Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-09-17
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suffrage, as il described BY this law or IL
. laws to which this is supplement, fro
any person Offering to vote whose name
not on the list of assessed voters, or who's
right to vote is challenged by any qualifie
voter present, and shall admit such perso
to vote without requiring such proof, ever
person 20 Offending shall, upon conviction
be guilty Of high misdG meanor, and ths
. be sentenced, for every such offence, to a
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars
or TO undergo an Imprisonment not NOR
than one year, or either or both, at the dis
cretion Of the court.
8. Ten days preceding every election
for electors Of President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States, it shall be tn,
duty of the Assessor to attend at the place
fixed by law for holding the election in eacl
election district, and then and there hea
all applications of persons whose name.
have been omitted from the list of assessed
voters, and who claim the right to vote, OF
whose rights have originated since the same
was made out, and shall add the names o
such persons thereto as shall show that they
are entitled to the right of suffrage in such
district. on the personal application of the
claimant only, and forthwith assess them
with prOp-r tax After completing the
list, a copy thereof shall be placed on the
door of the house where the election is to
be held, at least eight days before the cleo
ton and at the election the same courss
shall be pursued, in all respects, as is re
quired by this act and the acts to which it
Is q supplement, at the general elections in
October. The Assessor shall also make
the same returns to the County Commits
sioners of all assessm. .nts made by virtue
of this section snd the County Commits
sieners shall furnish copies thereof to the
election officers in each district, in like man.
ner rs is required at the general elections
in October.
9. The same rules and regulations shall
apply at every special election, and at every
separate city, borough or ward election, in
| October.
10. The respective Assessors, Inspectors
and Judges of the elections shall each have
/ the power to administer oaths to any per-
son claiming the right to be assessed or the
| right Of suffrage. or in regard to any of sad
officers under this act any wilful false
swearing by any person in relation to any
matter or thing concerning which they shall
be lawfully interrOgated BY any of said Of
ficers, shall be punished as perjury.
IL. The Assessors shall receive the same
compensation for the time necessarily spent
in performing the duties hereby enioined as
provided by law for the performance of
their other duties, to be paid by the County
Cor missioners, as in Other cases, and it
shall not be lawful for any Assessor to as
sess tax against any person whatever
within ten days next preceding the election
to be held on the ID Tuesday Of October, in
any year, or within ten vs. next before any
election for electors of President or Vice
President of the United States any viola
ton of this provision shall be misdemean
or, and subject the officers so offending to
a fine, on conviction, not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not ex-
ceeding three months, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court.
And the Judges of the respective Dis
tricts aforesaid, are by the SAID act required
to meet at the Court House in the Borough
of Miffiintown, on the third day after the
said day of Election, being FRIDAY, the
SEVENTEENTH day Of OCTOBER, then
and there to perform the things required of
them by law.
Pursuant to the provisions contained in
the 9th section of the Act first aforesaid,
the judges of the aforesaid district shall re-
spectively take charge Of the certificate of
return Of the election of their respective
districts and produ.e them at a meeting of
the judges from each district, at the Court |
House in the borough Of Mifflintown, on the
third day after the day of election, being |
the present year on Friday, the 9Th day of |
November, then and there to do and perform
the duties required by law Of said jud ges. |
Also, that where judge by sickness or un-
avoidable accident is unable to attend said |
meeting of Judges, then the certificate of
return aforesaid, shall be taken charge of |
by one of the inspectors or clerks OF the |
election Of said district, who shall do and |
perform the duties required of said judges |
unable to attend.
SECTION l. Be it enacted, &C., That the |
qualified voters of this Commonwealth shall |
choose by ball t, on she second Tuesday of |
October, Ammo Domini one thousand eight |
hundred and seventy-thre e, and on the lay |
of the general election every second year |
thereafter, one person to till the office Of |
State Treasurer, and until such officer is |
elected and assumes the duties of his office. |
according to the provisions of this act, the |
present incumbent, upon his renewing his
official bond, to be approved by the Gorer-
nor, not later than the first Monday of May |
next, shall have all the powers and perform
all the duties of State Treasurer.
SECTION 2. ANY person elected State |
Treasurer in pursuance Of the provisions Of |
this act, shall be commissioned by the Gov |
ernor of this Commonwealth, and assume
the duties of the Office on the first Monday |
of May next succeeding his election, and |
shall have and possess all the powers grant |
ed, perform all the duties and be subject to |
all the penalties imposed by existing laws of |
the Commonwealth relating to State Treas
urer and the management Of the State treas
ury.
SECTION 8. The term of the office of State |
Treasurer shall ta two years, from the first |
Monday of May next succeeding his election. |
His salary shall be five thousand dollars per |
annum, payable quarterly, and no person
shall be twice chosen in four years.
SECTION 4. The election laws now in force |
for the choice Of Governor Of this Common
wealth, shall regulate the election of Stat,
Treasurer and in case Of any vacancy oc
curing in said office from death, resignation,
failure to quality and assume the duties af
ter election or otherwise, the Governor shall |
appoint some proper person to nil such va
cancy until the first Monday of May follow
ing the next RenerA eiectlOni ana tne quail /
flied electors shall, st the first general elec.
ton, which shall happen more than sixty
DAYS after such vacancy shall occur, elect,
in the manner herein provided, a suitable
person to fill said office for the full term |
authorized by the provisions of this act.
SECTION 5. That the election of any per-
son appearing to be elected Treasurer under
the provisions of this act, may be contested |
on the petition Of .he qualified electors of
this Commonwealth, by the same tribunal |
and in the same manner and under the same
resolutions and restrictions prescribed un-
der the act of July second. one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-nine, for contest
ing the election Of any person as Governor
of this Commonwealth.
SECTION 6. Before he enters upon the du-
ties of his Office, the State Treasurer shall |
take the oath of office, or affirmation of Of |
flee, agreeably to the directions Of the Con-
stitution OF the United States and this Com
and shall become pound in an |
obligation with five or more sureties, to be !
approved by the Governor, in the sum of |
one million Of dollars lawful money of the