The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-10-02
ACT, April II, ls69.

i section 3. Alter the ass essmenfs have
been completed on The tenth day preceding
the second Tuesday in October of ea eh year,
the assessor shall, on the Monday immediate.
~ following, make 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
ths act, noting opposite each name the OBJ
serva:Ions and explanations required to he
noled as aforesaid; ; and the county Commis.
soners shal lhereupnn cause the same to be
added To The return required by the second
section Of this CT, and d full and oorrec,
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 tog ether with
tn" necessary election blanks, TO the officers
oil the election in said ward, borough, town.
snip or precinct, on or before six o'clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of Oc-
tooer; and no mau shall be permitted to vote
al .he election on that day whose name Is
no, on Inc Iist, unless he sh. make proof
OF MS right 70 vote, as hereinafter required
Secf1on t. On the day of election any
person wh'se name is not on the list. and
Eclaiming the right to vote at $, III election.
she'll produce tleast one Qualified yo,er of
the district rs witness 10 The residence of
the claimant in the district in which no
claims 10 be voter. for the period of at lea ST
ten days next preceding said election, which
witness shall lake and subscribe written.
For partly written and partly printed, affidavit
10 the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where 'he residence is
of-the person claiming TO be a voter. and
The person so inning the rig ght 10 voje 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
citizen OF the commonwealth of Pennsylva-
MIA and OF the United Stiles; that he has re
sided IN the commonu ealih one year, or if
formerly citizen therein aud has moved
thereto ON, that he has resided therein six
months next preceding said election :; that he
has no, moved into the district for the pur
pose of voting therein that he has paid Il
state or county lax within two years, which
was assessed at least len days before sa id
election; and, If a ma tura lIZed citizen, sha II
also state when, where ani by what court
he was naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization. for eXanin-
alton /; the sa III affidavit shall lSo state hen
aud where the tax claimed to be paid BY the
affiant was assessed, and when, where and
To whom paid and the tax receipt there or
shall be produced for examinal ion, unles, the
aftiant shIl stale in his affidavit that il has
been lost or destroyed, or that he never re-
ceIved any; but if the person so claiming
the right 10 vote shall lake and subscribe an
affidavit, tina, he is Il native born citizen of
the United States, Cor if born elsewhere,
sha II state that fact in his affldavt, and shall
lproduce evidence that he has been natural
lied, or that he is entitled 10 citizenship by
reason of his father's natura ization y aud
shall further state in his affidavit that he is
at the time of taking the affidavit, between
the ages oflwenty one and twenty two years;
that he has resided in the state one year and
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 Ill persons making such
ca inns, and The affidavits of the witnesses TO
their residence, shall be preserved by The
election board, and at the close of the cleo
Iion they shall be enclosed with the Iist of
voters, tally list and other papers required
by law to be filed by the return Judge with
the prothonotary, and shall remain on file
Herewith in The prothonotory's Office, sub
ject 10 examination, as other election pa pers
are; if the election officers shall find that
the applicant or applicants possess all The
legal affiliations ofvoters, he or they shal
be permitted to vote, aud the name or names
shall be added 10 the list of taxables by he
election officers, the word tax being added
where the claimant claims to 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, norwithstand-
ing the name of the proposed voter is con-
tanned on the list of resident taxabIes, TO
challenge the vote OF each person; where.
upon the same proof of the right of suffrage
as is now equired 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
nsturalIzed citizen sha II be required to pro-
duce his naturalization certifcte at The cleo
I lion before voting, except where he has been
/ for ten years. 'conseCutively,. a voter in the
| district in which he offers his vote and on
The vote OF such person being received, ii
sha be he duty of the election officers 10
write or stamp on such certificate the word
"voted," with the month and year; and ii
any election officer or officers shall receive a
secnnd vote on the anne day, by virtue Of
the came certificate. excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of The natural
izaiion of their fathers, they and the person
WIN shall offer such second vote upon so Of
Tending shall be guilty OF high msdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof be fined or
imprisoned, or both, AT the discretion of the
court; but the fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars in each case, nor the imprl>on-
meni one year; the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction, on the officers OF
election who shall negl lect or refuse to make,
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requir.
1 ed as aforesaid on said naturalization certi-
ficate.
/ Sec g. Ifany election officer shall refuse
or neglect TO reqnire such proof of The right
of suffrage as is prescribed by this law, or
tha laws to which this is a supplement-, from
any person offering to vote whose name l.
moi on The list of assessed voters. or whose