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

bis act, or tear down remove the same ffou,
the place where it has been fixed, with fraudu-
lent or m 'scheyious intent for any improper
purpose the person so offending shail be guilty
OF high m mistiemeaHOr. and conviction shall
De IGnished by a hne not exceeding five hundred
doilhrs. or lmprisonm snt not exceeding two years
OF Doth NJ TIE discretion OF the court
Ssc t5 All e!eeIion for city, ward, borough,
township and election of6c,F rs shall hereafter lie
held on the seeoad Tuesday of October subSrct 10
all the provisions Of the laws regulating the cleo
ton Of such officers not inconsistent with this act
the elected to such offices at that shall
Ia Ike their places at the expiration of the terms
~ the Pc sons holding tho sane at the time Of
such electon: but election for the Office If as
SCISSOR ef assistant assessor shall be held Lndsr
thfs act GntH tie year thousand eight hua-
dred and seventy
SEC, l6 At all eleetFors hereafter held under
the laws OF TINS commonwealth the polls shall be
opened between the hours Of six and seven o.
eonk, q and closed At seven d. m
SEC. IL. II sh all be the duty of the Secretary
of the Comm JDwealth to prepare forms for all
the blanks made necessary by this act and fur
nlsh copies of tha same to the county commission
ers of tho several ccVaties of the commonwealth;
and the county commissioners of each county
shall! as soon may be necessary after receipt Of
the same, at the proper expense ef the county.
procure and furnish TO all the election districts Of
their respective counties copies of such bfrnks in
such quantities as may be rendered necessary for
the discharge of their duties under thu. act
SEC. 10. That citizens of this State Temporal
riiy IN the service Of the State of the United
States governments cleric al or other duty and
who do not vote whore thus employed, shall not
he thereby deprived Of tho right to vote il their
ssyera! election districts if otherwise duly quail
fed.
PROCLAMATION.
To tie Cou,,ty Commissioners and Sheriff
of ths County g C1edrhetd:
WHEREAS, The Fifteenth Amendment of
the Constitution OF the United States is as
follows:
SECTION !. The right of citizens of the u
nited States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States, or by any
State, on account Of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
SEC. 2. That Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legis-
lation.
AND WHEREAS, The Congress of the Uni
ted States Oil the 3Ist day Of March, 1870,
posed an act entitled. An act to enforce
the '71ht If citizens Of TIE United States of
htS Union, ard far other purposes" the
first aud second sections OF which are as iol-
lows:
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted Jy The Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the United
,States Of Ante7icn, n Congress assembled,
That all citizes of the United States who arc
or shall be otherwise qualified to vote at any
district, county, city, parish, township, school
district, municipality, or other territorial sub
division, shall be entitled and allowed to vote
at all such elections, without distinction OF
color, race, or previous condition of servi-
tude any constitution, law, custom, usage,
or regulation of any State or Territory, or
by or under its authority, to the contrary
nOtwithS tsndlng-
SEC. .. Ind be IL fitrffer enacted, That
if by or under the authority of the eonstltu-
tion or laws of any State, or the laws OF any
territory, any act is or shall be required to be
done as a pre- requisite or qualification for
voting, and by such Constitution or laws
persons or officers are or shall be charged
with the performance of duties IN furnishing
TO cities All opportunity to perform such
prerequisites, or 10 become qualified to vote
it shall be the duty OF every such person and
officer to give ali citizens OF the United
States the same and equal opportunity TO
perform such prerequisite. and to become
qualified 10 Vote without distinction OF race,
col nr or previous condition OF servitus&c
and if any such person or othcer shall refuse
or knowingly omit to give tull effect TO this
section. he shall for every such offence, Tor
felt and pay the sum of five hundred dollars
to The person aggrieved thereby, to be re-
covered by an action on the case, with full
costs aud such allowance for counsel fees as
the court shall deem just, and shall also, for
every such offence, be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor, aud shall. on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than five hundred
dollars, OF be imprisoned not less than one
month and not more than one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
AND WHEREAS, Ii is declared by the
second section of vi. article OF the Consti-
tuition of the United States, that This Con-
stitution, and the laws of the United States,
which shall be made in pursuance thereof,
shall be the supreme law of the land,
. anything in the Constitution or ld,cs
0f day State to tie contrary ROtlcjtIsSidHd-
lug"
AND WHEREAS, The Legislature of this
Commonwealth on the 9th day of April,
1870, passed all act entitled "A further sup
plemcnt to the act relating to elections in
this tjommonwealth," the tenth section of
which provide. as f,llows:
SEC 10. That SO much of every act Of
Assembly as provides that only white free
men shall be entitled to vote or be registered
as voters, or as claiming to vote at any gene
raj or special election OF this commonwealth,
be and the same is hereby repealed; and
that hereafter all treenicn, without distlnc-
ton of color. shall be enrolled and registered
according to the provisions of the first sec
ton of the act approved the 18th day of
April, 1863, entitled An ac. further sup
Elemental to the act relative to the elections
OF this Commonwealth, and shall, when
otherwise qualified under existing laws, be
entitled to vote at all general and special
| elections in this Commonwealth.
AND WHEREAS, 1t is my constitutional
| and off cial duty to take care that laws be
| faithfully executed - and it has come to my
| knowledge that sundry assessors and regis
tiers of voters have refused and are refusing
to assess and register divers colored male
citizens of lawful age, and otherwise quail
| fed as electors:
Noso therefore, in considerations of the
premises, the County Commissioners of said
| county are hereby notified and directed to
instruct the several Assessors and Registers
| of voters thereof to obey and conform TO the
requirements OF said constitutional amend
ments and laws; and the Sheriff of said
county is hereby authorized ana required to
publish in his Election Proclamation for the
| ensuing elections the herein recited consti-
/ tutional amendment, act of Congress, and
act of Legislature. to the end that the same
may be known, executed and obeyed by all
assessors, registers of voters, election offi-
GERS, and others and that the rights and