The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-10-23
PROCLAMATION OF GENER-
AL ELECTION.


Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, entitled AN Act to regulate the
General Elections within this Common
wealth. it is enioined upon me to give
public notice of said elections, and to
enumerate in said notice what officers are
to be elected, l, Il. l.. Davis, High Sheriff
of the county of Forest, do hereby make
known and give this public notice to the
electors of the county of Forest, that a
General Election will he held in said coun-
ty, at which time they will vote by ballot
for twenty-nine Electors for President and
Vice President of the United States, on the
FIRST TUESDAY CD OF OCTOBER, 1872,
at the several districts, viz:
In Barnett township at Darlington school
house.
In Green township at the house of L.
Arner.
In Howe township at the house of c. f.
Fox.
In jerks township at the court house in
Marien.
In Harmony township at Allender school
house.
In Hickory township at Ball school
house.
In Kingsley township at Wheeler, Du
senbury ~ Co.'S sttre.
l In Tionesta township at school house in
Tio, cesta borough.
To- Tir ~esta borough at school house in
said borough. .-..-
oxcentin1 Jns, ces of the Peace who shall
hold anv office or appointment of profit or
trust under the Uniteu states, or thls State
or any city or corporated o.. ''lct, whether
commissioned officer or otnLr"iSe, a. a.
subordinate officer or agent who is or >. ia'i
be employed under the legislature, eXecu-
| tive or judiciary department of this State,
or of any city, or of any incorporated dis
trict, and also, that every member of Con-
| gress and of the State Legislature, or of
| the select or common council of any city,
| or commissioners of any incorporated dis
trict, is by law incapable of holding or ex"
| ercising at the time, the Office or appoint
ment OF judge, inspector or clerk of any
| election of this Commonwealth, and that
| no inspector, judge or other officer of such
election shall be eligible TO be then voted
| for.
Also, that in the 4th section of the act of
| Assembly entitled An act relating to
elections and tor other purposes" appro-
we'd April 18th 1853, it is enacted that the
| 18th section shall not be so construed as to
prevent any militia or borough officer
from serving as Judge, Inspector or CLERK,
at any general or special election in this
| Commonwealth.
REGISTRY LAW.
| also give official notice TO the electors
| of Forest county that, by an act entitled
l
relative tn the elections of this Common
/ wealth." approved April 18th, 1869, il is
| provided as follows:
SEC. J. Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the Common
| wealth of Pennsylvania i'll General Assem-
bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by au-
thority of the same, That it shall be the du-
| ty of eac of the assessors of this Com
monwealth, on the first Monday of June
of each year, to take up the transcript he
| has received from the county commission
| ers under the eighth section of the act of
10Th OF April, 1884, and proceed to an i'm
mediate revision of the same by striking
| therefrom the name of every person whois
| known by him to have died or removed
| since the last previous assessment from the
| district OF which he is the assessor, or
| whose death or removal shall be made
known to him. and to add to the same the
name of any qualified voter who shall be
made known to him, to have removed into
1 the district since the last previous ASSESS
| ment or whose removal into the same
| shall be or shall have been made known to
him, and also the names of all who make
claim to him to be qualified voters therein.
| AS soon as this revision is completed he
| shall visit every dwelling house in his dis
| trirt and make careful inquiry ii any per-
son whose name is ON his list has died or
removed from the district, and if so, to
take the same there1rom, or whether any
qualified voter resides therein whose name
/ is not on the list, and If so, to add the same
thereto, and in all cases where IA name is
added to the list tax shall forthwith be
assessed against the person, and the asses
| sor shall III all cases ascertain by inquiry
| upon what ground the person SO assessed
claims to be a voter. Upon the completion
of this WORK it shall be the duty oil each as
SCISSOR as aforesaid TO proceed to make out
| a list in alphabetical order OF the freemen
above twenty-one years OF age claiming
TO be qualified voters i'll the ward, borough,
township or district of which he is assess
| or, and opposite to each OF said names state
| whether said freeman is or IS not u house
| keeper, and if he is the number OF his res
| idence, in towns where the same are num-
| bered, with the street, alley or court in
which situate, and if in a town where there
are no mum bers, the name OF the street, al
ley or court on which said house fronts
also the occupation OF the person, and
| where he is not a hOusekeeper, the occupa-
ton, place of boarding and with whom and
If working for another, the name OF en-
plOyer, and write opposite each of said
names the word "Voter," and where any
person claims to vote by reason OF natur-
alizatiOn he shall exhibit his certificate
thereof to the assessor, unless he has been
for five consecutive years next preceding
a voter in said district and in all cases
where the person has been naturalized, the
name 81 all be marked with the letter" IN ;"
w
intention to become ,itlzen and designs
TO be naturalized beIorethe next election,
the name shall be marked sd. l." Where
the claim TO vote is by reason of being be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and twenty
two, as provided by law, the word age"
shall be entered, and if the person has
moved into the election district to reside
since the last general election the letter
"B." shall he placed opposite the name.-
1t shall be III further duty OF each assess
or as aforesaid, upon the completion OF the
duties herein imposed, 10 make "A separate
list OF all new assessments made by him
and the amounts assessed upon each, and
furnish the same Immediately to the COM
missioners, who shall Immediately add
the names to the tax duplicates end 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 aiore-
said, to be maze out as soon as practicable