The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-09-25
ACT hnriI IL lG60


ueeh completed on the tenth day preceding
the second Tuesday in Octobe, of each ve.
the assessor. SHALL on the Monday immediate.
y following, make return TO The county
commissioners of the names of all persons
assessed by him since the return reouired
to be made by him by the second section of
this act. noting opposite each name the oh.
serva:ions and explanations required 70 he
noted as aforesaid and the county Comm;s.
sioners shall ;hereupon cause the same to ho
added to The return required by the second
section of this act, and "a full and correct
copy thereof to be made, containing the
names Of all persons so returned as resident
taxabes in said ward, borough, township or
precinct, and furnish the same log ether with
the necessary election blanks, 10 the officers
of The election in said ward, borough, town.
sup or precinct, on or before SIX o'clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of Oc-
toner and no man shall be permitted to vote
at the election on that day whose name is
not on the list, unless he sh,l make nroof
ol MS right 10 vote, as hereinafter required
, Sectaon I. on the day Of election any
Pefson whose hamc is not on the list, and
cunning tue flght 10 vote at sai id election,
shsil Prouuce at least one qualified voter of
II nf
the claimant in the district in wb;cb be
claims 10 be a voter, for the period OF at lon :,
ten days next preceding said election, which
witness shall lake and subscribe written
. or partly written and partly printed, aff1davi
10 the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shalt define clearly where he residence is
OF the person so claiming TO be a voter, and
the person so ella inning the right to vote shall,
,laIS Ia 10 nd
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 Sttles; that he has re.
sided In the commonw eal;h one wear. or if
fOrmerly citizen therein and has moved
thereflom, that he has resided therein six
months next preceding said election THAT he
has not moved into the district for the pur
pose of voting therein that he has paid q
state or county tax within tao years, which
was assessed at least len days before said
election; and, if naturalized citizen, shalI
also state when, where ana by what court
he was naturalzed, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization. for exan,in.
alton the said affidavit shall also state when
and where the tax claimed to be pa ii by the
\
to whom paid and the tax receipt therefor
shall be produced for examination, unes, the
afbani shall state in his affidavit that il has
been lost or destroyed, or that he never re-
celved any but if the person SO claiming
the right TO vote shall take and subscribe an
affidavit, that he is a native born citizen of
tine United States, Cor if born elsewhere.
shall state that fact in his affldavit, and shall
| fbat bo ho-
ized, or that he is entitled to citizenship bv
reason of his fathers natura Iization y aud
sha further state in his affidavit that he is
at the time of taking the affidavit, between
the ges ftNenty. one and twenty-five wears:
that he has resited in ehe Stale one wear 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 afidavits of all persons making such
claims, AMI the affidavi,s of the witnesses TO
their residence, shall be preserved by The
election board. and at the close of the elec-
iion they shall be enclosed with the lit of
voters, tally list and other papers required
by law to be lied 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 qua lihcatOns of voters, he or they sha Il
be permitted tn vote, aud the name or names
shall be added 10 the list of taXables by The
election officers, the word tax being added
where the claimant claims to vote on tax,
and the word 'tage" 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 anv
qualified citizen of the district, moi vii hsta nd
ing the name of the proposed voter is con-
tanned on the list of resident taxubles, TO
challenge the vote OF each person; where
upon the same proof.of the right of suffrage
as is now required 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
naturIlIzed citizen shal be required to pro.
duce his naturalization certificte at The elec.
II rion before voting, except where he has been
for ten Yeas. consecutITely, a voter in the
sdistrict in which he offers his vote; and on
The vote Of such person being received, i,
shall be the duty of the election officers 10
write or stamp on such certificate the word
"voted," with the month and year and il
second vote on the same day, by virtue OF
, the same certificate. excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the natural
iza,ion OF their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon so of.
Tending shall be guilty of a high mlsdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof. be fined OF
Imprisoned, or b1th, al the discretion of the
court but the fine shall not exceed one hun.
dred dollars in each case, nor the imprl-on,
ment one year; the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction, on the officers oI
election who shall neglect or refuse to make
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requir
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization cert-
ica,e.
Sec Ifany election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnire such proof of the right
of suffrage is prescribed by This law, oil
the laws to which this is supplement, from
any person offering to vote whose name l.