The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-05


cd by one of the judges of the Supreme Court
or of a Court OF. Common Pleas, learned in the
Law. in the hail of the house to which the mem
bers shall be elected.
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS.
SRCTToN l. Every male citizen twenty-one
cations shall be entitled TO vote at all elections
First, He shall have been citizen OF the
United states at least one month. ....
Second He shnlI have resided in the stare on one
year or IL, ha. ing previomsy osen % te 9uH1"Le bn
shah have renewed thcrctrom ana returncd,
then six months Immediately preceding the
Third, He shall have resided in the election
district where lie shall offer to vote at lcast two
months i'm IN cdiutely preceding the election.
Fourth, II twenty-five years OF age up
wards, he shall have paid within, two years
state or county tax, which shall have been as
Essscd at least two months and paid at least
one month before the election.
SEC. 2. The general election shall he held an
nually on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday OF November, but the General Assent
hly may by law iX different day, two-thirds
OF all the members OF each house consenting
thereto.
SEC. g. All elections for city, ward, borough,
and township officers, for regular terms of ser
Woo, shall be held on the third Tuesday or
SEC. 4. An elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot Every ballot voted shall be NUM-
brrs1 in the order in which il shall he received,
Gers on the list OF voters, opposite the name OF
the elector no presents the ballot. Any cleo
tor may write his Lame upon his ticket or
tested by citizen of the district The election
officers shall be sworn or affirmed not TO dis
close how any electOr shall have voted unless
required to do so as witnesses in a judicial pro-
C"eiing.
SEC. 3. Electors snail in all cases except trea-
son, felony, and breach or surety or the peace,
be privileged from arrest dUr!ng their attend
Rnce on elections and i'll going to and returning
SEC. 8. Whenever any OF the qualified electors
OF this Commonwealth shall he in actual mill
tary service, under requisition from the
President of the United States or 10y the au-
thority OF this Comm onwealth, such electors
lI1y exercise the right Of suffrage in all cleo
tionS by the citizens, under such regulations as
are or Shall he prescribed by law, as fully as if
'taey were present ut their usual places OF elcc-
tion.
SEC. 7. All laws regulating the holding of
elections by the citizens or for the registration
Of electors shall be uniform throughout the
privilege of voting by reason OF his name not
SEC. s. Any person who shall give, or promise
offer 70 give to clccto any money, re-
ward or other valuable consideration for his
o: who shall give promise to give such con-
s'derdtlon to any other person or party for
ch electors vote, or for the withholding
tIereof. and any elcctOr who shall receive or
Egree to receive for himself or for another,
any money, rewaId or other valuable consde-
ration for his vote at an election, or for with
holding the same, shall thereby forfeit the
right to vote at such election, and any elector
whose righttO vote shall be challenged for
Edch cause before the election officers shall be
required TO swear or affirm that the matter OF
the challenges is untrue before his vote shall
be received.
SEC. 9. Any person who shall, while candi-
Date for Office. be guilty of bribery, fraud. or
wilful violation of any election law, shall be
forever disqualified from holding any office of
trust or profit in this Commonwealth n and any
person convicted of willful violation of the
election laws shall, in addition to any penal
ties provided by law, be deprived of the right
Of suffrage absolutely for Term Cf four years.
SEC 10 In trials OF contested elections. and
in proceedings for the investigation of cleo
tinns, no person shall be permitted to withhold
his testimony on the ground that it may Grim
mate himself or subject him to public infamy;
bit such testimony shall not afterwards be
used against him in any judicial proceeding,
except Tor perjury III giving such testimony.
SEC. IL Townships and wards of cities or bOr-
oughS shall form or be divided into election dis
tricts of compact and contiguous territory, in
such manner as the Court Of Quarter Sessions
of the city or county in which the same are 10
Gated may direct; but districts in cities OF over
one hundred thousand inhabitants shall be di-
Vided by the Courts of Quarter Sessions having
jurisdiction therein whenever at the next pre-
ceding election more than two hundred and
other election districts whenever the court of
the proper county shall bc of opinion that the
convenience of the electors and the public in
tercsts will he promoted thereby.
SEC u All elections by persons in repre-
SEC, l3. For the purpose of voting, no person
Shall tee deemed to have gained a residence ny
reason of his presence, or lost il hy reason OF
his absence while employed in the service, ei
th"r civil or military, of this State or of the
CATION of the waters nf the State or Of the Uni
Ted states, or on the high seas, nor while stu
dent OF any Institution or learning. nor Will,
Kept in any poor house or other asylum at put
Ic eX pCnSc- nor while confined in public prison
SEC. II. District election boards shall consi.;
chosen annually by the Citizens Each eIecto
shall have the right to vote for the judge anC
on" inspector, and each inspector shall appoin
one clerk. The first election board for auV new
district shall be selected, and vacancies in elec
ton boards filed as 81 all be provided bv law
Election officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days OF election and while engaged il
making up and Transmitting returns except
upon warrant of a court Of record or iudTt
thereof for an election fraud, for felony, or for
HLnton breach OF the peace. In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty durins
their ter ms of service.
n TaaGE Sl,o he, g.
as an election officer who shall hold. or shaI
Within two months have held any sSice ap
Government OF the United States. or of thi
state, or of any city or county, or of any nu
rave only justices or the peace and aldermen
notaries public, and persons in the militia ser
vice q: the State; nor shall any election Office
lie eligible to any civil office to be illcd at a
election at which he shall serve, save only {
low the grade OF city or county Offices as shal
he designated by general law.
several counties of the Commonwealth shaI
have power within their respective jurisdic
wise the proceedings of election officers and r
make report to the court may be required
such appointments to Lc made for any Ciistric
In city or county, upon petition Of five cti
Ems lawful voters of such election district
setting forth that such appointment is a rca
ssonanle pfeGaullo to secure the purity Snt
harness OF elections; OverSeers shall be two il
Gis HGiotL Tor an election district, shall 20 resi-
NCnts thereln; and shall he persons qualified L
serve upon election boards, and in each cas-
A'4N'4'N VI inherent FOlltlCal parties; when
ever Inc members of an election board Shal
Gluer IN opinion, the Ovcrseers, if they shall h
agreed thereon, SHALL decide the question O
dlEerence; in appointing oVerseers of election
all the law judges of the proper court, able I
act at the time, shall concur in the appoinr
lnEnts made. ff
SEC; L, The trial and determination Of cor
tested elections of electors of President nm
vice President, members of The General A,
sembly, and of all public officers whetbe
State judicial, municipal, or local. shall he b
thG courts OF law, on by one or more of the In
Judges thereof the General Assembly shall, h
general law, designate the courts and iifdge
nS Nhou the several classes of election cor
tsstS sh2l ne trf d. and regulate the manner O
Illttl ana all matters incident thereto; hut n
such iaw ASSUMING jurisdiction, or reguIatin
us exercise shall apply to any contest arisiu
OUT OF an election held before its passage.
ARTICLE TX
TAXATION AND FINANCE
SECTION /. All taxes shall be uniform, mo
th- same class OF subjects Thin the territ a. !,
limits OF the authOCty lcvying the tax an
snail he levied aud collected under 0rner.
laws hut the General Assembly NAV nv %cr
eral laws, exempt from taxation DuhIin ITr,
sod for mi f,1 IL.