Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-09-27
SPECIAL NOTICE.

SPECIAL NOTICE.
The iollo ring provision Of thu Registry
Law passed at the late session of the Legis-
lature applicable to elections and election
officers, Is published for the information of
all concerned
SEC. 4. On the day of election any per-
son whose name is not on the said list, ane
claiming the right to vot. at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter OF
tho district AZ witness to the residence Of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be voter, for the period of ut
least t.n days next proceeding said election,
which witness shall take and subscribe
written, or partly written and partly printed
affidavit to the facts stated bp him, which
affidavit shall define clearly where the resi-
dence is of the person 50 Claiming to be
voter; and the person. SO claiming the right
to vote shall also take and subscribe writ
ten, or partly written ami purity printed af-
tidavit, stating Il best of his knC wledgc
and belief, where and when he was born;
that he is citizen OF the Commonwealth CT
Pennsylvania, and of the United States
that he has resided in the Commonwealth
one year, or if formerly citizen therein
and has removed thcrcfrom. that he has re-
sided therein six months next proceeding
said elections that he has not moved into
the district Tor the purpose Of voting there
in; that he has paid State or county tax
within two Years, which was assessed at
least ten days before said election, AMI if =
natura!ized citizen. shall also state, when
and where and by what court he was natur-
alizcd, and shall also produce his certificate
OF naturaliZ iilon for examination; the sad
affidavit shall state when and where the tax
claimed to be paid by the all lnt was assess
ed. aud WIEN, where and TO whom paid, and
the tax receipt therefor shall be produced
for examination. unless the atfant shall state
in his affidavit that it has been lost or de-
Stroycd, or that he never received any but
II the person so claiming the right to vote
shall take and subscribe to said affidavit that
he is a native born citizen of the Cnltea
States, Cor if born elsewhere, shall state the
fact IN has ali lavit and shall produce eyi-
dence that h. has been naturalized, or that
he is entitled to ,itizenship6y reason OF his
fathers naturalization,) and shall further
state in his aiiid avit that he is AZ The time
OF taking the affidavit. between the ages Of
twenty-onG and twenty-five years; thit he
has resided in the Sta.e one year ana IN the
election district ten days next proceeding
such election. he shall be entitled TO vote,
although he shall not have paid taxes; the
said atiidayits OF all persons making such
claims, and the atfi iavits Of the witnesses
to their residences, shall be preserved by
the election board, and at the close OF the
election they shall be enclosed with the iist
of voters, tally list and other papers rcqui-
red by law tn be filed by the return judges
with the prothonotary, and shall remain ON
file herewith in the prothanOtary's Office,
subject TO examination, us other election
papers are, if ihe election officers shall End
that the applicant or applicants possess all
the legal qualifications OF voters. he or they
shall b. permitted Ia vote, and the nam" or
names shall be added TO che list of taxables
by the election officers, the word "taX' be-
ing added where the claimant claims to vote
on tax, and the word Sage" where he claims
to vote on age; the same words being added
by the clerks in each case respectively on
the list Of persons voting at such election.
SEC lt snail be lawful Tor any quail
fed citizen uf the district. notwllhsttnd-
ing the names of the proposed voter is
contained Oh the list of resident taXables,
TO challenge the vote Of such persons
whereupon the same proof of the right Of
suffrage as is noG required By law shall be
publicly mnue aud acted on by the cleo
ton board, and the vote admitted or re-
iecred. according TO the evidence; every
person claiming to be naturahzcd citizen
shall be required TO produce his Eaturaii
zation certificate ut the election before vo-
ting, except where he has been for ten
wears, consecutiveiy. voter IN the district
in which he offers 10 vote and on the vote
of such person being received, IT shall be
the duty Of the eiectlon officers To write or
stamp on such certificate the word voted
with month and year; aud if any election
officers shall receive 4 second vote on the
same day by virtue of the same certificate.
excepting where sons are entitled to vote
by virtue of their fathers, they and the
persou who shall offer such second vote.
upon 90 offending. shall he guilty of high
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof,
be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court but the fine shall not
exceed one hundred dollars in each case,
nor the Imprisonment one year; the Ike
punish nent shall be inflicted on conviction
of the officers OF election who shall neglect
or refuse TO make, or cause to be made, the
endorsement required, as aforesaid, on nat
uraliza:ion certificate.
SEC. 6. If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect TO require such proof OF the
right of suffrage as is prescribed by this
law, or the laws to which this is a supple
meut. from any person offering 10 vote
whose name is not on the list of assessed
voters, or whose right to vote is challenged
by any qualified voter present, and shall
II hnn
ing such proof, every person so offending
shall, upon conviction, be guilty OF hlgh
misdemeanor, and shall be sentenced. for
every offence. to pay fine not exceeding
yne hundred dollars. or to un dergo an i'm
prisonment not more than one year, or
either or bota, at the discr elton OF the
court.
SEC. IL. On the petition o. five or more
citizens of the county. stating under oath
that they verify believe that frauds viii De
nracticed at the election about to be held,
in any district, i, shall be the duty Of the
court of common pleas of said county, If
IN session. or if not, judge thereof IN
vacation. to appoint two iudicious, sober
and Intelligent citizens Of the county to act
as oyerseers, shall be selected from aiHef-
en-, political parties, and where both OF sa'a
INSPECTORS belong TO the same poiIfIcAi
party, both of overseers shall be taken
from the opposite political party; s"id
oyerscers shall have the right to be pres
eut with the officers of the election during
the whole time the same is held. the votes
counted, and the returns made out and
signed by the elesrion officers: to keep q
I;st Of voters, if they see proper; TO chai'
lsnge any person Offering to vote; interro-
.a,e him and his witnesses, under OATH.
IN regard to his right Of suffrage at
so;d sIection. and 10 examine his papers
produced and the officers Of said election