The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-04-23

inspectors and judge of the election, to
gether with the assessor, to attend at tn,
place of holding the general elections fo
the respective election districts, on Sat
urday the tenth day next preceding the
second Tuesday in October, and on the
other days hereinafter mentioned, and
continue in open session at said place
from nine o'clock An. till six O. clock p. NJ
of said day, to hear proof of the right oi
the respective 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 previously
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 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 the voters in said district being com
plete, it shall be the duty of the election
officers aforesaid to cause duplicate copies
thereof to be made out forthwith in al
phabetical order, one of which shall be
placed on the door of or on the house
where the elections are to be held, and
the other retained by the judge of cleo
tion, who shall hold the same subject to
the inspection of any citizen Of said dis.
drict until the day of the general election,
and produce the same thereat; Provided,
that the officers herein before named
when they shall deem it advisable, may
meet for the purposes named in this sec
tion one or more days (not exceeding
FOUR prior to the tenth day next preced-
ing 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 rcspec-
! tive wards in cities, boroughs, wards in
boroughs or townships; And provided
further, That, where any ward in a city,
borough, or ward in borough or town
ship, having but one assessor is divided
into two or more election precincts or dis
tricts, the judges and inspectors of all
such election districts or precints in each
ward in city, borough, ward in a bor-
ough or township respectively, shall meet
at the usual place of holding the election
in the precinct polling the largest mum
Der of votes at the last preceding election
in their respective wards, boroughs or
townships, and shall give due public no.
tice as herein before provided of the
time and place of their meeting, and, in
all cases where any ward in city, bor-
ough, ward in borough or township, is
so divided into two or more election dis
tricts, it shall be the duty of the assessor
to assess each voter in the election dis
trict to which he belongs, and to furnish
separate duplicate lists to the election Of
fcers in each election district; it shall be
the further duty of the said inspectors,
judges aud assessor, in each ward, bor
ough and township, to meet again at the
place fixed on by the third section of this
act on the Thursday next preceding any
general election, between the hours of
nine and ten An, and remain in session
until siz PM, for the purpose of hearing
and determining all claims that may be
presented to them by any person or per-
sous claiming to be entitled to vote, and
whose name or names have not been en-
tered on the registry of the election dis
trict in which he 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 claim
ant, in the district IN which he claims to
be voter, for period of at 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 of the person
so claiming to be voter, and the person
SO claiming to be registered shall also
take and subscribe an affidavit stating
where and when he was born, that he is
citizen Of the Commonwealth of Penn
/ lsylvania, and of the United States, and,
when, where and by what court he was
naturalized, and he shall also present his
certificate Of naturalization for examina-
! ton, unless he has been a voter in said
election district for FIVE years then next
preceding, that he has resided in this
Commonwealth one year or, if formerly
citizen therein and has moved therefrom,
that he has resided therein six months
next preceding the general election then
next following, that be has not moved in
the district for the purpose IF voting
therein, that he has paid State or coun-
tY tax within two years, which was as
sessed at least ten days before the cleo
ton for which he purposes to be regis
tered, and that he was prevented from
registering his name at tho 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-receipt
therefor shall be produced for examina-