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 any incorporated dis
trict, is by law incapable of holding or ex-
ercising at the time, the office or appoint
inent 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.
further supplement 10 the election
laws OF TINS 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
ior 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
thnTnin nrONi1al nr.Al lnnInaI taar
to have voluntarily relinguished 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. l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
bly, met and il 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 he unlawful
for any such person TO offer to vote any
such ballot or ballots.
SEC. 2. That if any such Judge or inspec-
tors of election 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 misdcm eanor, and upon convic-
tion thereof in 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