The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-10

sec. q. On the petition OF tve or moro citizens
Of any election district setting forth that tho ap
pointment of Overseers is reasonable precaution
to secure the pudty and fairness Of tho election
in said district, It shall be the duty of the Court
Of Common Pleas of the proper county, all the
law judges Of the said court able To act at the
time concurring, to appoint two jud'ctous, sober,
intelligent citizens of the said district, belonging
to different political parties, of election,
TO supervise the proceedings OF election officers
thereof, and 10 make report Of the snmo as they
may be required by such court. Said overseers
shall be persons qualified to serve upon election
boards and shall have the right TO be present
with the officers of such election during the whole
time the same is held, the votes counted, and the
returns made out and signed by the election Off
GERS, to keep list of voters If they proper to
challenge any person offering to vote and inter
rOgate him and his witnesses, under oath, in re-
gard to his right of suffrage at said election and
to examine his papers produced; and tho officers
of said election are required 10 afford TO said over
seers so selected and appointed every convenience
and facility for the discharge of their duties, and
If said election officers shall refuse to permit said
overseers to be present and perform their duties
aforesaid, such officer officers shall be guilty
OF misdemennor, and on conviction thereof shall
he fined not exceeding one thousand dollars or
imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in
the discretion of the court or If the overseer
shall be driven away from the polls by violence or
intimidation, all the votes polled in such election
district may be rejected bY tue proper Tribunal
trying contest under said election, or n part or
portion of such votes aforesaid may be counted as
such tribunal may deem necessary to just and
proper disposition Of the case.
When the Polls arc 10 be kept Open,
Sec. 8. At all elections hereafter held under the
laws of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be
open at seven O'clock a. M, and closed at seven
o'clock, p. m.
Appointment Of Jtldg9s and Inspectors by the
court.
Sec g. In all election districts where vacan-
cy exists by reason of the disqualification OF the
officer or otherwise in an election board heretofore
appointed, or whore any new district shall be
formed, the Judge or Judges OF the Court Of Com
mon Pleas OF the proper county shall, ten days
before any general or special election, appoint
competent persons TO fill said vacancies and to
conduct the election in said districts, and in
the appointment Of Inspectors in any election
district both shall not be OF the same political
party, and the Judge of elections shall in all cases
be of the political party having the majority OF
votes in said district as nearly as the said Judge
or Judges can ascertain the fact, and in case OF
the disagreement of the Judges as to the selection
of Inspectors the political majority OF the Judges
shall select one OF such Inspectors, and the mi
nority Judge or Judges shall select the other.
Sec T. Whenever there shall be a vacancy in
an election board on the morning OF an election,
said vacancy shall be filled in conformity with
existing laws.
Duties Of Election officers.
Sec. s. At the opening of the polls at all elec-
tions IL shall be the duty OF the Judges of election
for their respective districts to designate one of
the Inspectors, whose duty 1t shall be to have in
custody the registry Of votes, and to make the
entries therein required by law, and it shall be
the duty of the other OF said Inspectors to re-
ceive and number the ballots presented at said
election.
Sec o. All elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot; every ballot voted shall be numbered in
the order in which it shall be received, and the
number recorded by the clerks the list of voters
opposite the name OF the eector from whom re-
ceived And any voter voting two or more tickets,
the several tickets so voted shall each be number
ed with the number corresponding with the num-
Der to the name of the voter. ANY electOr may
write his name upon his ticket or cause the same
to be written thereon and attested by a citizen of
the district. In addition to the oath now pre-
scribed by law to be taken and subscribed by
election officers, they shall severally be sworn or
affirmed not to disclose how any eleetOr shall have
voted, unless required to do so as witnesses in
judicial proceeding. All Judges, Inspectors,
Clerks and overseers OF any election held under
this act, shall, before entering upon their duties,
be duly sworn or affirmed In the presence OF each
other. The judge shall be sworn by the minority
Inspector, and in case there be no minority In
spector, then by Justice OF the Peace or alder
man, and the Inspectors overseers and clerks,
shall be sworn by the Judge. Certificates OF such
swearing or Affirming shall be duly made out and
signed by the officers so sworn and attested by
the officer who administered the oath. II any
Judge or minority Inspector refuses or fails to
swear, the officers Of election In the manner re-
quired by this act, or II any officer OF election
shall act without being duly sworn, or II any Oni-
Ger of election shall sign the form OF OATH with
out being duly sworn, or II any Judge or minori
ty Inspector shall certify that any officer was
sworn when he was not, 1t shall be deemed
misdemeanor, and upon conviction the officer or
officers so offending shall be fined not exceeding
one thousand dollars or Imprisonment not exceed
ing one year or both in the discretion of the
court
Non-EeOistered Voters.
Section 10. On the day OF election any person
whose name shall not appear on the registry OF
voters, and who claims the right TO vote at said
election shall produce at least one qualified voter
of the district as a witness TO the residence OF the
claimant in the district In which he claims TO be
voter for the period Of at least two months imme-
dlately preceding said election, which witness
shall be sworn or affirmed and subscribe writ
ten and partly printed andayltt TO the facts stated
by him, which affidavit shall define clearly where
the residence is OF the person so claiming to be
voter, and the person so claiming the right to
vote shall also take and subscribe written and
partly printed aidaylt, stating to the best OF his
knowledge and belief when and where he was
| born. that he had been q citizen OF the United