The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-05-07
An Additional Tax of 2.00O ImpOsed
upon Bedford County.

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In keeping with the purpose Of the
radical party to fetter the people and
concentrate power in the hands of the
tricksters who now control public af-
fairs, a Registry law was passed by
the late legislature, which requires the
Assessors of the several election dis
tricts, on the first Monday in June, to
revise The list Of taxables furnished
them by the commissioners, and then
to visit every dwelling-house in the
district to make further assessments.
Naturalized citizens who have not been
for five consecutive years voters in the
district, are required to show their pa
pers to the. Assessor, and in default Of
so doing, their names will be omitted
from the list of voters. Persons who
have received their first papers and in
tend to obtain their full papers before
the election, must also make claim to
the Assessor of their intention to be-
come citizens. In towns where the
houses are not numbered, the name Of
the street, alley, or court in which the
persons assessed resides, must be stated
by the Assessor; when he is nota house
keeper, his occupation, place of board
ing and with whom, and if working
for another, the name of his employer,
must be given. Upon the completion
of the list, the Assessor shall return it
to the commissioners, who shall
cause duplicate copies to be made
which shall be placed in the hands
of the Assessor, who shall, prior
to the first of August, put one copy
thereof on the door of the election
house, and ratain the other in his pos
session for the inspection of such per-
sons as may desire to examine it. He
shall add to his list the names of such
as shall make claim to him of their
right to vote, By personal application,
requiring such claimants to make the
same proofas those previously assessed,
but no assessments shall be made after
the tenth day preceding the second
Tuesday in October. The Assessor shall
then, on the Monday following the
closing of the assessments, return his
list of additional assessments to the
commissioners, who shall add the
names on the additional list to those
previously returned, and make out a
copy of the entire list and furnish it to
the election board of the district, before
six O'Clock, a. M, of the second Tues
day of October. The Secretary of the
Commonwealth is to have prepared
and printed, at the expense of the prop
er county, the necessary blanks to
carry out the provisions of this act.
There are other very important pro-
visions of this Registry Law, to which
we viii refer in future. We shall
publish the act, except that part of it
which relates exclusively to the city
of Philadelphia, in our next. For the
present we content as with merely call
ing attention to the expensive and
irksome machinery of the act. 1t is
oppressive to the voter, especially to
the naturaIized citizen, and it makes
him pay dearly for the oppression.
The blanks to carry out the act, will,
alone, cost about 500. The extra ex-
penses of making the! assessments and
furnishing lists to the election boards
will not average less than $50 per dis
trict, which will be 81 800 for this coun-
ty. Here, then, is an additional ex-
pense of TWO THOUSAND Doll
LARS imposed upon the people OF
Bedford county, in order to enable the
radical leaders. to hamper and oppress
them. The cost of this Registry Law,
to the state at large, viii not be less
than 100000! This is one Of the
Iuxuries people obtain by voting the
radical ticket. They can digest it at
their leisure.