The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1872-10-30
PROCLAMATION OF GENER-
AL ELECTION.

fhUCLhMhIlUN UF GENEK-
AL ELECTION.
Whereas, in and by an act of the General
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. i. 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 n
General Election will he held i'm 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 Clarington school
house.
In Green township at the house of L.
Arner
In Howe township at the house of c. +.
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.
| In Tionesta township at school house in
Tionesta borough.
| In Ticnesta borough at school house in
said borough.
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 any incorporated dis
| trlct is by law incapable of holding or eX-
ercsng 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 e.ectiOn in this
Commonwealth.
REGISTRY LAW.
also give official notice to the electors
of Forest county that, by an act entitled
" An act further supplemental to the act
| relative tn the elections of this Common =
wealth." approved April 18th, 1863, it is
provided rs follows:
SEC. J. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives OF The Common
w5aith OF Pennsylvania in General Assem-
, bly, met, and it Is hereby enacted by au-
ItI, -
| ty OF eac of tho assessors of this Com
| monwealth, on the first Monday of June
| of each year, to take up the transcript he
has received hom the county commission
ers under the eighth section Of the act OF
18th 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
/ 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 lie
shall visit every dwelling house III his dis
| tri't and make careful inquiry il any per-
| son whose name is on ms list has uied or
removed from the district, and ii so, to
| take the same thereIrom, or whether any
| qualified voter resides therein whose name
/ is not on the list, and ii so, to add the same
| thereto, and in AL cases where "a name is
added to the list a 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 Il voter. Upon the completion
A
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 qualineu voters III the ward, borough,
township or district OF which he is ASSESS
or, and opposite 10 each OF said names state
| whether said freeman is or rs not house
| keeper, ana If he is, the number OF his res
| idence, i'll towns where the same are NUM-
| bered, with the street, alley or court in
which situate, and if III town where there
| are no numbers, the name Oh 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 "vOIer." and where anv
| person claims to vote by reason OF natur-
| aliZatiOn he shall exhibit his certificate
| thereof TO the assessor, unless he has been
| for live consecutive years next preceding
! q voter in said district and in all cases
where the person has been naturalized, the
name $. ali be marked with the letter" \. ="
| Where the person has merely declared his
| intention to become ;itlzen aud designs
| to be naturaliZed beiore the next election,
the name shall be marked I'D. 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 ii the person has
moved into the election district to reside
/ since the last general election the letter
"B.' shall be PLACED opposite the name
| 1t shall be IN further duty OF each ASSESS
/ or as aforesaid, upon the completion OF the
duties herein imposed, TO make q separate
| list OF all new assessment made by INN
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 and the
| wards, township, borough or district in
| which they have beou assessed.
! SEC. 2. On the list lplDU com Dlptpd and