The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-08-26

o. upon the completion OF tniS work
the assessor is to make out list, in
alphabetical order, of the white free
men above twenty-one years of age
claiming to be qualified voters in the
ward, borough, or district of which he
is assessor, and opposite each of said
names state the following particulars:
a. Housekeeper or not a housekeep-
er.
b. Ifa hOusekeeper, the number of
his residence, with the street, alley,
lane or court, if in town where
houses are numbered f; if not, then the
street, alley, lane or court on which
the house fronts.
C. 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.
Opposite each name write the word
"voter.n
e. If the person claims the right to
vote by reason of naturalization, he
must exhibit his certificate to the as
SCISSOR, unless he has been five consec-
tive years next preceding voter in
said district, and in all cases where
the person has been naturalized his
name shall be marked with the letter
an" where he has merely declared
his intention to become citizen his
name is to be marked sd. t." where
the claim is to vote between the ages
oftwenty one any twenty two, the
word cage" is to be added to his name,
and if he has removed into the dis
trict since the last general election the
letter "R" is to be placed opposite his
name.
f. A separate list of all new assess
ments, and tie amounts assessed upon
each person, is to be Immediately fur
nished to the county commissioners,
together with the general list revised
and corrected, as aforesaid.
On receiving back from the county
commissioners duplicate copies Of said
list with the observations and explana-
tions noted as aforesaid, the assessor,
prior to the first day of August, is to
place one copy on the door, or other
conspicuous part of the house where
the election is required by law to be
held, and to retain the other in possess
ion, for the inspection, free of charge,
ofany resident of the district.
h. The assessor is to add, from time
to time, to his list the names of any
one claiming the right to vote, mark
opposite the name the letters &C. V. -
assess tax and note as in other cases,
his occupation, residence, whether a
house-keeper, or boarder, and with
whom he boards, and whether natural
lied, or desiging to be, marking in all
such cases the letter "N," or ID. L."
opposite his name. If the person
claiming to be assessed be naturalized,
he must exhibit his certificate to the
assessor; if he designs to be naturali-
zed before the next election, he must
exhibit his certificate Of declaration.
i. In all cases where any ward, bOr-
ough, township, or election district is
divided into two or more precincts, the
assessor shall note in all his assess
ments, the precinct in which each G.
lectOr resides, and make a separate re-
turn for each precinct to the county
commissioners, and when he receives
back the duplicate copies, one of them
is to be put upon the election house,
of the precinct.
j. On the tenth day preceding the
second Tuesday of October, the assess
or shall son the Monday Immediately
following" return to the county COM
missioners the names Of all persons as.
sessed by him since his former return,
noting the observations and explana-
tions before specified, and it shall not
be lawful for any assessor to assess any
tax within ten days next preceding
the second Tuesday of October.
k. Assessors have power to admins
ter oaths, and are to be paid by the
county commissioners for the time
necessarily spent in performing the du-
ties imposed by the act.
Ii. The county commissioners have
various duties to preform under the
Registry law, but as they have counsel
to advise them it is not necessary To
set forth their duties in this expo
sition.
III. AS to election officers. They
are to open the polls between the hours
of six and seven, a. M, on the day OF
election. Before six o'clock in the
morning ofsecond Tuesday of October
they are to receive from the county
commissioners the registered list OF
voters and all necessary election
blanks, and they are to permit no man
to vote whose name is not on said list,
unless he shall make proof of his right
to vote a folloWS:
/. The person whose name is not on
the list, claiming the right to vote,
must produce qualified voter of the
district to swear in written or printed
affidavit to the residence of the claim
ant in the district for at least ten days
next preceding said election, defining
clearly where the residence of the per-
son was.
2. The party claiming the right tc
vote shall also make an affidavit, stat
ing to the best of his knowledge and
belief where end when he was born,
that he is a citizen OF Pennsylvania
and of the United States, that he has