The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-10-02

/ uttidTcu his lnlcnblon 10 become q cltlZGn
and designs to be naturaized before the
next election, the name shall be marked
" ID. j." Where the claim to vote is by
| reason of being between the ages of twen-
| ty-One and twenty y-two, as provided bv
! law, the word ''age' shall be entered, and
| ifthe person has moved into the election
district to reside since the last general
| election the letter "B.' shall be placed op-
| poste the name. It shall be the further
| duty of each assessor as aforesaid, upon
the completion of the duties herein i'm
| posed, to make a separate list of all new
assessments made by him and the amounts
| assessed upon each, and furnish the same
| Immediately TO the commissioners, who
| shall Immediately add the names TO the
| tax duplicates and the wards, township.
| borough or district in which they have
| been assessed.
SEC. 2. On the list being completed and
| the assessment made as aforesaid the same
| shall be forthwith returned to the county
| commissioners, who shall duplicate copies
of said lists, with the observations and ex-
| plantations required to be noted as afore-
| said, to be maze out as soon as practicable
| and placed in the hands of the assessor,
who shall prior to the first of August in
each year put one copy thereof on the
| house where the election of the respective
| district is required to be held, and retain
! the otier in his possession for the inspec-
| ton, free of charge, of any person residing
| i'm the said election district who shall de-
| sire to see the same, and it shalt be the du-
| ty of the same assessor to add, from time
| to time on he personal application of any
one claiming the right to vote, the name of
| such claimant, and mark opposite the
name I'D. T. and Immediately assess him
! with tax, noting in all cases, his occupa-
| ton, residence, whether n boarder or
house-keeper, if a boarder with whom he
| boards, and whether naturaized or de-
| n "a .aS %
| tho letters opposite the name M or "D.
| l." as the case may be; if the person
| claiming to be assessed be naturalized, he
| shall exhibit to the assessor his certificate
| of naturalization and if he claims that he
| designs TO be naturaiZed before the next
| ensuing election, he sha exhibit his Ger.
| titicate of declaration of intentions in all
| cases where any ward, borough, township
| or election district is divided into two or
| more precincts, the assessor shall note in
all his assessments the election precinct in
| which each elcctOr resides, and shall make
| a separate return for each to the county
! commissioners in all cases in which re-
| turn is required of him by the provisions
of this act and the county commissioners
| in making duplicate copies of the names
OF the voters i'll each precinct separately,
| and shall furnish the same To the assessor,
and the copies required by this act to be
| placed on the door of or on election places
| on or before til first day of August in each
| year, shall be placed on the door of or on
| the election place in each of said precincts.
| Sec. 3 After the assessments shall have
| been completed on the tenth day prece-
! ding the second Tuesday of October in
! each year, the assessor shall, on the Mon
| day Immediately 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 observations and eXplana-
! tons required to be noted as aforesaid, and
| the county commissioners shall thereupon
| cause the same to be added to the returns
| required by the second section Of this act,
and full and correct copy to be made,
| containing the names of all persons so re-
| turned as resident taXables in said ward,
| borough, townshsp or precinct, and fur
nish the same together with the necessary
! election blanks to the officers of the cleo
| ton in said ward, borough, township or
| precinct on or before six o'clock on the
| morning of the second Tuesday of October,
and no man shall be permitted to vote at
| the election on that day whose name is not
| on said list, unless he shall make proof of
! his right to VOTE as hereinafter required
SIC. 1 On the day of election any person
! whose name is not on the said list, and
I claiming the right TO vote at said election,
| shall produce at least one qualified voter
| ofthe district as Il witness to the residence
| of the claimant in the district in which he
| claims to be Il voter, for period of at least
| ten days next preceding said election,
! which witness shall take and subscribe
| written, or partly written and partly
| printed affidavit. to the facts stated by him,
which affidavit shall clearly define where
| the residence is of the person so claiming
| to be a voter, and the person claiming the
| right to vote shall also take and subscribe
to written, or partly written and partly
| printed affidavit, stating that to the best OF
| his knowledge and belief when and where
| he was born; that he is a citizen of the
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of
| the United States that he has resided in
| the Commonwealth one year, or if former
| ly a citizen therein, and has moved there
| from six months prec ding such election;
that he has not moved into the district for
| the purpose of voting therein; that he mas
| paid State or county tax within two years
| which was assessed at least ten days before
said election; and, if q naturalized citizen,
| also state when, where and by what court
he was naturalized, and shall also produce
| his certificate of naturalization for eXami-
nation; the said affidavit shall also state
when and where the tax claimed TO be paid
| by the affidavit was assessed, and when,
| where, and to whom paid, and the tax re-
ceipt therefor shall he produced for exam
| ination, unless the altiant shall state in his
| aiiidaVit that il has been lost or destroyed,
or that he never received any, but if the
| person so claiming the right to vote shall
| take and subscribe an atiidaVit that he is
native born citizen Of the United States
or if born elsewhere, shall state that fact in
his affidavit, or shall produce evidence
| that he has been natuTalized or that he is
entitled TO citizenship by reason of his
| fathers naturalization and shall further
state in his affidavit that he is, at the time
of taking the affidavit, between the age of
| twenty-one and twenty-five years that he
has resided in the State one year and in
! the district ten days preceding such elec-
ton, he shall be entitled to vote, although
he shall not have paid taxes; the said alli-
daVits Of the witnesses to their residence
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 required by law to be
filed by the return judges with the pro-
thOnotary, and shall remain on file there
with at the prothouotary's office, subject
TO examination as other election papers
are if the election officers shall find that
the application 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 to the list oftaXa-
bles by the election officers, the word tax
being added when the claimant claims TO
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