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

board, and at the close of the election
they shall be enclosed with the list of
voters, tally list and other papers re-
quired by law to be filed by the return
4 judges with the prothonotary, and
shall remain on file Herewith in the
prothonotary's Office, subject to exami-
nation, as other election papers are; if
the election officers shall find that the
applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qualifications of voters, he or they
shall be permitted TO vote, and the
name or names shall be added to the
list of taxables by the election officers,
the word ''tax" being added where the
claimant claims to vote on tax, and the
word ''age" where he claims to vote
on age the same words being added
| by the clerks in each case respectively,
on the list of persons voting at such
| election.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be lawful for any
| qualified citizen of the district, not
withstanding the name of the proposed
voter is contained on the list of resi-
dent taxables, to challenge the vote of
such persons; whereupon the same
proof of the right to suffrage as is now
required by law shall be publicly made
and acted on by the election board, and
the vote admitted or rejected, accor-
ding 20 the evidence; every person
claiming to be a naturalized citizen
shall be required to produce his natur-
alization certificate at the election be-
fore voting, except where he has been
for ten years, cOnsecutively, voter in
the district in which he offers his vote
and on the vote of such person being
received, it shall be the dlty of the
election officers to write or stamp ON
such certificate the word ''voted,"
with the month and year; and if any
election officer or officers shall receive
a second vote on the same day, by
virtue of the same certificate, eXcep-
| ting where sons are entitled to vote
by virtue of the naturalization of their
fathers, they and the person who shall
offer such second vote, upon so offend
ing, shall be guilty of high misde-
meanor, and, on conviction thereof, be
fined or imprisoned, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court; but the fine shall
not exceed one hundred dollars in
each case, nor the imprisonment one
year; the like punishment shall be in
| flicted on conviction of the officers Of
election who shall neglect or refuse to
make, or cause to be made, the indorse-
ment required, as aforesaid, on said
| naturalization certificate.
Sec. 6. If any election officer shall
refuse or neglect to require such proof
of the right of suffrage as is prescribed
| by this law, or the laws to which this
is a supplement, from any person Of
fering to vote whose name is not on
| the list of assessed voters or whose
right to vote is challenged by any
qualified voter present, and shall adj
NIT such persons to vote without re-
quiring such proof, every person so
offending shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a high misdemeanor, and
shall be sentenced, for every such of
fence, TO pay fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or to undergo an inn
prisonment not more than one year,
or either or both, at the discretion of
the court.
Sec. Z. Ten days preceding every
election for elections of President and
Vice President of the United States,
it shall be the duty of the assessor to
attend at the place fixed by law for
holding the election in each election
district, and then and there here all
applications Of persons whose names
have been omitted from the list of
assessed voters, and who claim the
right to vote, or whose rights have
originated since the same was made
out, and shall add the names of persons
thereto as shall show that they are en-
titled to the right of suffrage in such
district, on the personal application of
the claimant only, and forthwith assess
them with the proper tax. After
completing the list, copy thereof
shall be placed on the door of or on the
house where the election is to be held,
at least eight days before the election
and at the election the same course
shall be pursued, in all respects, as is
required by this act and the acts. to
which it is supplement, at the gen.
eral elections in October. The assessor
shall also make the same returns to
the county commissioners of all assess
ments made by virtue of this section;
and the county commissioners shall
furnish copies thereof to the election
| officers in each district, in like manner
in all respects as is required al the
general election in October.
Sec. s. The same rules and regula-
tions shall apply at every special elec-
ton, andat every separate city, borough
or word election, in all respects, as at
the general elections in October.
| Sec. 9. The respective assessors, in
spectors and judges of the elections
shall each have the power to admins
ter oaths to any persons claiming the
right to be assessed or the right of suf-
frage, or in regard to any other matter
or thing required to be done or inquir-
ed into by any person in relation to
any matter or thing concerning which
| they shall be lawfully interrogated by
any of said officers, shall be punished
as perjury.
| Sec. 10. The assessors shall each re-
ceivc the same compensation for the
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