The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-09-28
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authority of the same. That the qualified
voters, of the several counties of this COM
monwealth, at all general, township, borough,
and special elections, are hereby hereafter
authorized and required to vote by tickets
printed or written, or partly printed and
partly written, severplly classified as follows:
One ticket shall embrace the names of all
Judges OF courts voted for, and to be labelled
outside "Judiciary;' one ticket shall en-
brace the name of all State officers voted Tor
and be labellded Estate; one ticket shall
embrace The name of all County officers vot-
ed for, including officer 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 name of all township officers voted for,
and be labelled township ;" one ticket shall
embrace the names of ali borough officers
voted for and be labelled borough" and
each class shall be deposited in separate bal
lot boxes.
ACT, April II, 1869.
Section 3. After the ass essments have
been completed on the tenth day preceding
the second Tuesday in October of each year,
the assessor shall, on the Monday immediate
ly following, make return TO the county
Commissioners of the names of all persons
assessed by him since the return required
to be made by him by the second section of
this act. noting opposite each name the OBJ
serva.ions and explanations required TO be
noted as aforesaid and the county Commits
soners shall ihereupon cause the same to be
added to the return required by the second
section of this act, and full and correct
copy thereof to be made, containing the
names of all persons so returned as resident
taxables in said ward, borough, township or
precinct, and furnish the same together with
the necessary election blanks, 10 the officers
of the election in said ward, borough, town
ship or precinct, on or before six o'clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober; and no man shall be permitted to vote
al the election on that day whose name is
not on the list, unless he shall make proof
of his right 10 vote, as hereinafter required.
Section a. On the day of election any
person whose name is not on the list, and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter OF
the district as a witness 10 the residence of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims 10 be voter, for the period of at lea st
ten days next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe written,
or partly written and partly printed, affidavit
10 the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where The residence is
of the person so claimining TO be voter and
the person so claiming the right to vote shall
also take and subscribe a written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, stating.
10 the best Of his knowledge and belief,
where and when he was born that he is a
citizen OF the commonwealth of Pennsylya-
MIA and Of the United States; that he has re-
sided in the commonwealth one year, or if
formerly citizen therein and has moved
therefrom, that he, has resided therein six
months next preceding said election that he
has moi moved into the district for the pur.
pose of voting therein that he has paid
state or county tax within two years, which
was assessed at least Ten days before said
election; and, if naturaliZed citizen, shall
also state when. where and by what court
he was naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization, ia for examin-
alton the said affidavit shall also state when
and where the tax claimed to be paid by the
affiant was assessed, and when, where and
to whom paid and the tax receipt therefor
shall be produced for examination, unless the
affianl shall state in his affidavit that it has
been lost or destyed, or that he never re-
ceived any; but If the person so claiming
the right 10 vote shall take and subscribe an
affidavit, that he is native born citizen of
the United States, (or if born elsewhere,
shall state that fact in his affidavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural
lied, or that he is entitled to citizenship by
1f l., f.
shall further state in his affidavit that he is
at the time of taking the affidavit, between
the ages oftwenty. one and twenty-five years;
that he has resided in the state one year and
in the election district ten days next prece-
ding such election, he shall be entitled to
vote, although he shall not have paid taxes !;
the said affidavits of all persons making such
claims, and the affidavits of the witnesses to
their residence, shall be preserved by the
election board, and at the close of the elec-
tion they shall be enclosed with the list of
voters, tally list and other papers required
by law to be filed by the return Judge with
the prothonotary, and shall remain on file
Herewith in the protbonotory's Office, sub
ject 10 examination, as other election papers
are; if the election officers shall find that
the applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qualifications of voters, he or they shall
be permitted to vote. and the name or names
shall be added 10 the list of taxables by the
election officers, the word "tax" being added
where the claimant claims TO vote on tax,
and the word "age" where he claims to vote
on age the same words being added by the
clerks in each case respectively, on the lists
of persons voting at such election.
Section 5. 1t shall be lawful for any
qualified citizen of the district, nolwithstand-
ing the name of the proposed voter is con-
tanned on the list of resident taxables, to
challenge the vote OF each person; where
upon the same proof of the right of suffrage
as is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted on by the election board, and
the vote admitted or rejected, according to
the evidence every person claiming to be a
naturalized citizen shall be required 10 pro.
duce his naturalization certi flea te at the elec-