The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-10-05
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and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As
sembly met, and 1t is hereby enacted by tn,
authority of the same. That the qualified
voters, of the several counties of this com
monwealih, at III general, township, borough
and special elections, are hereby hereafter
authorized and required to vote by ticket
printed or written, or partly printed ant
partly written, seyerslly classified as follows
One ticket shall embrace the names of al
Judges of courts voted for, and to be labelled
outside Judiciary one ticket shall EN-
and be labellded "State;" 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. ant
members of Congress, if voted for and be
labelled "Couniy;" 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 assessments have
been completed on the tenth day preceding
the. second Tuesday in October of each year
the assessor shall, on the Monday immediate.
" following, make a return 10 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
sioners shall thereupon cause the same to be
added to The return required by the second
section Of this act, and a 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
at the election on that day whose name is
not on the list, unless he shall make proof
of his right to vote, as hereinafter required.
Section d. 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 Il witness 10 the residence of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims 10 be a voter, for the period of at least
ten days next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe a written,
or partly written and partly printed, affidavit
TO 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 written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, stating,
TO the best of his knowledge and belief,
where and when he was born; that he is a
citizen OF the commonwealth of Pennsylva-
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 not moved into the district for the pur.
pose of voting therein; that he has paid a
state or county tax within two years, which
was assessed at least ten days before said
election; and, if a naturalized citizen, shall
also state when, where and by what court
he was naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization, 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
affiant 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 Ia ke and subscribe an
affidavit, that he is native born citizen of
the United States, Cor 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
reason of his fathers natura liZatlon } and
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-
ton 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 prothonotory's office, sub
ect 10 examination, as other election papers
ire; if the election officers shall find that
he applicant or applicants possess all the
egal ualifcatIons of voters, he or they shal
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, notwithstand-
ing the name of the proposed voter is con.
famed on the list of resident taxubIes, to
challenge the vote of each person; where
upon the same pronf 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 70 be a
naturalized citizen shall be required 10 pro
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