The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-02-13
Yhe NesC Election, Lac.
SOME OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES.

The new election law, which recently
|, received the signatures Of the officers Of
the legislature and of the govornor, is al
most as voluminous document as the
new constitution, being composed of twen-
ty.six sections OF unusual length.
Section ! provides for the registration of
voters by assessors in June of every year.
Ii requires the assessor to visit each d we'll
, ing house located in his district and make
careful inquiry if any person whose name
Is on his list has died or removed from the
district, and if so to erase the same from
the list, or whether any qualified voter re-
sides therein whose name is not on the
list, and if so to add the same thereto ;
and in al cases where Il name is added to
+ the list the person shall forthwith be as
! sGSsod. and the assessor shall in all cases
ascertain by inquiry upon what grounds
/ the person so aSSe ssed claims to be a voter;
/ the occu patton of every person registered
shall te noted, as also whether he be y
native oI naturaized citizen, and also to
( make I note of persons intending TO be
+ naturalizcd for the next ensuing election.
Section requires the county commits
sioners to add the names on the new as
| scsSments to the tax duplicate of the dis
/ tricU in which the voter lives.
Section provides for the appointment
/ of overseers of election on the petitition of
/ five or more citizens of any election district
/ setting forth that suCh all appointment is
! a reasonable pTecaution TO secure fairness
I ut the election.
/ The judges of common pleas shall fill
vacancies in the election boards ten days
] before the election. Whenever there shall
be a vacancy in an election board on the
morning of an election, said vacancy shall
/ be filed in conformity with existing laws.
! Section g. At the opening of the polls
/ at all elections, it shall be the duty of the
/ judges of election for their respective dis
! tricts to designate one Of inspectors, whose
/ duty it shall be to have III custody the reg
istTy % voters, and to make the entries
therein required by law, and it shall be the
duty of the other OF said inspectors to
ceive and number the ballots presented at
said election.
Section provides that all ballots shall
lie numbered and any voter nay write his
name on his taIot and have tho same at
tested by a citizens of the district.
Voters whose names do not appear on
the registry list may prove their right 70
vote notwithstanding that omission on the
day of election,
Section II provides for challenging al
though the name of the challenged party
may appear ia the registry.
Section / 3 requires that the vote as soon
as counted, shall be publicly and fully de
clared from the window to the citizens
present, and brief statement showing the
NtteS received OI cdCD candidate SlldLl De
made aud signed by the election officers
as soon rs the vote is counted, and the
same shall be Immediately posted up on
the door of the election house for infurma-
tI0n OF the public. The returns shall be sent
to the prCthUnotary, and at twelve O'Clock
or The second day following anv election,
the parliamentary of the court Of common
pleas shall present the said returns to the
said court, and they shall be made part Of
the record of said court.
This legalizes the election this month
Section 10. That at the election 10 he
held on the third Tuesday of February
next, aud at the electio.I annually thereaf-
ter. there shall be elected in each election
district in the state, well as in those
wherein the registration of voters has here
tufore been made by officers appointed and
not chosen by the people to perform the
duty, as in all others, one person as judge
and two persons as inspectors. in conform
ity with the election law of the common
wealth, to conduct the elections for one
year, and also an assessor, who shall per-
form the duties incident to elections, as re-
quired by the provisions of this act.
Section 10 provides penalty of $100 for
any assessor failing to perform his duties,
which are set forth at length in the act
Also, any person who shall, on the day of
any election, visit polling place in any
election district at which he is not entitled
to vote, and shall use any intimidation or
violence for the purpose Of preventing any
officer Of election from performing the du-
ties required OF him by law, or for the pur-
pose of preventing any qualified voter of
such district exercising his right to vote,
or from exercising his right to challenge
any person Offering to vote, such persons
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun
iNhed by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars. OF by imprisonment not exceeding
two years, or both, at the discretion of the
court. Any Clerk, Overseer, OF election of
ticer who shall disclose how any elector
shall have voted, unless required to do so
! as a witness in judicial proceedings, shall
be guilty of a misdemeauor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be punished by n fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars or by
imprisonment not exceeding two wears, or
both. at the discretion Of the court
Secti ms 20 and 81 provide penalties for
issuing and obtaining fraudulent natural
ization papers, ard for issuing them blank,
with a seal OF any prothonotary or clerk
attached.
Such are the main points of the new
election law of the commonwealth, which
applies to all special and city, ward bor-
ough and township elections, as well as to
the general elections.
A ten year old son of Mr. J. A. Pen
ney, residing at Thompson Centre COM