The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-09-12
tickets or influencing the citizens qualified


tickets or influencing the citizens qualified
to vote, he shall on conviction forfeit and pay
any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars,
/ for every such offence, and be imprisoned for
any term not exceeding three months.
| Pursuant to the provision contained in the
9th section OF the act aforesaid, the Judges
OF the aforesaid district shall take charge of
| the certificate or return of the election OF
| their respective districts and produce them al
meeting of the judges from each district at
the Court House in the Borough of Strouds-
burg, on the third day after the day OF elec-
| ton, being for the present year on FRIDA Y
the lth day of OCTOBER next, then and
there to do, and perform the duties required
by law of said judges. Also, that where
Judge by sickness or unavoidable circumstan-
ccs, is unable to attend said meeting ofJudges
then the certificate or return as aforesaid
shall be taken charge Of by one of the lu-
rtictors or clerks of the election of said dis
spect, who shall do and perform the duties
required of said Judge unable to attend.
ACT, April II, 1869.
Section g. After the assessments 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 return 10 the county
Commissioners Of the names of all persons
assessed by him since the return required
10 be made by him by The second section OF
this act. noting opposite each name the OBJ
servations and explanations required 10 be
noted as aforesaid; and the county Commits
sioners shall thereupon cause the same to be
added to the return required by the second
section of this act, and full and correct
copy thereof to be made, containing the
names of all persons so returned as resident
taxa bles in said ward, borough, township or
precinct and furnish the same together with
the necessary election blanks, 10 the officers
of the election III 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 OH the list, unless he shall make proof
of his right TO vote, as hereinafter required.
| Section 4. On the day of election any
person whose name is not on the list, and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter OF
the district as a witness 10 The residence OF
the claimant in the district in which he
\ claims 10 be a voter, for the period of at least
ten days next preceding said election, which
witness shall take and subscribe written,
or partly written and partly printed, affidavit
10 the fucts stated by him. which affidavit
shall define clearly where The residence is
of the person so claimining 10 be voter and
the person so aiming the right TO vote shall
also take and subscribe written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit, stating,
TO the best Of his knowledge and belief,
where and when he was born; that he is a
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MIA and of the United States; that he has re.
sided in the commonwealth one year, or u
formerly Il citizen therein and has moved
theretIom, that he has resided therein sia
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 two years, which
was assessed at least ten days before sale
election; and, if a naturalized citizen, shal
also state when, where and by what cour
he was naturalized, and shall also produce
, his certificate of aturaiization, for examin
alton the said affidavit shall also state wher
and where the tax claimed to be paid by tht
afiiant was assessed, and when, where anc
10 whom paid !; and the tax receipt thereto
shall be produced for examination, unless tht
affiani shal slate in his affidavit that 1t ha
been lost or deslyed, or that he never re
celved any; but if the person so claimin!
the right 10 vote shall take aud subscribe al
affidavit, that he is native born citizen O
the United States, Cor if born elsewhere
shall state that fact in his affldavit, and shai
: produce evidence that he has been natural
n lied, or that he is entitled to citizenship b.
reason of his fathers naturalization } AM
shall further state in his affidavit that he il
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the ages oftwenty- one and twenty-five years
T that he has resided in the state one year an
u in the election district ten days next prece
ding such election, he shall be entitled Il
e vote, although he shall not have paid taxes
5 the said affidavits Of all persons making sue
J ella inns, and the afiidavts Of the Witnesses {
: their residence, shall be preserved by th
D election board. and at the close of the elec
tion they shall be enclosed with the list c
E voters, tally list and other papers requires
by law to be filed by the return judge wit
o the prothono,ary, and shall remain on I'll
Herewith in the prothonotory's Office, sub
r iect 10 examination, as other election pa per
: are if the election officers shall find tha
b the applicant or applicants possess all tn
n legal qualifca tions of voters, he or they shaI
: be permitted to vote. and the name or name
: shall be added to the list of taxables by tn
n election officers the word tax" being adde
e where the claimant claims 10 vote on tax
and the word "age" where he claims to vot
i on age the same words being added by tn
s clerks in each case respectively, on the list
of persons voting at such election.
y Section s. 1t shall be lawful for an
: qualified citizen of the district, notwithstand
;, ing the name OF the proposed voter is con
e tanned on the list of resident taXabIes, t
d challenge the vote of each person; where
It upon the same proof Of the right OF suifrag
as is now required by law shall be publicl.
n made and acted on by the election board, all
!. the vote admitted or rejected, according t
5 the evidence every person claiming to be
: naturalized citizen shall be required 10 pre-
q duce his naturalization certificate at the elec
b ton before voting, except where he has bee