The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1873-09-11

ACT. Aprii II 1869.

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u the second Tuesday in October of each yea r
the assessor shall, on the Monday immediate
:. y following, make return 10 The count,
u Commissioners of the names of all persons
, assessed by him since the return required
to be made by him by the second section o
THIS act. noting opposite each name the OBJ
serva:ions and explanations required to be
noted as aforesaid; and the county Commits
sioners shall hereupon cause the same to be
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
taxables in said ward, borough, township or
precinct, and furnish the same tog ether with
the necessary election blanks. 10 the officers
of the election in said ward, borough, town.
ship or precinct on or tefore six o'clock in
the morning of the second Tuesday of Oc-
tober; and no man shall be permitted to vote
at the election on that day whose name is
not on the list, unless he shall make proof
OF his right TO vote, as hereinafter required
Section 4. On the day of election any
| person whose name is not on the list, and
claiming the right to vote at sa id election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter OF
the district as witness 10 the residence of
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claims TO be voler, for the period of at lea st
ten days next preceding said election. which
witness shall take and subscribe written,
or partly written and partly printed, affidavit
10 the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where :he residence is
of the person 50 claiming TO be a voter. and
The person so claiming the sht to vote shall
also take and subscribe a written, or partlv
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10 the best Of his knowledge and belief
where and v hen he was born; that he is
citizen OF the commonwealth of Pennsylva-
MIA and OF the United States; that he has re-
sided in the commonw ealih one year, or if
| formerly citizen therein and has moved
| therefiom, 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
state or county tax within tao years, which
was assessed at least len days before said
election; and, if naturalized citizen, shall
a!sl state when, where and by whit court
he was naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization, for examin-
alton the said affidavit shall also state when
and where the tax claimed to be paid by the
affiant assessed, and when, where and
~ "bOui pdiU dHu tHe llx receipt InerPtOr
shall be produced for examination, unless the
aftiani shall stale in his affidavit. that it has
been lost or destroyed, or that he never re-
ceved any; but If The person SO claiming
the right 10 vote shall lake and subscribe an
affidavit, that he is n1iive born citizen of
the United States, (or if born elsewhere.
shall state that fact in his affldavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural.
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reason of his fathers naturs lizaton y and
shall further state in his affidavit th,t ne is
at the time of taking the affidavit, between
the ages oflwenty one and twenty two years;
that he has resided in the slate 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 lakes
the Sd id affidavits of I'll perspns making such
cldrn>, and the affidavts of the witnesses to
their residence. shall be preserved by The
el, clioD b"ard, and at the close of The cleo
lion they shall be enclosed with the list of
voters, tally list and other papers required
by law TO be flied by the return Judge with
the prothonotary, and shall remain on file
Ihere"ith in the prothonotory's office, sub
Jet 10 exaInluatlOn. as other election papers
are; if The election officers shall find that
The applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qualifications of voters, he or they shal
be permitted to vote. and the name or names
shall be added 10 the list of taxables by he
election officers, The word tax being added
where the claimant claims 10 vote on lax,
and the word "age" 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
qualified citizen of the district olwi hstand-
ing the name of the proposed voter is con-
tanned on the list of resident taxables, 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 |
nrtura llzcd citizen shall be required to pro-
duce his naturalization ceriifcte at The cleo
lion before voting, except where he has been
for ten years. consecutively, a voter in the |
district in which he offers his vote; and on
the vote Of such person being received, il |
shall be The duty Of the election officers TO
write or stamp on such certificate the word
voted, with The month and year; and if |
any election officer or officers shall receive
second vote on the same day, by virtue Of
the same certificate. excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the natural
izalion of their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon So Of
Tending shall be guilty of high medemean-
or, and on conviction thereof, be fined or
imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the
court; but the fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars IN each case, nor the imprIson-
meni one year; the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction, Oh the officers of
election who shall neglect or refuse to make,
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requir.
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization cert-
ficaie.
Sec 6 Ifany election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnire such proof of the right
of suffrage as is prescribed by this law, or
the laws to which This is supplement, from
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