shall make oath
that it has been lost or destroyed or
that he never received any receipt:
Provided, That if the person so claim
ing the right to vote shall take and sub
scribe 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 elec-
ton ensuing, between the ages Of twen-
ty-One and twenty-five years that he
has resided in the State one year and
in the election district ten days next
preceding such an election, he shall be
entitled to be registered as voter, al
though he shall not have paid taxes
The said aflidavits of all persons max
ing such claims, and the affidavits of
the witnesses to their resi- ence, 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
applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qualifications of voters, the name
or names shall be added to the list al
phabetically, with like effect as if done
ten days before the election, and they
shall forthwith be placed with the 9th
er names at the foot of the list on the
door or house of the place of election,
and as each person whose name is en-
rolled votes at said election, one of the
clerks thereof shall mark On or OppO-
site to the name "vOted," and it shall
not be lawful for the officers Of the elec-
tiOn 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 afore-
said, or in the registry made ont on the
Thursday next preceding the election,
anu lIc IGNCptiOH bt TIC NOlC Ol any
person not SO registered shall constitute
Il misdemcanOr in the election officers
so receiving it, and, on conviction there
of, the election officers so offending
shall be subject to fine or imprisonment,
or both, at the discretion of the court.
SECTION 4. 1t shall be lawful for any
qualified citizen of the district, not
withstanding the name of the proposed
voter is contained in the registry, and
the right to vote has been passed on
by the election board, to challenge the
vote of such person, Whereup0n the
same proof of the right of suffrage as
is now required by law shall be public
ly made and again acted upon by the
election board, and the vote admitted
or rejected according to the evidence.
Every person claiming to be natural
lied citizen shall be required toproduce
his naturalization certificate at the elec-
ton before voting, as required by eX-
listing laws, except where his case comes
within the fifth provision Of the sixty
fourth section of the act Of one thOuS-
and eight hundred and thirty-nine, tC
which this is a supplement, although
the same may have been exhibited tC
the election board before registry and,
on the vote Of such persons being re-
ceived, it shall be the duty Of the elec-
ton officers to cause to be distinctly
written thereon the word ''vOted,' y
with the month and year, and if the
election officers at the same or any 9th
er district shall receive a second vote
on the same day by virtue Of such GER
tificate, and the person who shall Offer
such second vote, the persons so offend
ing shall be guilty of a high misde
meanor, and, on the conviction there
of, be fined and imprisoned at the dis
cretion of the court; Provided, Said
fine shall not exceed one hundred dol
lars and the imprisonment shall not eX-
ceed one year, and like punishment
shall be inflicted on the officers Of the
election who shall neglect or refuse to
make, or cause to be made the endorse
ment required as aforesaid on said nat
uralizatiOn certificate.
SECTION ). On the close Of the polls
the registry listOn which the memoran'
dunn of voting has been kept as before
directed, shall be sealed with, and pre-
served in the same manner now requir
ed by law as to the tally papers, ano
not taken out until after the next meet
ing of the Legislature, unless required
Oh the hearing ola contested election
or for the purpose of being used at the
election of Presidential electors, or pre-
paratory thereto, as hereinafter provid
ed, after which it shall again be sealed
up and carefully preserved as before di
rected.
SECTION 6. Ten days preceding eve
rv election for electors of Presiden
and Vice President of the United
States, it shall be the duty of the eiec
ton board, and the proper assessor, t(
meet at the place of holding the gener
al election in the district, for the same
| length of time and in the manner di
rected in the third section of this act
and, then and there, hear all applica
tions of persons whose names have
been omitted from the registry, anC
who claim the right to vote, or whos'
rights have originated since the sam
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