Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-09-21

| At the court house for the Borough of Clearfeld
Atthe house of Jacob Maurer for the township
of Covingtou ~
At the house of I. Bloom, decd, for the Bor.
ough of CurwensviIle.
Atcentre school house for the to wn of Decatur.
At the house of John Gregory, formerly occu-
pied by Thos. Robson, (Broadway) for the town
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 Janesville for the town.
At the house of. Wilson for the twn'p of Hutton
AT the school house IN Ansonyille for the town
ship of Jordan.
At Bridgen's school house for the township of
Karth aus
At the Turkey Hill School house for the town
ship of Knox.
Atthe court house in the Borough of Clearied
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 Osceoia.
at the house formerly of Wm. W Anderson for
the township of Penn
At the house of L. Bloom, decd in the Borough
Of Curwensvile for Pike township
u. f.
At the house of Thomas Henderson for the town
! ship of Woodward.
MANNER OF VOTING
AN ACT regulating the mole of voting Mt all
elections in the several counties of this Com
SECTION l. Be II enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
| of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met. and
II 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 elections are here
| by hereafter Authorized and required to vote by
tickets pfihtod, or written or partly printed and
| partly written, severally classified follows:
| One ticket shall en- brace the of all Judges
! If courts voted for, and to be labelled outside.
| judiciary" one ticket shall embrace the names
| of the State officers voted for and be labelled.
State" :" ore ticket shall embrace the names of
all county officers voted for, including office of
\ Senator. member and EN- bers of asscmb bly,, If
voted for, and members of Congress, if voted for
aHx3 doe labelled county 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 .tO :ough ~ and each class
| shall be deposited in separate ballet boxes.
REGISTRY LAW
also give official notice to the electors of Clenr-
field county that by act entitled AN act fur
ther supplemental 10 the act relative 10 the elec
! tlons OF This common wealth approved April 18th
ID 1859, II is provided as follows:
SECTION BeiteHactsf by ttr SENATE and Horse
! Of Representatives. 2fHte Commonwealth Of Perm
yfraNra ii GsRsrai AsssMbip met. aAa it rs hrreby
emacfet by Ge athoyftV Of the same That it shall
be the duty of each OF the assessors within this
commonwealth on tn c first Mondayof June in each
| year. to take up the transcript he has received
from the county commissioners under the sth sec
ton of the act of 9Th April 1884. and proceed to
an imm cd late revision of the same by striking
therefrom the name of overy person who is known
by him to have died removed since the last
previous assessment from the district Of which he
is the assessor or whose death removal from
the same shall be made known to him. and to add
! 10 the same the name of any qualified voter who
shall be known 10 him TO have moved into the
district since the last previous assessment and
whose removal into III e shall be or shall have
been made known TO hin, and also the names OF
all who shall make claim to him to be quaIlhed
voters therein. AZ as this revision IL com
pieted he shall visit every dwelling house in his
district and make caretul INQUIRY II any person
whose name is on his list has died or removed
from the district and if soto take the same there
from or wbether any quaiihed voter resides there-
IN whose name is not the list and IT so 10 add
the same thereto; and in all cases where name
| is added to the list tax shall be forthwith as
sessed against the person; and the assessor shall
in all ascertain, by inquiry, upon what
ground the person assessed claims to oe voter
Upon the com pletion oil this work 1t snaiI De the
duty of each assessor aforesaid to proceed to
make out listin alphabetical order of the white
freer,cn above twenty one years OF age, claiming
! to be quaI:dcd voters in the ward borough town
shin or district of which be is the assessor. ana
| opposite each of saii names state whether said
| freeman is or is not hUpsekespsT; and il ne -
! the number of his residence in towns where 'he
same uRbered with the streSt, alley or court
| in which situated; and II in a town who're theIe
are no hunters, the name of the street. alley or
c which said houfc fronts; also. the occu-
patton of the person and where he is house
keeper, the upation place of boarding and with
whom, and if working for another, the name of
| the employer and write opposite each of said
names rb word ''voier; whore any person claims
70 vote by reason Of Naturalization he shall ex.
hbit his certificate thereof TO the assessor unless
ea
! ding voter i'll said district; and in all cases
! where the person has been naturaliz.d. the name
| shalt BE- marked with the letter ~ - where tn.
| person has merely declared his intention to be.
| come a citizen and designs TO he naturaiized be.
fore the next election the name sh all b.;markei u
| ; where the claim is to vnt. by reason of being
| between the ages Of 81 and 22,as provided by law
| the word age" sh all be entered and IL the per-
son has moved into the election district TO reside
since the last general election, the letter r. sha
/ be placed opposite the name. 1t sha be the fur
| the duty OF each assessor as aforesaid upon the
completion Of the duties herein i'm posed to make
ont separate list Of all new assessments IN ade bv
| him and the amounts assessed upon each nd fur
nish the same INN ediately to the county commits
sioners, who shall Immediately add the names TO
> the tax duplicate of the ward borough township
! OF district in which they have been assessed
SEc. 2. On the list being Com pIeted and tn as
sessments made as afor osaid, the shall forth
With be returned to the county mmissioners. who
shall plcate copies of said lists with the
! observations and explanations required to be no
ted aforesaid, to be III ade out soon as practi
cable and plat ed in the hands of the assessor who
shall prior 10 the first of August in each year put
| one copy thereof on the door of or on the house
! where the election of the respective district is
| required to be held, and retain the other in his
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 re
the duty of the said add from time to
time on the personal application of any one claim
ing the right to vote. the name of such claimant.
| and mark opposite the name &C. v and imme-
diateiy assess him with tax neting 2 in all other
cases, his occupation, reside ence whether a board
| er or housekesPer; if a boa-icr, with whom he
| boards; and whether natuI ilized designing TO
be marking in all such cases the letters opposite
| the name, NJ I'D. I J. as the may be; if
the person claiming to DO assessed be natnralized
he shall exhibit to The assessor mis- certificate of
I naturalization and if he claims that be designs
| TO be nsturaized before the next ensuing election
be shall exhibit the certificate of his declaration
| of inteDtion in all cases where any ward. bor-
ough, township or election district is divided into
| two or more precincts the assessor shall note in
all his assessme-t the election precinct in which
| each elector resides and shall make q separate
return for each to the county com mmissioners, all
cases in which return is required from him by
! the provisions of this act; ani the county com
missoners. in making duplicate copies OF all such
! returns shall make duplicate copies of the names
i of the voters in each precinct. separately. and
/ shall furnish the same to the assessor and the