The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-09-24

mOnwealth, on the first Monday Of June
of each year, to take up the transcript he
has received from the county commission
ers under the eighth section of the act of
18th of April, 1884, and proceed to an inn
mediate revision of the Same by striking
therefrom the name ofevery person whois
known by him to have died or removed
since the last previous assessment from the
district of which he is the assessor, or
whose death or removal shall be made
known to him. and to add to the same the
name of any qualified voter who shall be
made known to him, to have removed into
the district since the last previous assess
ment, or whose removal into the same
shall be or shall have been made known 10
him, and also the names of all who make
| claim to him to be qualified voters therein.
AS soon as this revision is completed he
shall visit every dwelling house in his dis
trict and make careful inquiry If any per-
son whose name is on his list has died or
removed from the district and if so, to
take the same therefrom, or whether any
qualified voter resides therein whose name
| is not on the list, and if so, to add the same
| thereto, and in all cases where n name is
added to the list a tax shall forthwith be
assessed against the person, and the asses
| sor shall in all cases ascertain by inquiry
upon what ground the person so assessed
| claims to be q voter. Upon the completion
Of this work il shall be the duty of each as
| SCISSOR as aforesaid to proceed to make out
a list in alphabetical order of the freemen
above twenty-one years of age claiming
TO be qualified voters in the ward, borough,
township or district of which he is assess
or and opposite to each of said nam es state
whether said freeman is or is not a house
| keeper, and if he is. the number of his res
| idence, in towns where the same are num-
| bered, with the street alley or court i'm
which situate, and if in a town whore there
are no numbers, the name of the street, al
| ley or court on which said house fronts (;
also the occupation of the person, and
| where he is not housekeeper, the occupa-
| ton, place ofboarding and with whom,and
| if working for another, the name of em-
| ployer. and write opposite each of said
| names the word "voter." and where any
person claims to vote by reason of natur-
! aliZation he shall exhibit his certificate
| thereof to the assessor, unless he has been
for five consecutive years next preceding
q voter in said district and in all cases
where the person has been naturaiized, the
name 81 all be marked with tho letter "N."
| Where the person has merely declared his
| intention to become citizen and designs
| to be naturalized before the next election,
the name shall be marked "D. l." Where
the claim to vote is by reason of being be-
tween the ages of twe1nty-one and twenty,
| two, as provided by law, the word "age"
shall be entered, and if the person has
moved into the election district to reside
| since the last general election the letter
b" shall he placed opposite the name
1t shall be tho further duty Of each assess
| or as aforesaid, upon the completion of the
| duties herein imposed, to make n separate
| list of all new assessments made by him
and the amounts assessed upon each, and
| furnish the same Immediately to the COM
missioners, who shall Immediately add
the names to the tax duplicates and the
wards, township, borough or district in
which they have been assessed.
| SEC. 2. On the list being completed and
the assessment made as aforesaid the same
shall be forthwith returned to the county
| commissioners, who shall duplicate copies
of said lists with the observations and eX-
plantations required to be noted as afore-
said to be made out as soon as practicable
and placed in the hands of the assessor,
who shall prior to the first of August in
each year put one copy thereof on the
house where the election of the respective
district is required to be held, and retain
the other in his possession for the inspec-
ton, free of charge, of any person residing
in the said election district who shall de-
sire to see the same, and it shall be the du-
ty of the same assessor to add, from time
to time, on the personal application of any
one claiming the right to vote, the name OF
such claimant, and mark opposite the
name "p. j" and Immediately assess him
with tax, noting in all cases, his occupa-
ton, residence, whether boarder or
house-keeper, if boarder with whom he
boards, and whether naturalized or de-
signing to be, marking in all such cases
the letters opposite the name IN" or sd.
l." as the case may be; if the person
claiming to be assessed be naturalized, he
shall exhibit to the assessor his certificate
of naturalization and if he claims that he
designs to be naturalized before the next
ensuing election, he shall exhibit his Ger.
tifcate of declaration of intentions; in all
cases where any ward, borough, township
or election district is divided into two or
more precincts, the assessor shall note in
all his assessments the election precinct in
which each elector resides, and shall make
a separate return for each to the county
commissioners in all cases in which a re-
turn is required of him by the provisions
of this act; and the county commissioners
in making duplicate copies Of the names
of the voters in each precinct separately,
and shall furnish the same To the assessor,
and the copies required by this act to be
placed on the door of or on election places
on or before tn first day of August in each
year, shall be placed on the door of or on
the election place in each Of said precincts.
SEC. After the assessments shall have
been completed on the tenth day prece-
ding the second Tuesday of October in
each year, the assessor shall, on the Mon
day Immediately following, make a return
TO the county commissioners of the names
| of all persons assessed by him since the
return required to be made by him by the
r second section of this act, noting opposite
each name the observations and eXplana-
tions required to be noted as aforesaid, and
the county commissioners shall thereupon
cause the same to be added to the returns
required by the second section of this act
and full and correct copy TO be made
containing the names of all persons so re-
turned as resident taNables in said ward
borough, townshsp or precinct, and fur
nish the same together with the necessary
rejection blanks to the officers of the cleo
ton in said ward, borough, township OF
precinct, on or before six o'clock ON the
morning of the first Tuesday of November
and no man shall be permitted 10 vote al
the election on that day whose name is moi
I on said list, unless he shall mako proof o.
his right to vote, as hereinafter required
SEC. 4 On the day of election any persOr
whose name is not on the said list, anC