The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-09-18

| lenge the vote of such person; whereupon
| tho same proof of right of suffrage as Is
| now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted upon by the election board,
and the vote admitted or rejected, accord
| ing to the evidence; every person claim
ing to be naturalized citizen shall be re-
| quired to produce his naturalization GER
| tilicate at the election before voting, OK
| cept he has been for ten years consecu-
| lively a voter i'm the district i'm which he
| offers his vote; and on the vote of such
person being received it shall be the duty
| of the election officers to write or stamp
| on such certificate the word voted with
| the month and year, and f any election
| officer or officers shall receive a second
| vote on tho same day, by virtue of the
| same certificate, excepting whore sons are
| entitled to vote by the naturalization of
| their fathers, they and the person who
| shall offer such a second vote, upon so of
| Tending shall be deemed guilty of high
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
| be fined or imprisoned, or both, at the
| discretion of the court, but the fine shall
not exceed one hundred dollars in each
| case or the imprisonment one year ; the
| like punishment shall be inflicted. on con-
| vicuOn, on the officers Of election who
! shall neglect or refuse to make, orscause
| to be made, the endorsement required as
| aforesaid on said naturalization certificates.
| Sec. 6. If any election officer shall re-
| fuse or neglect to require such proof of the
| Ol suffrage as Is required DIV THIS law,
| or the laws TO which this is supplement,
| from any person Offering to vote whose
| name is not on the list of assessed voters
| or whose right to vote is challenged by
| any qualified voter requiring such proof,
every person so offending shall upon con-
| viction be doomed guilty of high msde-
| meanor, and shall be sentenced, for every
oflense, to pay a fine not exceeding one
| hundred dollars, or TO undergo an impris-
onment not exceeding one year, or either
| or both, at the discretion of the court.
| SEC. Z. Ten days preceding every cleo
| ton for electors for President and Vice
President of the United States, it shall be
| the duty of the assessor to attend at the
place required by law for holding the cleo
ton in each election district, and then and
there hear all applications of persons
| whose names have been omitted from the
list of assessed voters, who claimed the
| right to vote, or whose rights have origin
| ated since the same was made out, and
| shall add the names of such persons there
| TO as shall show that they are entitled to
the right of suffrage in such district, on
the personal application of the claimant
| oniV, and forthwith assess them with the
| DroDer tax After completing the list, a
copy thereof shall be placed on the door of
or on the house where the election is to be
| held, at least eight days before the election;
| and at the election the same course shall
| be pursued in all respects as is required
| by this act and the acts to which this is a
| supplement, at the general election in Oc-
| tober. The assessor shall also make the
| same returns to the county commissioners
of all assessments made by virtue of this
section; and The county commissioners
shall furnish copies thereof to the election
officers in each district, in like panner, in
| all respects, as is required ut the general
| election in October.
| SEC. 8. The respective assessors, inspec-
tors and Judges of the election shall each
| fn DflT mi he
person claiming the right to be assessed
or the right ofsullrage, or i'll regard to any
| other matter or thing required to be done
or inquired into by any of said officers un-
der this act, and amy willul false swearing
| by any person in relation to any matter
concerning which they shall bo lawfully
interrogated by amy Of said officers, shall
| be punished rs perjury.
SEC. 10. The assessors shall each receive
| the same compensation for the time neces-
| sariiy spent in performing their duties
| hereby Cniolned as is provided by law for
| the performance of their other duties, to
| be paid by the county commissioners as in
| other cases: and it shall not be lawful for
| any person to assess tax against any per-
| son whatever within ten days next prece-
ding the election to be held on the second
| Tuesday of October, in any year, or within
| ten days next before any election for cleo
| tors OF President and Vice PRECEDENT of
| the United States any violation of this
provision shall be a misdemcanor, and
| subiecting the officers so offending to n fine
| on conviction not exceeding one hundred
| dollars, or to Imprisonment not exceeding
| three months, or both, at tho discretion Of
! the court.
SEC. IL. On petition Of five or more cit
| izen~ of the county, stating under oath that
| they verify believe that frauds VIII be
practiced at the election about to he held
| in any district it Shall be The duty of the
/ Court of Common Pleas of said county, if
| in session, ii not judge thereof ia Vaca-
| ton, to appoint two judicious, sober and
| Intelligent citizens of the county TO act as
| oVerseers of said election said oVerscers
shall be selected from different political
| parties, where the inspectors belong to diff
| ierent parties, and where both inspectors
! belong 10 the same political party both of
] the oVurseers shall be taken from the op-
| posite political party said oversoors snail
| have the right to be present with the OH
I GERS of the election during the whole rtae
| the same is held, the votes counted a.. the
| returns made out and signed by thu eler-
| ton officers to keep a list of Tie voters if
| they see proper; to challenge gnV ucrson
| offering to vote, and TO intcr.o .rate him and
| his Witnesses, under oath, IN regard To his
| right of suffrage at sait election and 10
| examine his papers produced; and the
| officers OF said election are required TO af-
| ford to said oVerseers so selected and an
| pointed every convenience and facility for
! the discharge of thcir duties: and if said
J election officers shall refuse 10 permit said
| ONerseers TO be present and perform thc;r
| duties as aforesaid, or if thew shall be
n.;.@. ,,.. .away from the polls by violence or
| intimidation, all the vote pollcd at such
election district may be rejected, by any
tribunal trying a contest under the said
! election: Provided, that 40 person signing
! the petition shall be appointed an oyerseer.
SHC. II. II any prothonotry, clerk, or
! deputy OF either, or any other person shall
| ailiX the seal ofoiice toany naturalization
paper, or permit the same 10 be affixed, or
| give out, or cause, or permit The same %
! he given out, in blank, whereby it may be
! fraudnlently used, or funisha uaturaliza-
! ton paper to any person who shall not
have been duly examined and sworn I'm
! open court, in the presence of some of the
! Judges thereof, according 10 the act OF
| Congress, or shall aid in, or cOnnivc AT, or
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