The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-09
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SEC. 9. Any person who shall while candi-
date for Office. be guilty of bribery, fraud,
wilful violation of any election law, shall be
forever disqualified from holding any Office of
trust or profit in this Commonwealth, and any
person convicted of wilfui violation of the.elec
tion laws snail; IN addiiion 10 any penaitles pro
frage absolutely for term of four years.
shall be deemed to nave gained residence by
reason of his presence. or lost it 10y reason OF
ther civil or military OF this State or the NJ
tee States, or on the high seas. nor while a stu
dent of any institution OF learning, nor while
kept in any poor house or other asylum AT pun-
lie expense, nor while confined in public prison
SEC. II. District election boards shall consist
Of a Judge and two inspectors, who shall be cho-
sen annually by the citizens Each eiector
sh I'll have the right to vote for the judge and
one Inspector, and each inspector shall appoint
one clerk. The first election board OF any new
district shall be selected. and vacancies in eec-
ton boards fillt d, as shall be provided by law
Election officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days of election. and while engaged in
making up and Transmitting returns. except
npon warrant of a court of record or Judge
thereof, for an election fraud, for felony, or
for wanton breach of the peace. In cities tncy
may claim exemption from jury duty durins
their terms of service.
SEC. ID. No person shall be qualified 10 serve
an election officer who shall hold, or shall
Within two months have held any office. or ap-
pointment or employment i'll or under he gov
ernment of the United States of this State,
or of any city or county. OF of any municipal
board. commission or trust i'll any city. save on
ly justices of the peace and aldermen, nOtaries
public and persons in the militia service OF the
State; nor sha any election officer be eligible
to any civil office to be filled at an election at
which he shall serve, save only to such subor-
dinate municipal or local offices, below the
grade of city or county officers, as shall oe des-
And also to the following acts of Assembly
now in force in this State, viz:
Act Of January 30th, lSs4--SEC D At all clcc-
tions hereafter held under the laws of this
Commonwealth, the polls shall he opened at
seven O'Clock, q. m, and close at seven clock
p IN. e.,
election board on the morning Of an election,
said vacancy shall be filed in conformity with
existing laws.
The said Act of Assembly. entitled 'sAn Act
relating to the Elections of this Common
wealth" passed July I'd, 1916, provides as fol-
lows. to wit:
That the Inspectors and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at which thgy ressectiycly
belong, before seven O'Clock III the morning Of
Tuesday. November 81. and each said inspector
shall appoint one clerk, who shall be Il qualified
voter of the district.
second hghes; number of votes for inspector shall
not attcR on the day of any election then The per-
son who shall have received the second highest
election sha II act as Inspector in his place And
in case the person who shall have received the
highest number of vatss FOR inspector sha II not "A
tend. the person elected Judge shall appoint an in
spector in his places and in Gaze the person elect cd
judge shall not attend, then the Inspector VIII" re
ceived the highest number of votes shall appoint
Judge in his place; and it any vacancy SHAH CON
tinue in the board for the space of one hour after
the time fixed by law for the opening of the elec-
tiOn the qualified electors of the township, ward
or district for which such officer stall have been
one OF their number 10 ill such vacancy.
The Act of Both January, 1874, further pro-
yides as follows:
SEC 3. At the opening of the polls at all clcc-
tions il shall be the duty of the judges of cleo
tion for their respective districts to designate
one of the Inspectors. whose duty II shall be 10
have in custody the registry of voters, and To
make the entries thereon required By ahw; and
it shall be the duty of the other of said inspect
ors to receive and number the ballots present
Src o All elecfions bv the citizens shall be
hall st..-y ed fag
ed in the order in which il shall have been re-
/ ccived. and the number recorded by the clerks
! on the list of votersopposite the name OF the
/ elector from whom received. And any voter
/ voting two or more tickets, the several tickets
so voted shall each l.e numbered with he num-
. Der corresponding with the number 10 the maine
of the voter. Any eiector may write his name
upon his ticket, or cause the same 10 "t "ttI-
ten thereon, and attrstcd by a citizen OF the
! district. In addition to the oath now presert-
be d by law to be taken and subscribed to by
/ election officers. they shall SeNeralIN be sworn
affirmed not to disclose how any elector
. witnesses in 4 judicial proceeding. All judges
inspectors, clerks, and overseers of any elcc-
. tiOn held under this Act, shall, before entering
( upon their duties. tie duly sworn or affirmed in
. the presence of each other. The Judges shall
be sworn by the minority Inspector, ana IN
case there be no minority Inspector, then by
! q justice of the peace or alderman, and the in
! spectors overscers and clerks shall be sworn
ny the Judge, tertihcaieS OF sich swearing or
I affirming Snal! be duly made out and signed by
{ the officers so sworn, and atrested 10y the 9th
I Ger who administered the oath. 1t any Judge
; or minority inspector refuses or fails to- swear
+ the nffiCF= OF election IN the manner required
/ 10y this Act, or If any othcGr OF election snail
/ act without being first duly sworn, or If any
officer OF election shall sign the form of oath
/ without being duly sworn, or II any judge or
minority inspector shall certify that any officer
! was sworn when he was not, 1t shall be deem
/ ed a misdemeaner. and upon conyietion, the
/ officer officers So Offending ShaI be 1ned no.
! exceeding one Thousand doll lars, or imprisoned
/ not exceeding one year, or both, IN the discre-
! tiOD of the Court.
! SEC. 10. on the day of election any person
/ whose name shall not appear on the registry OF
voters and who claims tIIe right to vote at said
/ election. shall produce at least one qualified
voter of the district as witness tothe residence
! of the claimant in the district in which he
/ claims TO he voter: for the period of at least
/ Two months lmtnediateiy preceding saiI ciec
/ ton. which witness shall be sworn or affirmed
/ partly printed affidavit to the facts stated by
! him. which affidavit shall define clearly where
tie Fesdccc Is oI @ Ine peIs5I go cia.t'lilS IN. %
be voter, and the person so claiming the right
/ to vote shall also take and subscribe written
or partly written anu party printed athuaylt
stating, to the best of his knowledge aud be
/ lief. when and W here he was born; that he has
/ been citizen of the United States one month
/ and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvan
and that he has resided in the Common wealth
/ one year, or. if formerly qualified elector or
I native born citizen thereof, and has removed
/ thercfrOm and returned, that he haSs resided
/ therein six months next preceding said elec
ton: that he has resided in the district in which
he claims be a voter for the period of a; least
! two months Immediately preceding said cleo
tion: that he mas not moved into the district fOl
I the purpose of voting therein; that he has, if
/ twenty-five years of age or upwards, paid a
! State county tax within two years, which
| least ole month before the election. The said
! affidavit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed to be paid by the affjant was assess
/ ed, and when and where and TO whom paid; and
| the tay receiDt therefor shall he Drod1cpd for
examination, unless the afiant shall state in his
affidavit that il has been lost or destroyed, OF
that he has never received any and if a natu-
| rallied citizen. shall also state when where and
! by what court he was naturalZed, and shall
! also produce his certificate of naturalization
I for examination But if the person claim
I ing the right to vote shall take and subscribe
/ an affidavit that he is native born citizen of
! the United States, or, if born elsewhere. shall
state the fact i'm his affidavit, and shall produce
I evidence that he has been naturalized or that
/ he is entitled to citizenship by reasen of his
! fathers naturalization, and shall furtherrstate
in his affidavit, that he is, at the time of making
the affidavit. of the age of twenty one and un-
! der twenty two years; that he has been a citi-
zen of the United States one month, and has re-
sded'in the State one year; or, if a native born
I citizen of the State and removed therefrom
} and returned. that he has resided therein six
months next preceding said election. and in
/ the election district Immediately two mon tbs
proceeding such election. he shall be entitled
! to vote, although he shall not have paid taxes