The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-09-19

any SUN not eAceeuiIlg one hundred dollars
t for every such offence, and be Imprisoned 10
; any term not exceeding three months.
Pursuant to the provision contained in Ihr
9th section OF the act aforesaid, the Judge
: OF the aforesaid district shall take charge o
the certificate or return of the election o
their respective districts and produce them a
a meeting of the judges from each district a
The Court House in the Borough Of Strouds
burg, on the third day after the day of eec
tion, being for the present year on F'RiDA !
the llth day of OCTOBER next, then ana
there TO do. and perform the duties required
by law of said judges. Also, hat where 9
Judge by sickness or una voidable crcunstan.
ces, sunabIe to attend said meeting ofJudges
then the certificate or return as aforesaid
shall be taken chsrge OF by one of the In
rtlctors or clerks of the election of said dis
spec, who shall do and perform The duties
required OF said Judge unable to attend.
ACT, April II, 1869
SectiOn 3. After the as essments have
been completed on The tenth day preceding
the second Tuesday in October of each year,
the assessor shall, on the Monday immediate
ly following, make Il return 10 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
th's act. noting opposite each name the OBJ
| serva:ions and explanations required to be
noted as aforesaid; and the county Commits
soners shall thereupon cause the same to be
added to The return required by the second
section o! this act, and full and correct
copy thereof to be made, containing the
names of all persons so returned as resident
taxables in said ward, borough, township or
precinct, and furnish the same together with
the necessary election blanks, 10 the officers
OF the election In said ward borough, town
ship or precinct, on or before six o'clock in
the morning OF the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober; and no man shall be permitted to vote
at the election on that day whose name is
not on the list, unless he shall make proof
Of his right 10 vote, as hereinafter required
Section 4. On the day of election any
person whose name is not OH the list, and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voier Of
the district as witness TO The residence of
the claimant in the district in which he
claims 10 be voter, for the period of at lea st
ten days next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe d written,
or partly written and partly printed, affidavit
10 the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where The residence is
OF the person so claimining TO be a voter and
The person so claiming the right to vote shall
also take and subscribe a written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, stating,
10 the best Of his knowledge and belief
where and when he was born; that he is a
citizen OF the commonwealth of Pennsy va
MIA and of the United States; that he has re-
sided in the commonwealth one year, or If
formerly a citizen therein and has moved
theretTom, that he has resided therein six
months next preceding said election that he
has not moved into the district for the pur.
pose of voting therein that he has paid a
state or county tax within tso years, which
was assessed at least ten days before said
election; and, if n naturalized citizen, shall
also state when, where and by what court
he was naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization, for examin-
alton the said affidavit shall also state when
and where the tax claimed to be paid by the
afiiant was assessed, and when, where and
to whom paid and the tax receipt therefor
shall be produced for examination, unless the
afiiant shall state in his affidavit that it has
been lost or desiyed, or that he never re-
ceIved any but If the person So claiming
affidavit, that he is native born citizen OF
the United States, Cor if born elsewhere,
shall state that fact in his fldavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural
ized, or that he is entitled 10 citizenship by
reason of his fathers natura izatlon y and
shall further state in his affidavit that he is
at the time of taking the affidavit, between
the ges Oflwenty- one and twenty-five years;
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in the election district ten days next prece-
ding such election, he shall be entitled to
vote, although he shall not have paid taxes
the said affidavits of all persons making such
ella inns, and the affidavits of the witnesses to
their residence, shall be preserved by the
election board. and at the close of the elec-
tion they shall be enclosed with the list ofI
voters, tally list and other papers required
by law to be filed by the return Judge with
the prothonotary, and shall remain Oh file |
Herewith in the prothonotory's office, sub |
lect 10 eXamina ton, as other election pa pcrs |
are; if the election officers shall find that
the applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qua iicatlons of voters, he or they shali
be permitted to vote, and the name or names
shall be added 10 the list of taxables by The |
election officers the word ''taX" being added
where the claimant cl0Ims 10 vote on tax,
and the word "age" where he claims to vote
on age the same words being added by the
clerks in each case respectively, on the lists
of persons voting at such election.
Section 5. 1t shall be lawful for any
qualified citizen of the district, nolwithstand- |
ing the name of the proposed voter is con
tanned on the list of resident taxables, TO
challenge the vote OF each person; where
upon the same proof of the right of suffrage
as is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted on by the election board, and
the vote admitted or rejected, according to
the evidence every person claiming to be a
naturaIzed citizen shall be required TO pro
duce his naturalization ertifca te at the eec-
ton before voting, except where he has been
for ten years, consecutvely, voter in the
in which he offers his vote; and OH
the vote of such person being received, it |
bo n ba tho Jutu nj tho aIactiop officorS to