Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-21
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| such cause before the election officers, shall
be required to swear or affirm that the mat
| ter of the challenge Is untrue before his
vote shall be received.
/ SEC. .. Any person Who shall, while a
candidate for Office, be guilty of bribery,
fraud, or wilful violation OF any election
law, shall be forever disqualified from hold
ing an office OF trust or profit in this Com
monweaIth; any person convicted OF wilful
| violation of the election laws shall, in addi-
rion to any penalties provided by law, be
deprived of the right of suffrage absolutely
Tor term of fouf years.
| SIC. l3. Fer the purpose OF voting no
perscn shall be deemed 10 have gained q
/ residence by reason Of his presence, or lost
| it BY reasOs OF his absence, while emploved
/ in the service, either ciSA or military. oi
this State or the United States, nof while
engaged IN the navigation of waters Of this
! State or the United States, OF On the high
/ seas, nor while stndest ri iby institution
4 of learning, nor while Kept in any poor
house or other asylum at public expense.
nor while eonhred in pubic prison.
SIC. IA. District election boards shall
/ consist of a judge aud two inspectors, who
shall be chosen annually by the citizens.
R:,ch elector shall have the right to vote for
the judg, and one Inspector. and each in
| spector shall appoint ons clerk. The hrsi
election board for ans new district shall b.
selected, and vacancies in election boards
nlIcd, as shall b. provided by law. Elec-
! ton offers shall BE- privileged from arrest
upon da OF election, a-s,t " bile engaged in
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant of q court OF record or Judge
I thereo; tor an election fraud, Tor felony, or
tor wan,on breach Of the peace. In cities
they may claim exemption from jury duty
during their terms Of serrice.
Skc. 10. No person sha.l be qualified to
serve as al elsction officer who shall hold.
or shall within two ,lonths have held any
oFice, or appointment or employment in or
! under tie soyernm-nt of the United States
or Of this State, or of any city, or county,
| or Of any municipal board, commission 0r
trust IN Any city save oniy justices of the
peace and aldermen, notaries public and
versions in the militia service of the State
nor shall any election election officer BE- clli-
bic to any civil Office to be filed at an cleo
tion at which he hall serve, save only to
such subordinate municipal or local Offices,
below the grade OF city or county ofiic, rs
IS shall be designated BY general law.
And also TO the fo!luuing act of assem-
bly, now ia force in this Silte. viz:
Act Of Janusay 81, 1874 SIC. D. At all
elections hereafter held under the laws OF
this Commonwealth, the polls shall be open
ed at seven O'Clock a. al, snd closed al
seven O'Clock ?. m.
SAC. .. Whenever there shall be vacan-
cy in an election board on the morning of
an election, said vacancy shall be filed in
conformity with existing laws.
The said act OF Assembly emitted III
act relating to the elections Of this CS,as
monwea III" passed July Z, 1876, provides
- follows, viz:
.'That the inspectors and judges shall
meet At the respective places appointed Tor
holding the electiOa in the district st which
they respectively belong, before : o'clock
in the morning Of Tuesday, November Sd,
and each said inspector shall appoint one
clerk, who shall b. qualified voter OF such
district.
sin case the person who shall have re-
ceived the second highest number OF votes
tor inspector shall not attend on the day of
any election, then the person who shall
have received the second highest number of
votes Tor judge at the next preceding elcc-
ti0n shall act ~ Inspector ~ his place. And
in case the person who shtii ha,e received
the his hest number OF votes Tor Inspector
shill not attend, the person elected judge
shall appoint an inspector in his ,':sc.. and
in case the person elected judge shall not
attend, then tlIc inspector Who received the
highest number of votes shall appoint a
judge in his place; and If any vacancy
snail continue in he board Tor the space OF
one hour after the time fixed b. law Tor tl,,.
opening OF the election, the qualified voters
"f the township, ward or district tor which
such officer shall have been elected, present
at the place of election, shall elect one oi
their number to fill such vacancy.
The Act of Jan. 30th, 1874, further pro-
vide-, viz
SIC. s. At the opening of the poiis at all
elections it shall b. the duty ot the judges
OF election tor their respective districts to
designate one OF the In>pe~ tors, whose
duty it shall be to have in custody the reg
istry of Voters, aud to make the entries
therein required BY law; aud it shall b.. the
duty of the other of said Inspectors to rr-
cei'e and humber the bIllOts presented at
saId election.
SIC. 9. All elections by the citizens shall
be b. biiiut every ballot VOtr,: shall b.
uusuJ.f in the order in which il shall b..
recs.' ID. aud the number recorded - the
Gle X, un the list Of VOTERS Opposite De
uame OF the elccior iiom whom rrcsI, ed
And any voter voting two or u.ore tickets.
the several tickets So voted shall each bc
numbered with the number corresponding
with the number 10 the hamc OF the voter.
ANY e.ectvr may write his name upon hiS
ticket, or cause the same To- be written
thereon, and atrcstcd by citizen of the
district IN addition to the oath now pre-
scribed by law To be taken and subscribed
by election officers, they shall seyrrllly be
sworn OF affirmed hot to disclose how any
clector shall have voted, unless required to
do so as witnesses in a Judicial proceeding.
All Judges, inspectors, clerks, and Oyrrseers
of any election held under tins act, shall, !
before entering upon their duties, o. duly /
sworn or affirmed in the presence OF each
other. The judges shall be sworn by the !
minority Inspector, il there shall be such /,
minority Inspector, and M case there bs no
Inspector, then by Justice OF the !
peace or alderman, aud the Inspectors, over
seers and clerks shalt be swoin by the |
Judge. Certificates OF such swearing OF
shall be duly made out and signed /,
by the officers 30 sworn, and attrsted b, |
the oiiicer ~ho admins Uttered the oath. II |
any Judge or minority inspector rel uses or
iaIl, 10 swear the officers of election in the !
manner required by this act, or ii any oiii- /
cor Of election shall act without being tirst |
idly sworn, or II any officer OF election /
shall sign The form OF oath without being /
duly sworn, or it ans judge or minority in-
spectOr shall certify tIat any officer was l
sworn when he was not, it shall be deemed !
a mIsdemeaaOr, and upon cOuN ictiUH th I
officer or officers so Offending shall % fgcd |
not txceedIng one thousand dollars, or ia |
prisoned not exceeding one year, Or bUti.. !
at the discretion, Oi the court.
SIC. IL. On the day Of election any per-
son whose maine shall not appear on thr I
registry of voters, and who claims tn. ri hi !
10 vote al SAID election, shan produce at I
least one qualIfiedt voter Oi the disiilcs is a I
v Itness tO the residence Ol tbs. claimant in !
The district ia which he claims 10 be a voter, 4
Tor the period VI at least Two months in 4
hedlItcly Preceding said election, which |
shall b. swvsn or aiii.i,.-d and sub
,cribs SrItteH or partly written and ptrtiy /
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