Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-09-13
SPECIAL NOTICE.

! The iollo wing provision of tn" 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 vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter OF
tho district as witness 10 the residence Of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be voter, for the period OF at
least t-n days next proceeding said election,
which witness shall take and subscribe a
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 So claiming to be
voter; and the person so claiming the right
10 vote shall also take and subscribe writ
ten, or partly written and pirtly printed af-
fidavit, stating tle best of his kno wledge
and belief, where and when he was born:
that he is citizen of the Commonwealth CT
Pennsy ylvania, and of the United States
that he has resided in the Commonwealth
one year, or if formerly a citizen therein
and has removed thercfrom, that he has re-
sided therein six months next proceeding
said election; that he has not moved into
the district for the purpose Of voting there
in; that he has paid a State or county tax
within two Years, which was assessed at
least ten days before said election, and, if 4
naturalized citizen, shall also state when
and where and by what court he was natur-
allied, and shall also produce his certificate
OF naturalization for examinations; the SAID
affidavit shall state when and where the tax
claimed TO be paid by the atiiant was ASSESS
ed, and when, where and to whom paid, and
the tax receipt therefor shall be produced
for examination, unless the atfiant shall state
in his affidavit that it has been lost or de-
stroyed, or that he never received any but
if the person so claiming the right to vote
shall take and subscribe to said affidavit that
he is native born citizen of the United
States, Cor if born elsewhere, shall state the
fact In his affidavit. and shall produce evi-
dence that h. has been naturalizcd or that
he is entitled to citizenshiphy reason of his
fathers naturalization,) and shall further
state in his affidavit that he is at the time
OF taking the affidavit, between the ages of
twenty-one and twenty-five wears; that he
has resided in the State one year and in the
election district ten days next preceding
such election, he shall b. entitled to vote,
sIitii hob II pdlu INC
said atfidavits of all persons making such
claims, and the afii iirits Of the witnesses
10 their residences, shall be preserved by
the election board, and at the close of the
election they shall be enclosed with the list
of voters, tally list and other papers requi-
red by law tn be filed by the return Judges
with the prothonotary, and shall remain on
file herewith in the prothlnuthry's office,
s,, ,.k. Il.
papers arc, if The election officers shall find
that the applicant OF applicants possess all
the legal qualifications OF voters, he or they
shall b. permitted Ia vote, aud the nam. or
names shall be added TO The list of taxables
By the election officers, the word sstax'' be-
ing added where the Claimant claims to vote
on tax, and the word Sage" where be 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. 3 II shall be lawful for any quail
fed citizen Of the district. notwlrhstand-
ing the names of the proposed voter is
contained on the list of resident taxables,
TO challenge the vote of such persons;
whereupon the same proof of the right of
suffrage as is now required by law shall be
publicly maze and acted on by the elec-
tion board, and the vote admitted or re-
jectei. according to the evidence: every
parsoa claiming to be naturalIzeG citizen
shall be required to produce his naturali
zation certificate at the election before vo-
ting, except where he has been for ten
years, consecutively. a voter in the district
in which he offers to vote: and on the vote
of such person being received, it shall be
the duty of the election officers to write or
stamp on such certificate the word "voted"
with month and year and if any election
officers shall receive a second vote on the
same day by virtue of the same certificate,
excepting where sons are enriled to vote
by virtue of their fathers, they and the
person who shall offer such second vote.
upon 90 offending, shall be guilty of hig
misdemeanor, aud on conviction thereof,
be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the dis
erection of the court ; but the fine shall not
exceed one hundred dollars in each case,
nor the Imprisonment Gne year; the like
punish ment shall he 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. Ii any election officer shall refuse
or neglect 10 require such proof of the
right of suffrage as Is prescribed by this
law, or the laws to which this is 4 supple
mept, from any person Offering to 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
admit such person to vote without requir-
ing such proof, every person so offending
shall. upon conviction. be guilty OF high
rnisdemeanor, and shall he sentenced. for
every offence. to pay fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars or to undergo an i'm
prisonment not more than one year, or
either or bota, at the discretion of the
court
SEC. IL. On the petition of five or more
citizens of the county, stating under oath
that they verify believe that frauds will be
practiced at the election about to be held,
in any district, it shall be the duty OF the
court of common pleas OF said county, II
in session. or if not, judge thereof In
vacation. to appoint two Judicious, sober
and intelligent citizens Of the county to act
rs overseers. shall be selected from differ
ent political parties, and where both of saId
inspectors belong to the same poitical
party, both of overseers shall be taken
from the opposite political party; said
overseers shall have the right to be pres
ent 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 election officers; to keep n
list of voters. if they see proper; to chsl-
lence any person offering to vote. interro-
gate him aud his witnesses, under oath.
in regard to his right OF suffrage at
sa;d election, and 10 examine his papers
.rodnced and the officers Of said election