The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-09-25

before the election. But a citizen OF
the United States, who has previously
been qualified voter of this State, but
removed thereirom and returned, and
shall have resided 10 the election dis
tirct and paid taxes as Aforesaid. shall
be eutitled to vote after residing in this
State six months. i,Dcilecl, That the
freemcn, citizens of the United States,
who are between the ages of twenty-one
aud twenty-five years, and who have
resided in the election district ten days
as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote,
although they have not paid taxes.
WHEREAS, The Fifteenth ANend-
ment of the Constitution of the United
States is as follows:
SECTION !. The right Of citizens of
the United States shall not be denied
or abridged b the United States on ac
count of race, color, or previous con-
ditiou of servitude
SECTION .. That Congress shall
have power to enforce this article by
appropropriats legislation.
And wherecS, The Congress of the
United States, on the thirty-frst day
of March 1870, passed an act entitled,
San act to enforce the right Of citizens
Of fhe United States to vote in the sew
eral States of the Union, ana for other
purposes" the first and second sections
of which are as follows:
BE Il enacted, &C., That all citizens
of the United States who are or shall b
otherwise qualified to vote at any cleo
tion by the people Of any State, Terri
tory, district, city, county, parish, town
ship, school district, municipality, Or
other territorial subvision shall be en-
titled and allowed to vote at all such
elections, without distinction OF color
race, or previous condition of servitude /;
any constitution, law, custom, usage, or
regulation OF any State Or Territory, or
by or under its authority, to the contrary,
Notwithstanding.
SECTION 2 And be 1t further en-
actcd, That it,, by or under the consti-
tuition or laws OF any State or the laws
OF any Territory, any act is or shall be
required TO be done as prerequisite or
qualification for voting, and by such
constitution or. laws persons or officers
are or shall be charged with the per-
tormance of duties in furnishing to cit-
zcns an opportunity to perform such
prerequisites, or to become qualified to
vote 1t shall be the duty OF every such
person and officers to give all citizens oil
the United States, the same and equal
opportunity to perform such prerequisite
aud to become qualified to vote without
dlstictlon Of race, color or previous con-
dition of serviture; and il any such per-
sons or officers shall refuse or Knowingly
omit to give full effect to this section,
he shall for every such offence, forfeit
and pay the sum OF FIVE hundred dollars,
to the persons agrleved thereby. to be
recovered by an action 90 the case, with
iull costs aud such allowance for cDuh-
sci fees us the court shall deem just, and
shall also Tor every such offence be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
shall on conviction thereof be fined not
less than five hundred dollars or to be
imprisoned not less than one mouth and
not more than one year, or both, at the
discretion OF the court.
Aha UhercuS, Ii is declared by the
second section Of the VI article OF the
Constitution OF the United States, that
This Constitution Of the United States
which shall be made in pursuance
thereof, shall be the supreme law of the
land x * anything i'll tie Con-
stttatt0n or M,cS Of arg Stale, 70 the con,
tra'y, Notwithstanding"
And 'ohereaS, The Legislature o!
this Commonwealth, on the 9th OF
April 1870, passed an act entitled ga
further supplement to the act relating
to elections in this Commonwealth, "
the tenth section provides as follows:
SECTION 10. That 50 much of every
act Of Assembly as provides that only
white freeman shall be entitled to vote,
or be registered as voters, or as claim
ing to vote at any general or special
election OF this Commonwealth, be and
the same is hereby repealed and that
hereafter all freeman without distinct
ton OF color, shall be enrolled and regis.
tered according to the provisions OF the
hrst section OF the act approved the
IL OF April 1869, entitled An act iur-
ther supplemental to au act relative
to the elections OF this Commonwealth" "
and shall when otherwise qualified
under existing laws, be entitled to vote
at all general and special elections in this
Commonwealth.
No person shall be permitted to vote
whose name is not contained on the list
OF taxable inhabitants furnished by the
Commissioners, unless be first produces
receipt for the payment within two
years, ol State or County tax, assessed
agreeably to the Constitution, and give
satisfactory evidence either on his own
oath or affirmation of another that
he has paid such tax, or ON failure to
produce such receipt shall make oath
OF the payment thereof; If he claims to
vote by being an eiector between the
ages OF tweuty-oue and twenty-five
yeare he shall depose on oath or affma-
tion that he has Resided in the STATE
at least one year before his application,
and make proof OF his residence within
his district as required by the act, and
that he does verlally believe from ac-
counts given him, that he is Of the age
aforesaid aud give such other evidence