The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-14

they have been assessed.
See. 3. 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 the observations and ex-
plantations required to be noted as afore-
said, to be made out as soon as practi-
cable and placed in the hands of the as
SCISSOR, who shall, prior to the first of
August in each year, put one copy
thereof on the door of or on the house
where the election of the respective
district is required to be held and re-
Tain the other in his possession, for the
inspection, free of charge, of any per-
son resident in the said election dis
trict who shall desire to see the same !;
and it shall be the duty of the said as
SCISSOR to add, from time to time, on the
personal application of any one claim
ing the right to vote, the name ofsuch
claimant, and mark opposite the name
sc. Vi" and Immediately assesses him
with tax, noting, as in all other cases,
his occupation. residence, whether a
boarder or housekeeper if boarder,
with whom he boards; and whether
naturalized or designing to be, mark
ing in all such cases the letters, oppo-
site the name, "N." or "D. H." as the
case may be; if the person claiming to
be assessed be naturalized, he shall eX-
hibit to the assessor his certificate of
naturalizai ion and if he claims that
he designs to be naturaliZed before the
next ensuing election, he shall exhibit
the certificate of his declaration of in
tention in all cases where any ward,
borough, township or election district
is divided into two or more precincts,
the assessor shall note in all his assess
ments the election precinct in which
each elector resides, and shall make a
separate return for each to the county
commissioners, in all cases in which a
return is required from him by the
provisions of this act and the county
commissioners, in making duplicate
copies Of the names of the voters in
each precinct, separately, and shall
furnish the same to the assessor; and
the copies required by this act to be
laced on the doors Of or on election
places on or before the first of August
in each year, shall be placed on the
door of or on the election place in each
of said precincts.
Sec. 3. After the assessments have
been completed on the tenth day pre-
ceding the second Tuesday in October
of each year, the assessor shall, on the
Monday Immediately following, make
a return to the county commissioners
of the names Of all persons assessed by
him since the return required to be
made by him by the second section of
this act, noting opposite each name the
observations and explanations required
to be noted as aforesaid and the coun-
ty commissioners shall thereupon
cause the same to be added to the re-
turn required by the second section of
this act, and full and correct copy
thereof to be made, containing the
names of all persons so returned as res
ident taxables in said ward, borough,
township or precinct, and furnish the
same, together with the necessary elec-
ton blanks, to the officers Of the cleo
ton in said ward, borough, township
or precinct, on or before six o'clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of
October ; and no man shall be permit
ted to vote at the election on that day
whose name is not on said list, unless
he shall make proof of his right to
vote, as hereinafter required.
Sec. 4. On the day of election any
person whose name is not on the said
list, and claiming the right to vote at
said election, shall produce at least one
qualified voter of the district as a wit
hess to the residence of the claimant in
the district in which he claims to be a
voter, for the period of at least ten days
next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe writ
ten, or partly written and partly print
ed, affidavit to the facts stated by him,
which affidavit shall define clearly
where the residence is Of the person so
claiming to be voter and the person
so claiming the right to vote shall also
take and subscribe written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit,
stating, to the best of his knowledge
and belief, where and when he was
born that he is a citizen of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania and of the
United States that he has resided in
the Commonwealth one year, or If for
merly citizen therein and has moved
therefrom, that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said elec-
ton; that he has not moved into the
district for the purpose of voting there
in that he has paid State or county
tax within two years, which was as
sessed at least ten days before said elec-
ton and, if naturalized citizen
shall also state when, where and by
what court he was naturalized and,
shall also produce his certificate of nat
uralization for examination the said
affidavit shall state when and where
the tax claimed to be paid by the
affiant was assessed, and when, where
and to whom paid and the tax receipt
therefore shall be produced for exami-
nation, unless the affiant shall state in
his affidavit that it has been lost or de-
stroyed, or that he never received any (,
but if the person SO claiming the right