The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-30

ALTHOUGH it is the general impression
that person cannot vote unless his name
is on the Registry list, yet such Is not the
fact. To be properly registered will of course
save the voter vast deal of trouble and in
convenience on the d ~ of the election. The
fourth section Of the Registry Law, which
makes provision for failure to have ones
name on the registry list and which we pub
lish for general information, is as follows:
Section 4. On the day of election any per-
son whose name is not on the said list, and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter of
the district as a witness to the residence of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be voter for the period OF at least
ten davs next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe a written or
partly written and partly printed affidavit
to the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly v here the residence is of
the person SO claiming to be voter, and
the person so claiming the right to vote shall
also 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 and of the United States that he has
resided in the Commonwealth one year, or 4,
if formerly citizen therein and has moved
therefIom, that he has resided therein six
months next preceding said election that
be has not moved into the district fer the
purpose of voting therein that he has paid
"a State or county tax within two years which
was assessed at least ten days before said
election, and if naturaized citizen, shall
| also state when. where and by what court
he wrs naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization for eXamina-
tion the said affidavit shall also state when
and where the tax claimed to be paid by
the affiant was assessed, and when, where
aud to whom paid, and the tax receipt there
| for shall be produced for examination, unless
| the afiant shalt make oath 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, or if born elsewhere, shall state that
fact in his affidavit. and shall produce evil
dence that he has been natur allied, or THAI
he is entitled to citizenship by reason Of his
fathers naturalization. and shall further
swear that he is at the time Of taking the
affidavit between the ages Of twenty-one and
twenty-five years, that be has resided in the
State one year, and in the election district
ten days next preceding such election, he
shall be entitled to vote. although he shall
not have paid taxes. The said affidavits of
all persons making such claims. aud the af-
flavits of the witnesses to their residence.
shall be preserved by the Election Board,
and at the close of the eletion they shall be
enclosed with the list of voters. tally list and
other papers required by law, 10 be fled by
the return judge, with the prothonotary, and
shall remain on the file Herewith in the
prothonotary's office, subject to cxamina-
tion as other election papers are. If the
election officers shall fnd that the applicant
or applicants possess all the legal qualifca-
tions of voters, he or they shall be permitted
to vote, and the name or names shall be ad-
ded to the list Of taxablts 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 per
sons voting at snch elections.