The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-09-21

neglect or refuse to perform any dnty en-
joined by this act, without reasonable or
legal couse, shall be subject to penalty OF
one hundred dollars, and lfand assessor sbaIa
assess any person as voter who is not 9uali1-
ed or shall refuse to assess any one who ls
qualified, he shall be guilty Of a misdemeapor
in office, and on conviction be punished by
fine or imprisonment. and also be subject 10
an action for damages by the party aggriev-
ed and if any person shall fraudulently
after, add 10, deface or destroy any list Of
voters made out as directed by this act, or
tear down or remove the same from the place
where it has been fixed, with fraudulent or
mischicvous intent, or for any improper Pur-
pose, the person SO offending shall be guilty
of high misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or both, at The dlsere-
tion OF the court.
Sec l5 All elections for city, ward
borough, township and election officers shall
hereafter be held on the second Tuesday OF
October subject to all the provisions OF the
laws regulating the election Of such officers
not inconsistent with this act; the persons
elected to such offices at that time shall take
the persons holding the same at the time of
such election but no election for the office OF
assessor or assistant assessor shall be held,
under this act, uutll the year one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
Sec 10. At all elections herafter held up-
der the laws of this commonwealth, the polls
shall be opened between, the hours of six and
seven O'Clock, a.. H., and closed at seven
o clock, p. III.
Sec II. It shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth to prepare forms
for all the blanks made necessary 10y this act,
and furnish copies Of the same to the county
commissioners of the several counties of the
commonwealth and the county commis-
sioners of each county shall, as soon as may
be necessary after receipt OF the same, 1T the
proper expense of the county, procure and
furnish to all the election officers of the cleo
ton districts of the respective counties copies
of such blanks In such qualities as may be
rendered necessary for the discharge OF their
duties under this act,
Sec. 10. That citizens of this State
Temporarily in the service Of the State or OF
the United States governments, on clerical or
other duty, and who do not vote where thus
employed, shall not be thereby deprived of
the right to vote i'll their several election dis
tricts if otherwise duly qualified,
Sec, 20. The act, entitled "a further
supplement to the act regulating to the elec&
tions of this commonwealth, " approved April
| fourth, Anno Domiai one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight, and all other laws
altered or supplied by this act, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
also make known the following act ap-
proved the ID day of June, 1871, entitled
an act to authorize popular rote upon the ques-
tion of calling copUenio1 to amend the ConStttu-
ton Of Pennsylvania"
| Sec. l. Be it enacted, &c, That the ques-
| ton of calling convention to amend the con-
stitution Of this commonwealth, be submitted
to vote of the people, at the general election
to be held on the second Tuesday of October
next, the said question TO be voted for In man.
ner following, to wit in counties and cities i'll
which slip ticket voting is authorized by law,
votes for and against a convention may be ex-
pressed and given upon the ticket headed or
endorsed with the word "State," and not other
WISE and the words used shall be constitutional
convention" and underneath 'for a conven-
ton" or against 4 convention ~ and in coan-
ties and districts in which slip ticket voting
shall not be authorized by law, each eector
voting upon said question shall cast a separate
ballot, endorsed on the outside constitutional
convention" and containing on the inside the
words "for convention" or against a conven-
ton and all votes cast as aforesaid shall be
received counted and retured by the proper
election officers and returA judges as votes for
Governor, are received, counted and returned
under existing laws.
And the Judges of the respective Districts
aforesaid, are by the said act required to meet
ut the Court House in the Borough of Strouds-
burg, on the third day after the said day of
election, being FRIDAY, the THIRTEETH day
of OCTOBER, then and there to perform the
things required of them by law.
God .SdUe The Commonwealth.
PETER MERWINE, Sheriff.
Sheriff7s Office, Stroudsburg,
Sent Il ISL