Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-09-28

At centre school house for the town y of Decatur
At the house of John Gregory, formerly oecu
pied by Thos Robson, (Broadway) for the town
ship of Ferguson.
At Congress Hill school house for the township
of Grard.
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
ship of Guelieh.
At the house of J Wilson tor the twn p of Huston
At the school house in Ansonville for the tswn
ship of Jordan
All Bridgen's school house for the township o
karthaus
At the Turkey Hill School house for the town
ship of Knox.
At tthc court house in the Borough of CIearaed
for Lawrence township
At the public school house for the borough o
Lumb city.
At the house formerly occupied by Thomas Ky
Ter for the township of Morris
At the public school house for the Borough o.
New Washington.
At the public House Of Milo Hoyt for the Boz.
At the house formerly of VIM. W Anderson fol
the township of Penn
Al the house of l. Bloom decd in the Borough
of Curwensville for Pike township
At the house of d. Z. Brubaker f1r Union tow p
At the house of Thomas Henderson for the town
ship of Woodward.
MANNER VOTING.
AN ACT regulating the mode Of voting at al
SECTION l. Be IL eHacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in G General Assembly met and
il is hereby enacted by the authority of the same
That the qualified. voters OF the several election
districts Of this Comm onwealth. a. all general.
township. borough and special ecliDns are here
by. hereafter Authorized and required TO vote by
tickets, printed. or written, partly printed and
partly written, seyerally classified follows
One ticket shall embrace the names of all judges
Cf courts voted for, and to he labelled outside.
judiciary" one ticket shall embrace the names
of the State officers voted for. and be labelled.
State; ~ ticket shall embrace the names OF
all county officers voted for including Office Of
Senator, member and members of assembly, il
voted for, and members of Congress, if voted for
and be labelled county; one ticket shall en-
for, and be labelled township; one ticket shall
embrace the names of all borough officers voted
for, and be labelled ,botough - and each class
shall be deposited in separate ballet boxes.
REGISTRY IAv
1 also give oflcal notice to th electors 9f Clear
field county that, by act entitled An act fur
ther supplemental 10 the act relative TO tho cleo
tions of this commonwealth approved April eth
A. ID 1869, il is provided rs follows:
SEcT1oNl beit eDactcA By ttr Se,iate md Ho'tse
Of RyressHtatiUes IF hs ConimOnicealtb 9f Perm
SyfUisita GsRsrGl TsssA3ig met sid a. Is hrTcbg
eVGcfet by tie authority of tie That it shall
be tho duty of each of the assessors within this
commonwealth. on the first MondayOf June in each
year 10 taRe up the transcript ne mas received
from the county commissioners under the Sth Soc
tion of the of 9th April, 1894 and proceed to
an iIGm revision of the same by striking
therefrOm the name of every person who is known
by him to have died or removed since the last
previous ASSESSMENT from the district of Which c
is the assessor or whose death removal from
the shall be M ade known to him. and to add
to the same the name of any qualified voter W no
shall be known TO him to have moved INTO the
district since the last previous assessment. and
whose removal into the same shall be or shall have
been made known TO him and also the names OF
all who shall make claim TO him to be qualihed
voters therein. As as this revision Is com
rleted he shall visit every dwelling house in his
district and make careful inquiry If any person
VIII ose name is on his list has died or removed
from the district, and If soto take the same there
from or whether any qualified voter resides there
in whose name is not the list and if so to 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 shai!
in all cases ascertain, by inquiry, upon wnat
ground the qerson so assessed claims to he voter
Upon the completion OF this work IL saa'l be the
duty of each assessor as aforesaid 10 proceeu 10
make out list.in alphabetical order oil the Whl'e
frscmen above twenty one years OF age claiming
To be qualified voters in the ward borough town
ship or district of which he is the assessor. and
opposite each of said names state whether SAID
freeman is or Is not a housekceper; and il he Is.
the number of his residence, in towns where the
same are mum bered with the street alley or court
III which situated ard if in town where there
numt ers, the name of the street. alley or
urt on which said house fronts, also the occo
patton of the person and where he is not house
keeper the occupation place of boarding and with
VIII ON and if working for another, the name of
the employer and write opposite each of said
names th word voter wheTea person claims
to vote by reason of naturalization he shall ex-
hibit his certificate thereof TO the assessor unless
he has been for ave Consecutive years next precc-
ding Il voter in said district; and in all cases
where the person has been naturalizad. the name
shall be nla rked with the letter y :" where the
person has merely declared his intention to he
come citizen ana designs to be naturalized be-
fore the next election the name shall Remarked d
l.; where the claim IS to voto by reason of being
between the ages OFF, and 22,as provided hy law
the word age shall be entered and if the uer-
son has moved into the election district 20 reside
since the last general election the letter r sh II
he placed opposite the maine It sha | be the fur
ther duty OF each assessor as aforesaid, upon the
completion Of the duties herein imposed to mako
out separate list Of all assessments made by
him and the amounts assessed unon each, and fur
nsh the same Immediately to the county commits
sioners, who shall mIaediately add tbs names to
the tax duplicate Of the ward. borough, township
or district in which they have been assessed.
SEC 2 On the list being Completed and the as
sesSments made atorosaia. the same shall forth
with bo returned to the county commissioners who
shall cause duplicate copies of said lists with the
observations and explanations required 10 be no
ted aforesaid to be ade out as soon as praeti-
cable and plar ed in the ha nds of the assessor
shall prior to the first of august in each wear 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 see the same and it shall he
the duty ot the said essor to 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 W and iInme.
diately assess him with taxnoting.a in all other
cases, his occupation. residence whether board
housekesper; if a boarder with whom he
boards and whether naturalized or designing ia
be, marking in all such cases the letters opposite
the name, 'N'i or ID. T. as the case may be; II
the person claiming to be assessed be naturaizs ed
he shall exhibit TO the assessor his certificate OF
naturalization and If he claims tn at be design:
TO be natuTaiiZed before the xt ensuing election
he shall exhibit the certificate of mis- declaration
of intention in all cases where any ward. Dor
ough, township Of election district is divided into
two or more precincts, the assessor shall note in
all mis- assessmc Is the election precinct in which
each eiector resides, and shall make a separate
return for each Ia the county commissioners IN al
cases in which a return is required from him by
the provisions Of this act; and the county com
miSsoners. in making duplicate copies Of all suct
returns shall lake duplicate copies OF I he name
OF the voters in each precinct, separately and
shall furnish the same TO the assessor; and tn.
copies required by this act 10 be placed on the
doors of OF on the election places before the
first day OF Augustin each year shall be placed
on the door of on The election place in each o.
said precincts.
SEC. 3. After the assessments have been com
Tuesday in October of each wear, the assessor
m md lot NIr N irfr-