Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-10-05

AT Centre school house for the town p of Decatur
At the house of John Gregory. formerly occu-
ship of Ferguson.
At Congress Hill school house for the township
of Girard.
At the public school house for Goshen township
At the house of Jacob Huber for the township
of Graham
At the school house in Janesvillc for the town
ship of Gueich.
At the house of J w ilson for the twnp of Huston
At the school house in AnsonviIie for the town
ship of Jordan.
At Brdgens school house for the township of
ksrth aus.
At the Turkey Hill School house for the town
ship of Knox
Atthe court house in the Borough of CIcarfied
for Lawrence township
At the public school house for the borough of
Lumber-city.
At the house formerly occupied by Thomas Ky
Ter for the township of Morris.
At the public school house for the Borough OF
New Washington
At the public House of Milo Hoyt. for the Bor-
ough of Oseeoia.
At the house formerly of wm. W Anderson for
the township of Penn
AT the house of l. Bloom, dec d in the Borough
Of CurwensviIle for Pike township
At the house of ID. E. Brubaker for L Unien towp
At the house OF Thomas Henderson for the town
ship of Woodward.
MANNER or VOTING.
AN ACT regulating the mode Of voting al all
elections in the seyeral counties Of this Com
SECTION I. Be IL egt0cfea by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and
it is hereby enacted by the authority Of The same
That the qualified voters of the several election
districts of this Commonwealth. at all general,
township. borough and special electionsarc here
by. hereafter Authorized and required TO voteb
tickets, printed or written, or partly printed and
partly written. severally classified as follows:
->one ticket shall embrace the names of all judges
of courts voted for, and to he labelled outside.
Judiciary" one ticket shall brace the Frames
Of the State officers voted for. and be labelled.
State - one ticket shall embrace the names of
all county officers voted for. including office of
Senator. member and members of assembly, if
voted for, and members of Congress, if voted for
and be labelled county" ;" one ticket shall en-
brace the names of all township officers voted
for. and be labelled township; one ticket shall
embrace the names of all borough officers voted
for, and be labelled ''bo ,ough - and each class
shall be deposited in separate ballet boxes.
REGISTRY LAW
also give official notice to the electors of Clear
field county that. by act entitled AN act fur
ther supplemental to the act relative 10 the cleo
tions of this commonwealth, approved April l'th
A. d 1869, it is provided as follows:
SECTION l Bet enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives. IF the Commonwealth Of Penn
sylUaHIa GensraL assembly met. ona ft rs hers6g
sHGrtsd bu the authority OF the saate That II shall
be the duty of each of the assessors within this
commonwealth, on the first Msndayof juno IN each
year. 70 take up the transcript be has received
county
ton Of the act of 18th April 1854. and proceed to
An inm ediate revision of the same by striking
therefrom the name of every person who is known
by him to have died or removed since the fast
previous essment from the district OF which h
is the assessor or whose death or removal from
the same shall be mado known TO hun, and TO aad
to the same the name of any quai1hsd voter VINO
shall be known TO him to have moved into the
district since the last previous assessment ana
whose removal into the shall be or shall have
been made known to him, aud also The names OF
all who shall make claim to him TO De quallheu
voters therein. As soon as this revision Is CON
pIeted he shall visit every dwelling house in his
district and make careful inquiry II any person
VII lose name is on his list has died or removed
from the district, and If soto take the same mere
from whether any qualified voter TesIdes there-
in whose name is not the list and II SO 10 add
the same thereto; and in all cases where name
is added to the list a tax shall be forthwith as
sessed against the person; and the assessor snail
in all ascertain, by inquiry, up"n what
ground the person assessed claims TO be voter
Upon tho eo,nrlstian OF this work II shall be N
duty of each assessor as aforesaid TO proceed 10
make out q list in alphabetical order of the white
frecmen above twcnty-one years OF age, claiming
to be qualified voters in the ward borough, town,
ship district of which he is the assessor ana
opposite each of said names state whether s".i
freeman is or is not hOusekeeper; ard IL he Is
the number of his residence, in towns where the
Same are mum bered with the street, alley court
in which situated; and if in a town where there
are no numte the name of the street alley or
court which said hous fronts; also, the occu-
patton of the person and where he is not q house
keeper the occ upation place of boarding and with
W b ON, and if working for another, the, name of
the employer. and wrlto opposite each of said
names th e word voter" where any person claims
to vote by reason Of naturalization he shall ex
hibit his certificate thereof TO the assessor unless
he has been for five consecutive years Lext precc-
ding a voter in said district; and in all cases
where the person has been nnturaiizod the name
shall be marked with the letter" :" where the
person has merely declared his intention to be-
come citizen and designs TO be natursIized be-
fore the next election, the name shall be,natked
- where the claim is to vote by reason of being
between the ages of q and 22,ss provided by Law,
the word 'sage'' shall be entered and if the per-
has moved into the election district to reside
since the last general election, the letter RI sha II
be placed opposite the name. 1t sha be the fur
ther duty of zach assessor as aforesaid, upon the
completion Of the duties herein imposed to make
out a separate list of all new assessments ade by
him and the amounts assessed upon each and furt
nish the same Immediately to the county commits
sioners who shall Immediately add the names
: the tax duplicate of the ward borough, township
or district in which they have been assessed.
SEC. 9. On the list being Completed and the
scssmepts made afor csaid. tn same shall forth
with be returned to the county com issioners W o
shall cause duplicate copies of said lists with the
observations and explanations required to be no
ted as aforesaid, to be made out as practi-
cable nd plaI ed in IH hands of the wh
shall prior the first of August in each year put
one copy thereof on the door of the house
where the election Of the respective district is
/ required TO De helI- arG retain the other ms
possession for the inspection. free of charge. OF
any person resident in the said election district
who shall desire to the same; and it shall be
the duty of the said to add, from time to
time on III personal application of any claim
ing the right TO vote. the name of such claim INT
! and mark opposite the name &c. ' and imme-
diateiy him with tax netting in all 9th
cases, his occupation, residence, whether n board
| housekeeper; if u bearder, with whom be
| boards and whether naturalized designing tc
be, marking in all such cases the letters opposite
! the name, ''N'' ID. L J. as the case may be; il
the person claiming to be assessed be naturalize ed
he shall exhibit to the assessor his certificate o
naturalization; and if he claims tn at he design:
TO be naturaized before the next ensuing election
he shall exhibit the certificate of his declaration
| of intention in all cases where any ward. bor
ough township or election district is divided int
two or more precincts, the assessor shall note IL
all his Its the election precinct in which
each elector resides, and shall make a separate
return for each TO the county commissioners In al
cases in which a return is required from him by
the provisions of this act; and the county com
missioncrs. in making duplicate copies of all suct
! returns, shall make duplicate copies of the name
of the voters in each precinct, separately, ant
| shall furnish the same TO the assessor; and tb'
copies required by this act 10 be placed th'
doors of on the election places or before th'
! first day of August in each year shall be placec
on the door of or on the election place In each 0
| said precincts.
| SEC. ). After the assessments have been com
pi eted on the tenth day preceding tho second
| Tuesday in October of each year, the assessor