Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-05-21
8eotoro enquirer
rHE NEW REGISTRY Law.

publish the following which is an act further
supplemental to the act relative to the cleo
tions of this Commonwealth
SECTION i. Be It enacted By ae Seaag
and House Of Representatives Of the CoBs-
m0nuealH of fPemsylrania IL General IS
semJ}y met. and Il IS Herejy enacted Jy tEe
authority Of tic same, That it shall be the
duty OF each ofthe assessors within this Com
m0nwealth, Oh the first Monday in June Of
each year, 10 take up the transcript he has
received from the county commissioners IN
der the eighth section Of the act Of fifteenth
of April, eighteen hundred aud thiTty-fouT
and proceed 10 an immediate revision ni
the same, by striking therefrom the name of
every person who Is known 10y bim to hase
died or removed since the ,ast previous as
sessment from the district Of which be 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 removed into the district since the
last previous assessment, or whose removal
into the same shall be or shall have been
made known to him, and also the names Of
all who shall make claim to him, to be
qualified voters therein As soon as this re-
vision is completed be shall visit every dwell
ling house in his district aud make careful
inquiry if any 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 bis list, and if so to
add the same thereto; and in all cases where
a name Is added to the list a tax shall forth
with be assessed against the person; and the
assessor shall in all cases ascertain, by in
quiry, upon what ground the person So as
sesscd claims to be a voter Upon the com
pletion Of this work, it shall be the duty Of
each assessor as aforesaid to proceed to
make out a list, in alphabetical order Of the
white freemen, above tweuty-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 freemen Is
or Is not a house keeper; and if he Is the
number Of his residence, in towns where the
same are numbered, with the street, alley
or court in which situated aud if in town
where there are no numbers, the name Of
the street. alley or court on which said house
fronts; also, the occupation Of the person;
and where be is not house keeper, 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 per
son claims to vote by reason Of naturaliza-
ton, be shall exhibit his certificate thereof
to the assessor, unless he has been for FIVE
consecutive years next preceding voter 10
said district; and in all cases where the per
son has been naturalized, the name shall be
marked with the letter N where the
person has merely declared his Intentions
to become citizen and designs to be
naturalized before the next election, the
name shall be marked d l where the
claim is to vote by reasen Of being between
the ages of twenty one and twenty-five, as
provided by law, the word Age shall be
entered; and ifthe person has moved into
the election district to reside since the last
general election, the letter 'R shall be
placed opposite the name. It shall be the
further duty Of each assessor as aforesaid,
upon the completion Of the duties herein i'm
posed, to make out separate list of all new
assessments made by him and the amounts
assessed upon each, and furnish the same
Immediately to the county commissioners,
who shall Immediately add the names to the
tax duplicate of the ward, borough, town
ship, or district in which they have been
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 the observations
and explanations required to be noted as
aforesaid, 10 be made out as soon as praeti-
cable and placed in the hands Of the assess
or, who shall, prior to the FIRST Of August in
each year, put one copy tbereofon the door
of or on the house where the election Of the
respective district is required to be held, and
retain the other in his possession, for the IN
sPection, free of charge, of any person resi-
dent in the said election district who shall
desire to see the same: and it shall be the
duty of the said assessor to add, from time
to time, on the personal application Of any
one claiming the right to vote, the name Of
such claimant and mark opposite the name
&C. v, and immediately assess him with a
tax, noting, as in all other cases, his occupa-
tion, residence, whether boarder OF house
keeper; if boarder, with whom he boards;
and whether naturaized or designing to be,
marking in all such cases the letters, oppo-
site the name, n. " or d. l.. as the case
may be; if the person claiming to be assessed
be naturalized he shall exhibit to the as
SCISSOR his certificate of naturalization; aud If
he claims that he designs to be naturalized
before the next ensuing election, he shall ex-
hibit the certificate Of his declaration of in
tention; in all cases where any ward, bor-
ough, township, or election district is divi-
ded into two or more precincts, the assessor
shall note in all his assessments the election
precinct in which each elector resides, and
shall make a separate return for escb to the
county commissioners, in all cases in which
a return is required from him by the pro
visions Of this act; and the county commits
sioners, in making duplicate copies of all
such rcturns, shall make 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 placed 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