The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-02-26

Of the same political party, and the
Judge Of elections shall 10 oil cases
bc Of the political party having the
majority Of votes 10 said district as
nearly as the Judge or Judges can
ascertain the fact, and 10 case Of the
disagreement Of the Judges as 10 the
selection Of Inspectors the political
majority Of the Judges shall select
ono Of such Inspectors, aud tho mi
nority Judge or Judges shall select
the, other.
Sec. Z. Whenever there shall be
u vacancy N ao election board on the
morning Of an election. said vacancy
shall be filed in conformity with ex-
isting laws. \
D,tiss Of E7sciion officers.
Sec. s. At the opening Of the polls
at all elections it shall be tho duty OF
the Judges Of election for their res
pective districts TO designate, ono Of
tho Inspectors, whose duty IL shall
be TO have in custody the registry Of
voies, aud to make the entries thers-
10 required by law, und shall he the
duty Of the other ofsaid 1nspec-
tors to receive and number the bal
lots presented at said election.
SEQ, 8. All elections by the citi-
zens shall be by ballot; every ballot
voted shall DO numbered 10 the order
in which it shall be received, and the
number recorded by the clerks on the
list Of voters opposite the uame OF
tho elector from whom received. And
any voter voting two or more tickets.
he several tickets so voted shall each
be numbered with tho Dumber cor
responding with the number to the
name OF the voter. Any cl1tor may
write bis name upon his Ticket or
cause the same to be written thereon
apd attested by a citizen Of tho dis.
trict 10 addition to tho oath now
prescribed by law to beiakeu and sub
scribed by election officers, they shall
severally be sworn or affirmed not to
DISCLOSE how any elector shall have
voted, unless required to do 80 as
witnesses 10 u judicial proceeding
All Judges, Inspectors, Clerks and
overseers Of any election held under
this act, shall before entoring upon
their duties. be duly sworn or affirm
Cd in the presence Of each other.
The jud geskall be sworn by tho mi
nority Iuspector. aud in case there
be no minority Inspector. than by q
Justice Of tho Peace or alderman, and
and the Inspectors, ovcrseers apd
perks, shall be sworn by the Judge.
Certificates of such swearing or af-
firming shall be duly made out and
signed by the officers 80 sworn. aud
sticstcd by tho oiiiccr who admins
tered the oath. II any Judge or
minority Inspector refuses or fails to
swear, tho officers Of election iu the
u,auner required by this act, or 1t
any officer of election shall act with
out being duly sworn, or II any OIL
Ger of election shall sign the form OF
oath, without being duls sworn, or II
any Judge or minority Inspector shall
certify that any officer was sworn
when no was not, it shall be deemed
a misdemeanor. aud upon conviction
the officer or officers SO offending shall
be 6ned not exceeding ono thousand
dollars or Imprisonment not dxceed-
ing one year or both 10 the discretion
Of the coutt.
Non-Registered Votes.
SEC. 10. On the day Of election
any person whose name shall not APP
pear on the registry Of voters and
who claims the right to vote at said
election, shall produce at least one
qualified voter Of tho district as a
witness to the residence OF the claim
ant in the district in which he claims
to be q voter for the period OF ut least
two months immediately preceding
said election, which witness shall be
sworn or affirmed, and subscribe a
written, ,'or partly written and partly
printed affidavit to the facts stated
by him, which affidavit shall define
cisrly where the residence is of the
person 30 claiming to be voter, and
the person so claiming the right to
vote shall also, take aud subscribe a
written, or partly written and partly
printed affidavit, stating to the best
Of his knowledge and belief when and
where he was born, that he has been
q citizen OF the United States for one
month and OF the Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania, that he has resided in
the Commonwealth one year, or il
formerly qualified elector or native
born citizen thereof and has removed
therefrom and returned. that he has
resided therein six months next pre-
ceding said election that he has re-.
sided in the district in which he
claims to be voter for the period of
at least two months Immediately
preceding said election that he has
not moved into the district for the
purpose of voting therein that he
has, if twenty-five years Of age or up
wards, paid a State or county tax
within two years, which was assessed
at least two months and paid at least
one month before the election the
the said affidavit shall also state when
and where the tax claimed to bo paid
by the affiant was assessed, and when
and where aud TO whom paid, and
the tax receipt therefor shall be pro
duced for examination, unless the
affisnt shall state in his affidavit that