Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-10-03

thereoy deprived oil the right to vote In their
several election districts If otherwise duly quail.
fed.
XIV. AMENDMENT CONSTITUTION U.S..
'SEcTroN l. The right of citizens of the Unit
ed States to vote shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States, or by any State, on account
OF race color or previous condition of servitude.
SEC. 2 The Congress shall have power TO en-
force this article by appropriate legislation.
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.
The following instructions from, His Excel
lency Governor Geary explain the duties of as
SCISSORS, registers and election officers in regard
to all freedmen of this Commonwealth
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
HARRISBURG Pa, August Is, 1873.
10 hc Sheriff cfhe County Of Northumberland
WHEREAS, The Fifteenth Amendment of tho
Constitution of the United States as follows:
'sECTIoN L. he right of the citizens of the
United states to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any State
on account OF race, color or previous condition
OF servitude.
''sEc. 2. The Congress shall have power to
And ,rhereas, The C6ugf(as TT rIie "tian,"
States, on the 31st day Of March, 1870, passed
an act entitled can act to enforce the right OF
cetizens of the United States to vote in the sew
eral States of this Union, and for other pur-
poses,' the first and second sections of which
are as follows:
SECTION |. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United States oil
America in Congress assembled, That all cltl-
zens of the United States, who are or shall be
otherwise qualified by Law to vote at any cleo
ton by the people, in any State, Territory, dis
trct, county, city, parish, township, school DIS
trct; municipality or other territorial sub-diNl-
sions shall be entitled and allowed to vote IN all
such elections without distinction OF race, color,
or prcvions condition of servtude; any consti-
tuition, law, custom, usage, or regulation OF any
State, Territory. or by, or under its authority,
TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
SEC. 9 Asd be IL further enacted That il by or
under the authority of the constitution or laws
OF any State. or the laws of any Territory any
act is or shall be required to be done AS prere
quiste or qualification for voting, and by such
constitution or laws persons or officers are or
shall be charged with the performance of duties
in furnishing 10 citizens opportunity to per-
form such prerequisite or to become qualified to
vote, 1t shall be the duty of every such person
and officer to give to all citizens OF the United
States the same aud equal opportunity to perform
! such prerequisite, and to become qualified to
vote, without distinction of race, color or pre-
| vous condition of servitude and If any such
person or officer shall refuse or knowingly omit
to give full effect to this section, he shall, Tor
| every such otlense, forfeit and pay the sum OF
| five hundred dollars to the person aSErleved
hereby, to be recovered by action on the case,
| with costs and such allowance for counsel fees
rs the court shall deem just and shall also for
| every such offense be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor and shal, on conviction thereof, be fined
not less than five hundred dollars, or be i'm
prsoned not less than one month aud not more
than one year, or both, at the discretion of the
COURT
And uhsrsas, il |, declared by the second sec
ton Of the vi article of the Constitution of the
| United States, that ''This Constitution, and the
laws of the United States which shall be made
in pursuance thereof shall be the supreme law
of the and, anything in the Con
stitution or laws sf eoy State to the contrary
notw thstanting'"
And tchersas, The Legislature of this Common
wealth on the 9th day Of April, a. n. 1870
passed an act entitled "A 'urther supplement &c
the act relating to ei"ctinns in TINS 'ommon
wealth, the tenth section OF which provides al
| follows
SEC. 10. That so much OF ever, net of Assem-
bly, rs provides that only white freemen shall h,
| entitled to vote or he registered as F"tnrs or n
! claiming to vote at any general or special elec
ton of this Commonwealth, be ana The same II
hereby replied and that hereafter all freemen
without distinction of color, shall be enrolled
and registered, according to the provisions of tn
first section of the act approved 18th of April
1869, entitled "An act further supplemental Il
the act relating to the elections of this Common
wealth." and when otherwise qualified under eN
listing laws be entitled 10 vote at all general anC
and special elections in this Commonwealth
! Ind utsredS, 1t is my constitutional and Off
cal duty to 'take care that the laws be faith
fully executed" and II has come to my know
ledge that sundry assessors and registers or ro
tiers have refused, and are refusing to assess AM
registered divers colored male citizens of Lawful
age, and otherwise qualified as electors:
No,C therefore, In cons Iteration of the premises
: the county commissioners of said county ar
hereby notified and directed TO instruct the seN
eral assessors and registers of voters therein, &
obey and conform to the requirements of SAT-
constitutional amendment and laws and HI
sheriff of said county is hereby authorized am
required to publish in his election proclamation
for the next ensuing election herein rccitcd con
stitutional amendment, act of Congress, ant
-, ,k,a -l.s No. .vY
, may be known, executed and obeyed by all tn
assessors registers OF voters election officers
others, and that the right and privileges guaran
teed thereby may be secured to all the citizens o
this Commonwealth entitled 10 the same.
J [SEAL Given under my hand and the Grea
seal of the State at Harrisburg, the day and yea
! first above written. JOHN W. GEARY.
Attest +. JORDAN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The qualified electors will take notice Of tn
following act of Assembly, approved She 10
= day of March, 1869 An Act regulating IN
mode of voting At all elections in the seyern
counties of this Commonwealth
Section /. BE it enacted by the Senate an
= House Of Representatives of the Commonwealth
Pennsylvania in the General Assembly met, an
it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same
That the qualified voters of the several count lie
of this Commonwealth, at all general, township
borough and special elections, arc hereby here
after authorized and required to vote, by tickct
classified as follows One ticket shall sIntrac
, the names of all judges of courts voted for, an
r to be labeled outside, Judiciary !" one ticke
r shall embrace the names Of all State officer
r voted for, and be labeled "State - one tickc
shall embrace the names Of all officers voted 70;
' and members of Congress, If voted FOR, and b
! labeled county," one ticket shall embrace IN
( names of all township officers voted for, aud b
: labeled townships" one ticket shall embrace th
9 names of all borough officers voted for, an
shall be labeled ''borough;" and each class aha
be deposited in separate baot-boXes.
. SRC. . That ii shall be the duty ofthe sheriff
In the several counties of this Common weslth I
e insert in their election proclamation hereaftG
= issued the first section Of this act.
n JAMES K. KELLEY,
c Speaker of the House OF Representatives
, DAVID ELEMlNG,
: Speaker of the Senate
i Approved, the thirteenth day of March, A. I
$ one thousand eight huudSed and sixty-six.
/ A. q. CURTIN,
I Pursuant to the provisions contained in tf
y 10th section Of the act aforesaid, the judges
5 the aforesaid districts shat relreeuyely tak
; charge of the certificates Of return of the ele'
i tion of their respeG,iSe 6ia;ricjs, and produC
e them at a meeting of Que jnise from each d
e trict ut the Court House, in the Borough of SuI