The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-14
j. w. DICKERSON,
Chm Dem. Co. Com.
REGISTRY LAW.
AN ACT

AN ACT
Further supplemental to the act relative to the
elections Of this Commonwealth.
SECTION /. BE ft enacted By the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives. Of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania IN Ge1-
erat Assembly met, and it is hereby en-
acted 6y the authority Of the same,
That it shall be the duty of each of the
assessors within this Commonwealth,
on the first Monday in June of each
year, to take up the transcript he has
received from the county commission
ers under the eighth section of the act
of 18th April, 1884, and proceed to an
immediate revision of the same, by
striking therefrom the name of every
person who is known by him to have
died or removed since the last previ-
Gus assessment from the district of
which he is the assessor, or whose
death or removal from the same shall
be made known TO him, and to add to
the same the name Of any qualified
voter who shall be known by him to
have moved into the district since the
last previous assessment, or whose re-
moval into the same shall be or shall
have been made known to him, and al
so the names of all who shall make
claim to him, to be qualified voters
therein. AS soon as this revision is
completed he shall visit every dwelling
house in the district and make careful
inquiry ifany person whose name is
on his list has died or removed from
the district, and if so to take the same
therefrom, or whether any qualified
voter resides therein whose name is
not on his list, and if SO to add the
same thereto and in all cases where a
name is added to the list a tax shall
forthwith be assessed against the per-
son and the assessor shall in all cases
ascertain, by inquiry, upon what
ground the person so assessed claims
to be a voter. Upon the completion
of this work, it shall be the duty of
each assessor as aforesaid to proceed to
make out list, in alphabetical order,
of the white freemen, above twenty
one years of age, claiming to be quali-
fed voters in the ward, borough, town
ship or district of which he is the asses
sor, and opposite each of said names
state whether said freeman is or is not
a hOusekeeper and if he is, the num-
Der Of his residence, in towns where
the same are numbered, with the street,
alley or court in which situated; and
if in a town where there are no num-
bers, the name of the street, alley or
court on which said house fronts; also,
the occupation of the person; and
where he is not housekeeper, the oc-
cupation, place of boarding and with
whom, and if working for another,
the name Of the employer, and write
opposite each of said names the word
"voter ;" where any person claims to
vote by reason of naturalization, he
shall exhibit his certificate thereof to
the assessor, unless he has been for
five consecutive years next preceding
voter in said distriat and in all cases
where the person has been naturalized,
the name shall be marked with the
letter IN :" where the person has
merely declared his intentions to be-
come a citizen and designs to be nat
uralized before the next election, the
name shall be marked sd. Ii" where
the claim is to vote by reason of being
between the ages of twenty-one and
twenty-five, as provided by law, the
word "age' shall be entered and if
the person has moved into the election
district to reside since the last general
election, the letter "R' shall be placed
1Soosite the name. It shall be the
further duty OF each assessor as afore-
said, upon the completion Of the du.
ties herein imposed, to make out
separate list of all new assessments
made by him and the amounts assessed
upon each, and furnish the same i'm.
mediately to the county commission
ers, who shall Immediately add the