The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1869-05-07

Nh"'OhSNu ny "hy uuuiiucu NOtcT pres
ent, and shall admit such person TO vote
without requiring such proof, every per-
ION so offending shall, upon conviction,
be guilty of high misdemeanor, and
shall be sentenced, for every such Of
fence, to pay Il fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or to undergo an i'm
prisonment not more than one year, or
either or both, at the discretion of the
court.
Sec. I. Ten day s preceding every elec-
tion for electors 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 hear all applications of
persons whose names have been omitted
from the list of assessed voters, a nd 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 entitled to the right of suffrage in
such district, on the personal application
of the claimant only, and forthwith as.
sess 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 pur-
sued, in all respects, as is required by
this act and the acts to which it is sup
plement, at the general elections in Oc-
tober. The assessor shall also make the
same returns to the county commits
sioners of all assessments made by vir-
tue of this section; and the county COM
missioners shall furnish copies thereof
to the election officers in each district,
in like manner in all respects as is re-
quired at the general election in Octo.
ber.
Sec. 8. The same rules and regula-
tions shall apply at every special elec-
tion, and at every separate city, bo-
rough or ward election, in all re-
spects, as at the general elections in Oc-
tober.
Sec. 9. The respective assessors, in
spectOrs and judges of the elections shall
each have the power to administer oaths
to any person claiming the right to be
assessed or the right of suffrage, Or in
regard to any other matter or thing re-
quired to be done or inquired into
by any of said officers under this act;
and any willful false swearing 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 per-
jury.
Sec. 10. The assessors shall each re-
ceive the same compensation for the
time necessarily spent in performing
the duties hereby enjoined as is provided
by law forthe performance of their other
duties, to be paid by the county com.
missioners as in other cases; and it shall
not be lawful for any assessor to assess
a tax against any person whatever with
in ten days next preceding the election
to be held on the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober, in any year, or within ten days next
before any election for electors of Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United
States any violation Of this provision
shall be misdemeanor, and subject the
officers so offending to u tine,on convic-
ton, not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or to Imprisonment not exceeding three
months, or both at the discretion of the
court.
Sec. IL. On the petition of five or more
citizens OF thecounty, stating under oath
that they verify believe that fraud will
be practiced at the election about to be
held, in any district, it shall be the duty
of the court OF common pleas of said
county, il in session, or if not, 4 judge
thereof in vacation, to appoint two judi
cious, sober and intelligent citizens of
the county to act as overseers of said
election; said overseers shall be selected
from different political parties, where
the inspectors belong to different par
ties, and where both of said inspectors
belong to the same political party,
both of the overseers shall be taken
from the opposite political party; said
overseers shall have the right to be pre-
sent with the officers of the election,
during the whole time the same is held +,
the votes counted, and the returns made
out and signed by the election officers !;
to keep II list of voters, If they see prop
per; to challenge any person Offering to
vote, and interrogate him and his wit
neSses, under oath, in regard to his right
ofsuifrage at said election, and to exam.
inc his papers produced; and the officers
of said election are required to afford to
said overseers so selected and appointed
every convenience and facility for the
discharge OF theirduties; and If said elec-
tion officers shall refuse to permit said
overscers to be present and perform their
duties as aforesaid, or if they shall be
driven away from the polls by violence
or intimidation, all the votes polled at
such election district may be rejected by
any tribunal trying contest under said
election: Provided, That no person
signing tho petition shall be appointed
an overseer.
Sec. u. II any prothonotary, clerk,
or the deputy of either, or any other
person, shall atfix the seal of Office to
any naturalization paper, or permit the
same to be affixed, or give out, or cause
or permit the same to be given out, in
blank, whereby it may be fraudulently
used, or furnish naturalization certifi-
cato to any person who shall not havo
been duly examined and sworn In open
court. In the presence of some of the
Judges thereof. according to the act of
Cvngresss, or shall aid in, connive at, or
In any way permit tho issue of any
fraud ulent naturalization certificate. he
shall he guilty of u high misdemeanor
or If any one shall fraudulently use any