The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-16

OF shall De fined or Imprisoned. or both at the
oIcaed I'VE Injured dollars i'm each case nor
the imprisonment ore year The like punish
ment sEall be inflicted. on conviction, on the
officers of election who shall neglect or refuse
10 make or cause 10 be made, the endorsement
REQUIRED AS aforesaid on said naturalization
Srr I2 If any election officer shall refuse or
neglect 10 requlre such proof OF the right OF
To which this Is a supplement. from any person
offering to vote whose name is not on the list
OF assessed voters, or whose right to vote Is
challenged by any qualified voter present, ana
shall admit such person TO vote wlthonI reqni-
ring such proof, every person so Offending
shall, upon conviction he guilty OF q mSde-
meanor, and shall be sentenced Tor every such
offence pay fine not exceeding FIVE hum
dred dollars. or to undergo an imprisonment of
not more than one year, or both, at the discre-
SEC. 13 AS soon the polls shall close the
officers of election shall proceed to count all
the votes cast for each candidate voted for, and
make full return Gf the SAME in tripliCatc,
with return sheet in addition. in ALI of which
the votes received by each candidate shall be
given after his or her ame first in words and
arain in frIIres and shall he sig ned bv ali of
said officers and certified by overscers IL any,
or, if not certified, the ovcrseers and any Of
ficer refusing to sign or certify or either OF
them, shall write upon each of the returns his
or their reasons for not signing or certifying
he publicly and fully declared from the win
dow to the citizens present, and a brict state
ment showing the votes received 10y each can
didate shall he made and signed by the election
officers as the vote is counted, and the
same shall be Immediately posted up on the
door of the election house Tor the information
IF the public, The tripltcate returns shall be
enclosed in envelopes and be sealed in presence
of the officers. and one envelope, with the I'M
sealed return sheet. given to the judge, which
shall contain one list of voters tally paper and
oaths of officers aud another of said envclopcs
shall be given to the minority Inspector. All
judges living within twelve miles of the pro
thonotdrys Office, or within twcnty-four miles
if their residence be in a town, village or city
upon the line OF a railroad leading to The conn
ty seat, shall. before two O'Clock post meridian
of the day after the election. and alt other iudg
es shall. before twelve O'Clock meridian of the
day al tgr q - S.Ifd o.
turn together with the return sheet, TO the
nrothonotnTy or the court of common, uIeos of
the county. which said return sheet shall be
flied, and the day ard hour of fling marked
otary for public inspection. At twelve o clock
the said second day following any election.
the urothouotarv of the court oI common T,leas
shall present the said returns to the said court.
ding Judge the associate indves shall perform
the duties imposed upon the court OF common
pleas, which shall convene for that purpose;
the returns presented ty the protiIOuotary
shall be opened by said court ana computed by
such OF its officers and su h sworn assistants as
the court shall appoint. in the presence of the
Judge or Judges Of said court ana the returns
certified and certificates of election issued un-
der the seal of the court as is required to
he done hy return judges: and the vote
computed and certified. shall be made matter
of record in said court. The sessions of the
said court shall he open to the public Ana in
case the return of any election district shall he
missing when the returns are presented, or in
case OF Complaint of a qualified cIector under
oath, charging palpable fraud or mistake, ana
particularly Specifyin the alleged fraud or
mistake, or where fraud or mistake is apparent
on the return, the court shall examine the
turn, and is in the Judgment Of the court il
shall be necessary to 4 Just return. said court
shall issue summary process against the cleo
tion Off GERS and oVprsetrs il any of the cleo
tion district complained cf, to bring them
forthwith into count, with all the election pa
pers in their possession; and if paIpablc mis-
| take fraud shall he discovered, it shall, upon
such hearing as may be deemed necessary to
enIfghren the court be corrected by the court
and so certified; but all allegations OF paipable
traud or mista ke shall be decided by said court
within three days = f. or tIlf brought
/ into court for COfnDNflftnn- and Tle said
! Guiry shall be directed only to palpahle fraud
or nistaIe and shall not fc ieeiu,,,i a judicial
| adjudication to conclude any contest now
hercaftC Ter 70 he prov id"d by law; and the other
uf said tripiicate returns shall be placed in the
| box and sealed up with the ballots. Nothing
IN this act shall require the returns Of election
! Of township borough officers t. be IN .dr to
the court a. directed ia this section; but ali
! turns of thu eisction of township aud borough
officers shall IA enclosed ia s"fiei cover. Iii
/ rectod 20 The nrothonotary OF the court of com
mon pleas OF the proper county. ou" s:Ht.i. hy
| within three days after every such election and
filed therein. Ia counties y here there are three
or more judges OF said court learned in the law,
AZ least two judges shall sit to compute and
| certify returns. unleSs unavoid;,hly prevented.
| II any OF the said judges shall himself he car
! uidate for any Office at any election, h" shall
| not sit with the court, act in counting the
returns Of such election. and in such casrs the
| ether judges, If any. shall act; and If in any
! county there shall he no judge qualified to hold
the said court, under the prov sions of this act,
| present ana able to act. then, and in every such
case, the register of Wills. the sheriff and the
| county comm issiopers of the proper county
! snail he and constitute "a board who, ma
! jority of whom, shall have and exercise all the
| duties vested in, or required to he performed
by, the count of com mon pleas of such county,
! by and under the provisions OF this section;
/ but none of the said officers shall act mru-
| ber of such beard when himself a candidate
| for any Office at the election. tho returns OF
| which the said board is quired TO count under
! the provisions OF this section.
| when two or more counties are connected for
| the election of any officer, the courts of such
| counties shall each appoint n return judge to
! meet at such time ard place. az required by
! law, 20 compute and certify the vote of such
| district. Al! officers provided for by this act
ShaIi be compensated as like officers are paid
! by eNIsting laws Whenever a place has been
| or shall be provided by the authorities OF any
| city. county. township or borough, tor the safe
| ktei'hg 81 the bai boxes, the Judge ana nl-
norIty inspector shall, after the election shall
tanning the tickets list OF voters ana other pa
! pers have been securely bound with tape and
. s,it ' @ InS q. lht {u9ge % stlH IN
| Spcctor athX"d thereto, forthwith deliver the
same, together with the remaining boxes, to
the may or aud recorder of such city, or in couH-
titS, townships or borotiEhs' 10 SHch person or
| persons a. the court Of common pleas of the
proper county may Designate AT the place pro-
Nfi-c' as aforesaid, VINO Siali thef deposit the
said boxes and keep the same Ia answer the call
/ OF any court or tribunai authorzed 70 try the
merits OF such election whenever the elec-
| ton officers of any election district shall re
! npu any cicctl"n whlcn, py law, they ARE or
! shall he required 70 hold, they shall keep the
! same securely in their possession without open
ing, unI1i the morning OF such election. and
! until they shah sever.ly be sworn or affirmed
not TO disclose how any elector shall have voted,
ana after being SO swol N or al iiirmed they shall
/ open the said boxes and burn and totally de-
/ Strny ali the ballots and other papers which
! they shall find therein. before proceeding TO
! hold such election.
SEC. 10. Any assessor. election officer or per-
| son appointed as OyerSeer. who shall neglect
! or refuse to perform any duty enjoined 10y this
act, without reasonable or legal cause, shall be
suite to penalty of one hundred dollars
and II any assessor shall knowingly assess any
person as voter who is not qualified, or shall
wilfuliy refuse to assess any one who is quail
he'd, he shall be guilty of a misdcmeanOr in
office. ana on conviction be punished by fine
not exceeding one Thousand dollars. or impriS-
onnent not exceeding two years, or both at the
discretion OF the Court, and also be subject to
an action FOR damages by the party aggrieved:
and II any person shall fradulently alter. aid
! to. destroy or deface any list of voters made
ont as directed by this Act. or tear down or re-
move the same from the place where il has
| been liked with fraudulent or mischeVious in
! tent, or Tor any improper purpose the person
so Offending shall be guilty of misfcmeaaOr.
and on conviction shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding five, hundred dollars. or i'm
prisohment not exceeding two years, both.