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

commonwealth shall be addressed TO that
officer alone and not to the Speaker of the
Senate.
Notice is hereby given, That any person
excepting Justices of the Peace who shall
hold any office or appointment of profit. or
trust under the United States, or this State
or any city or corporated district, whether
commissioned officer or otherwise n
subordinate officer or agent who is or shall
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 8ny 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 for other purposes" apprO-
we'd April 18th 1859, 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.
A further supplement 10 the election
laws of this Commonwealth:
Whereas, by an act of tho Congress
of tho United States, entitled "An
act to amend the several acts hereto
fore passed to provide for the enrolling
and calling out of the national forces, and
for other purposes" and approved March
I'd, 1865. all persons who have deserted
the military or naval services of the Uni
ted States, and who have been discharged
or relieved from the penalty or disability
therein provided, are deemed and taken
to have voluntarily relinquished and for
feited their rights to become citizens, and
are deprived of exercising any rights of
citizenship hereof:
And whereas, persons, not citizens of
the United States, nre under the constitu-
ton and laws of Pennsylvania qualified
electors ofthis Commonwealth
SEC. |. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by the
same and in all elections hereafter to be
held in this Commonwealth; it shall be
unlawful for the judges or inspectors of
any such election to receive any ballot or
ballots from any persons embraced in the
provisions, and subject to the disabilities
imposed by said act of Congress, approved
March Sd, 1865. And it shall be unlawful
for any such person to offer to vote any
such ballot or ballots.
SEC. 2. That if any such judge or inspec-
tors ofelection or any of them shall receive
or consent to receive any such unlawful
ballot or ballots from any such disqualified
person, lie or they so offending shall be
guilty of misdcmeanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof i'll any Court of Quarter Scs-
siOns of this Commonwealth, he shall for
each offence be sentenced to pay fine of
not less than one hundred dollars, and to
undergo Imprisonment in the Jail of the
proper county for not less than sixty days
SEC. 3. That if any person deprived of
citizenship and disqualified as aforesaid
shall at any election hereafter TO be held
in this Commonwealth vote or tender to
tho officers thereof, and offer to vote bal
lot or ballots, any person so offending
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and on
conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall for
each offence be punished in a like manner
rs is provided in the preceding section of
this act, in the case of officers of elections
receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
SEC. 4. That if any person shall hereafter
persuade or advise any person or persons
deprived of citizenship and disqualified as
aforesaid, to offer any ballot or ballots to
the officers of any election hereafter to be
held in this Commonwealth, or shall per-
suade or advise any such officer to receive
any ballot or ballots from any person de-
prived of citizenship and disqualified as
aforesaid, such persons so offending shall
be guilty of u misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof in any court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall be
punished in like manner as provided in the
second section of this act, in the case of
officers of such election receiving such un-
lawful ballot or ballots.