The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-28
HONEST ELECTIONS.
The Registry Law Passed by the
Last Legislature.

An act further supplemental to the elec
: tions of this Commonwealth:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted By the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the Com.
monDeahh of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted By
the authority Of the same, That it shall be
the duty Of each of the assessors within this
Commonwealth, on the first Monday of June
each year, to take up the transcript he has
received from the County Commissioners un-
der 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
previous assessment from the district of
which he is the Assessor, or whose death or
removal shall be made known to him, and to
add to the same the name of any qualified
voter who shall be known to him to have
moved into the district since the last previ-
Gus assessment, or whose removal into tie
same shall be or shall have been made known
to him, and also the name Of all who shall
make claim to him to be qualified voters
therein. As soon as this revision is CON-
pleted he shall visit every dwelling house in
his district and make careful inquiry if any
person whose name is on the 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 tax shall forthwith be assessed against
the person; and the assessor shall in all cases
ascertain, by inquiry upon what ground the
person so assessed claims to be q voter. Up
on the completion Of this work, it shall be
the duty of each assessor as aforesaid to pro-
ceed to make out list in alphabetical order
of the white freemen, above twenty-one years
of age, claiming to be qualified voters in the
ward, borough, township or district of which
he is the assessor, and opposite each of said
names state whether SAID freeman is or is not
housekeeper; and if be is the number of his
residence, in towns wl4ere the same are num-
bered, with the street, alley or court in
which situated, and if in town where there
are no numbers, the name of the street, alley
or court in which said house fronts; also, the
occupation OF the person; and where he is
not a housekeeper the occupation, the place
of boarding and with whom, and if working
for another the name of the employer, and
write oppste 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 pre-
ceding voter in said district; and ip all
Cases where the person has been natulaized
the name shall be marked with the letter
IN, " -rL,Io the person ne-o nI~'Nls 49,
his intentions to become citizen and de-
signes to be natural! !zed before the next elec-
ton, the name shall be marked 'D. Il
where the claim is to vote by reason of be-
ing between the ages of twenty-one and
twenty two, 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 opposite the name. 1t shall
be the further duty Of each assessor as afOre-
said, upon the completion of the duties here
in imposed, to make out seperate list oi
| all new assessments made by him and the
amounts assessed upon each, and furnish the
same Immediately to the County Commits
sioners, who shall Immediately add the names
to the tax duplicate Of the ward, borough,
| township or district in which they have beer
| assessed
SEC .. On the list being completed and
the assessments made as aforesaid, the SAME
shall forthwith be returned to the county
| Commissioners, who shall cause duplicate
copies of said lists, with observations ant
explanations required to be noted as afore
said, to be made out as soon a practicable
and placed in the hands of the assessor, VIII
shall, prior to the first August in each year
put one copy on the door ofo on the houst
where the election of the respective distric
| is required to be held, and retain the othe
| in his possession, for the inspection, free o
charge, of any person resident in the salt
election district who shall desire to see th
same; and it shall be the duty of the sait
assessor to add, from time to time, on tn
personal application of any one claiming tn
right to vote, the name of such claiman
and mark opposite his name &c. W." ant
| Immediately assess him with tax, noting
as in all other cases. his occupation, resi-
dence whether a boarder or housekeeper
if boarder, with whom he boards; an
whether naturalzed or designed to be, mark
ing in all such cases the letters, opposite tn
name, an" or ''D. l.. as the case may be
if the person claiming to be assessed b
naturalszed he shall exhibit to the assesso
his surtifcate of naturalization; and if
claims that he designs to be naturalzed be
fore the next ensuing election, he shall ez
hibit the certificate of his declaration of in
| tentlOn; In all cases WHERE any Waru, oOlOuBu
township or election district is divided int
two or more precents, the assessor shall not
in all his assessments the election precinc
in which each election precinct in which eac
elector resides, and shall make separat
return for each of the county Commissioners
in all cases in which a return is require
from him by the provisions of this act; an
the county Commissioners, in making dupl
cate copies of all such returns. shall max
duplicate copies of the names of ths voters i
each precinct, separately, and shall turnis
the same to the assessor; and the copies r'
quired by this act to be placed on the door
of or on election places on or before the frs
of August in each year, shall be placed o
the door of or on the election place in eac
of said precincts.
Sec. g. After the assessments have bee
completed, on the tenth day proceeding th
second Tuesday in October of each year, til
assessor shall, on the Monday immediatel
following, make return to the county Con