The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1871-10-10

the names of all judges of courts voted
for, and to be labelled outside Judiciary;
one ticket shall embrace the names of all
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 embrace 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 labeled Borough
and each class shall be deposited in sepa-
rate ballot-boxes.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the
Sheriffs in the several counties of this
Commonwealth, to insert i'm their election
proclamations hereafter issued the first
section of this act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved tho 3oth day of March, a, D.,
1855. a. G. CURTIN.
Election officers will take notice that the
act entitled "a Further Supplement to the
Election Laws of this Commonwealth"
disqualifying deserters from the army of
the United States from voting, has recent
ly been declared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, is now
null and void, and that ali persons former
ly disqualified Hereunder are now lawful
voters If otherwise qualified.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, HARRIsBURGH,
Pa, August u, 1S70-To the County Com
missioners and Sheriff of the county of
Forest.
WHEREAS, The Fifteenth Amendment
of the Constitution of the United States is
as follows:
Sec. l. The right of citizens of the Unit
ed States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States, or by any
State, on account of race, color, or pres
vious condition of servitude.
Sec. q That Congress shall have power
to enfore this article by appropriate legis
| lation."
AND WHEREAS, The Congress of the
| United States on the 3lst day of March,
1870 passed an act TITLED "An act to en-
force the rights of citizens of the United
| States to vote in the several States of the
Union. and for other purposes; the first
and second sections of which are as follows:
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the United
| States of America in Congress assembled,
| That all citizens of the United States that
| are or shall be otherwise qualified to vote
at any election by the people in any state,
territory, district, county, city, parish,
township, school district, municipality, or
| otheI territorial subdivision. shall be en-
| titled and allowed 10 vote at all such cleo
| tions, without distinction of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude; any con-
stitution, law, custom, usage, or regula-
| ton of any State or territory, or by or un-
der lis authority, to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
if by or under the authority of the consti-
ton or laws of any State, or the laws OF
any Territory, any act is or shall be re-
quired to be done as a prerequisite or quail
1 ifiaatinr, for voting NV aslab annSttttt.
ton or laws persons or officers are or shall
be charged with the performance of duties
| in furnishing to citizens an opportunity
to perform such prerequisite or TO become
qualified to vote, it shall be the duty o.
every such person and officer to give all
citizens of the United States the same anC
equal opportunity to perfom such pre-
requisite, and to become qualified to vote
without distinction of race. color, or pre-
vious condition of servitude; and if any
such person or officer shall refuse ol
knowingly omit to give full effect to thii
section, he shall, for every such offense
forfeit and pay the sum of $500 to the per
son aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by
an action in the case, with full costs anc
such allowance for counsel fees as tn,
court shall deem just, and shall also, fol
every such ofiense, be deemed guilty of {
misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction
thereof be fined not less than $500 or bt
| lInIIlSOilcu lOb iCSS tilail Ollb hlohti uhN
not more than one year, or both, at thu
discretion of the COURT
And whereas, 1t is declaeed by the %
section of the vi. article of the Constitu
ton of the United States, that This Con
stitation and the laws of the United State:
which shall be made in pursuance thereo
shall be the supreme law OF the land
anything in the Constitution of any State u
the contrary Notwithstanding
| And whereas, The Legislature OF till.
Commonwealth, on the 9th day of April
A. D., 1870, passsd AN act, ~ further sup
plement 10 the act relating to elections II
) this Commonwealth the 10th section o
which provides as follows:
"Sec. 10. That so much of every act o
assembly as provides that only white free
men shall be entitled to vote or be regis
tered as voters or as claiming TO vote a
any general or special election of this Com
monWealth be and the same is hereby re
pealed and that hereafter all freemen, with
/ ont distinction of color, shall be enrolled
; and req Gered according TO the provision
, of the first section of the act approved TIN
: 18th day of April 1869, entitled AN ac
! further supplemental to the act relative Il
, the elections of this Commonwealth; ant
! shall, when otherwise qualified under ex
! isting laws, be entitled TO vote At all gen
/ eral or special elections in this Common
: wealth.
! And whereas, 1t is my constitutions
and official duty to take care that the law
be faithfully eXecuted; and IL has come 3
, my knowledge that sundry assessors ant
. registers of voters have refused and are re
:, flsing TO assess and register divers colore
| male citizens of lawful age, and otherwis
I, qualified as electors.
4 Now, therefore, in consideration OF tn
premises, the county commissioners {
q | said county are hereby notified and dlrecl
4 ed to instruct the several assessors and ree
n listers of voters therein to obey and cor
% form 10 the requirements of said constitr
tional amendments and lawsi and th
n Sheriff of said county is hereby authorize
, and required 10 publish i'm the electlo
= proclamation for the next ensuing ectlo
!, the herein recited constitutional ament
n ment, act of Congress, and act OF the Legl
n latuTe, to tho end that the same may
= known, executed and obeXsd by all a
:, sesors, registers of voters, election oihce
y and others, and that the rights and phi
Z ileges guaranteed therein NAV be secure
= 90 all the citizens of this COmmonweal
n entitled tO the same.
IL. ST. Given under my hand and the gre
N seal of the State, at Harrisburg, the di
=, and year first above written,
:. JOHN w. GEARH.
- +. JORDAN,
- Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Also, l hereby give notice of the folloN
ID ing Joint Resolution proposing an amen
4 ment 10 the Constitution of PeInsylvani
4 BE il Resolved by the Senate and Hou
10 of Representatives Of the Commonweal
N of PennsvlV Vania in General A ssembly ml