The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1869-05-28


'cessafy election blanks, to the officers of the
election in said ward borough, township or
| precinct, on or before six o'clock in the morn
ing of the second Tuesday of October; and
no man shall be permitted 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. A. On the day of election any person
whose name is not on the said list, and claim
ing the right to vote at said election, shall
produce at least one qualified voter of the
| district as witness to the residence of the
| claimant in the district in which he claims
| to be u voter, for the period of at least ten
days next preceding said election, which wit
uess shall take and subscribe a written, or
partly written and partly printed, affidavit to
the facts stated by him, which affidavit shall
define clearly where the residence is of the
person SO claiming the right to vote shall al
| so 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 Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia aud of the United States; that he has re-
| sided in the Commonwealth one year, or if
| formerly a citizen herein and has moved there
| from, that be has resided therein six months
| moved into the district for the purpose of
voting therein; that he has paid State or
county tax within two years, which was as
sessed at least ten days before said election;
and if naturaiized citizen, shall also state
when, where and by what court he was na-
| turalized, and shall also produce his certiii-
| cate of naturalization for examination; the
| said affidavit shall also state when and where
the tax claimed to be paid by the afliant was
| assessed, and when, where and to whom paid;
| and the tax receipt therefore shall bo pro-
| duced for examination, unless the affinant
| shall state in his affidavit that it has been
| lost or destroyed or that he never received
any; but if the person so claiming the right
to vote shall take and subscribe an affidavit
| that he is native born citizen Of the United
| States, Tor if born elsewhere, shall state the
fact in his affidavit, and shall produce evil
| dence that he has been naturalized, or. that
| he is entitled to citizenship by reason of his
fathers naturalization:) and shall further
| state in his affidavit that he is, at the time
| of taking the affidavit, between the ages Of
| twenty-one and twenty-five years; that he has
| resided in the State one year and in the cleo
tion district ten days next preceding such
| election, he shall be entitled to vote, al
| though he shall not have paid taxes; the said
| afiidavts Of all persons making such claims,
and the aitidayits of the witnesses to
| their residence, shall be preserved by the
| election board, and at the close Of the cleo
| tion they shall be enclosed with the list OF
voters, tally list and other papers required by
prothronot%ary % and shaft remain on HE there
with in the prothonoturys Office, subject to
examination, as other election papers are; if
the election officers shall find that the appli-
cant or applicants possess all the legal quail
fcation of voters, he or they shall be permit
ted 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 lists Of persons
voting at such elections.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be lawful for any qualified
citizen Of the district, Notwithstanding the
name Of the proposed voter is contained en-
the list o. resident taXables, to challenge the
vote of such persons; whereupon the same
proof Of the right of suffrage as is now re-
qured by law shall be publ Iicly made and act
ed on by the election board, and the vote ad-
mitted or rejected, according to the evidence;
every person claiming to be a naturalized
citizen shall be required to produce his nat
uralization certificate at the election before
voting except where he has been for ten years
consecutiyely a voter in the district in which
he offers his vote; and on the vote of sucE
person being received, it shall be the duty oi
the election officers to write or stamp on such
certificate the word ''voted," with the month
and year, and if any election officer shall re
ceive a second vote on the same day, by vir
tue of the same certificate. except where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the naturali
zation of their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon so Of
Tending shall be guilty ofa high misdemea
nor aud on conviction thereof, be fined ol
imprisoned, or both, at the discretion Of the
court; but the fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars in each case, nor the imprison
ment one year; the like punishment shall b'
inflicted on conviction, on the officers o
, election who shall neglect Or refuse to make
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requir
ed as aforesaid on such naturalization certiti
, cate.
SEC. 6. If any election officer shall refus
or neglect to require such proof of the righ
of suffrage as is prescribed by the law or tn
laws to which this is supplement, from an
person Offering to vote whose name is not Of
, the list of assessed voters, or whose right +
, vote is challenged by any qualified vote
present, and shall admit such person to vot
/ without requiring such proof, every person S
J offending shall, upon conviction, be guilty c
high misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced
| for every such offence, topay fine not eX
| ceeding one hundred dollars, or to uuderg
an Imprisonment not more than one year, Q
> both at the discretion Of the court
l SEC. 7. Ten days preceding every electio
! for electors of President and Vice Presideu
of the United States, it shall be the duty c
5 the assessor to attend at the place fxed b
t law for holding the election in each electio
l district. aud then and there hear all applies
! tions of persons whose names have bee
omitted from the list of assessed voters, an
a who claim the right to vote, or whose right
9 have originated siuce the same was made ou'
g and shall add the names of such person
= thereto as shall show that they are Untitled
: the right of suffrage in such district, on th
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