Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-09-06
SPECIAL NOTICE.

The folio ying provision of the 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 my per-
son whose name is not % the said list, sue
claiming the right to yot. at said election,
shall produce at least one gu ahfisd voter of
the district az \ witness to the residence a
4 the claimant in the district in which he
I claims to BE a voter, fos the period of at
least tn days next preceding said election,
7 which witness shall take and subscribe
1 written, or partly written and partly printed
affidavit to the facts stated Dp him, which
AFFIDAVIT. shall deaac clearly where the resi-
deuce Is of the person 80 Claiming to be
voter and the person 20 claiming the right
to vote shall also take and subscribe writ
ten, or partly written and partly printed af-
fidavit, stating Il c best of his knl wledge
and belief, where and when he was born;
that he is citizen of the Commonwealth CT
Pennsylvania, and Of the Un,tsd States;
that he has resided in the Commonwealth
one year, or if formerly citizen therein
and has removed thcrcfrom, that he has re-
sided therein six months next proceeding
the district for the purpose Of voting there
in; that he has paid State OF county tax
within two Years, which was assessed at
least ten days before said election, and, if q
naturalized citizen. shall also state when
and where and by what court he was natur-
allied, and shall also produce his certificate
Of naturaliz alton for examination; the said
affidavit shall state when and where the tax
| claiuad n N, h.. hv ha nf fu,os
ed, and when, where and to whom paid, and
the tax receipt therefor shah be produced
for examination, unless the afiiant 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 10 vote
shall take and Subscribe to said affidavit that
he is a native born citizen Of the United
States, Cor if born elsewhere, shall state the
fact IN his affidavit. and shall produce evil
dence that h. has been naturalized, or that
he is entitled to citizenship by reason of his
fathers naturaizatioR.) 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 years that he
has resided in the State one year and in the
election district ten days next proceeding
such election, he shall he entitled to vote.
although he shall not have paid taxes the
said affidavits of all persons making such
claims, and the attlayits of the witnesses
to 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 reaui.
red by law tu be filed by the return Judges
with the prothonotary, and shall remain on
fiIe Herewith in the prothanUtary's Office,
subject TO 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 b. permitted ia vote, and the nam. or
names shall be added TO The list of taxables
by the election officers, the word s.tax' be-
ing added where the claimant claims to Vote
on tax, and the word sage" where he 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. d Ii shall be lawful Tor any quail
ied citizen of the district, notwthst4nd-
ing the names of the proposed voter is
contained on the list of resident taxabes,
TO Challenge the vote of such persons;
whereupou the same proof of the right of
suffrage as is now required by law stall be
publicly maue and acted on by the cleo
tIon board, and the vote admitted or re-
Jecteu. according to the evidence every
person claiming to be a naturalIzed citizen
shall be required TO produce his Gaturali
zation certificate AT the election before vo-
ting. except wnere he has been fer ten
years, consecuuyely. a Voter in the district
IN which he offers ~ vote and on the vote
OF such person being received, it shall be
the duty of the election officers to write or
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sa"'e u"y "y 'n'uo " 'ne same Ger 'ihca'e'
9A''p"s e0u' arc eu,i'ieu 10 'ote
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INV vi .ne i'"s " which 'n.s Is suPP!e-
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whose name Is nos on Tue US. oil assessed
so'ers' Vi "noss ''en' W 'o'e - ena,'enseu
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AUNT sucn person 10 vote ~hhou' requ'r-
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snan' uFoh ooH'',''Vh; pe gu1i'y oi nish
H'suenieahor' anu shah oe sentehcea' LOT
every ohehce' 70 pay nne NOT exceeding
one nunureu uoiiars. 0. 70 unuergo an im-
PI,eou'heh, no' NOR man one year, or
e'uer Ut 'o''' Ut 'ne u'scre'ion Oh 'ne
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