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

persons as the Court Of Common
Pleas Of the proper county may de-
signate Mt the place provided a.
aforesaid, who shall then deposit the
said boxes and keep tho same to
answer the call OF any court or tri-
bunal authorized TO try the merits Of
such election. Whenever the cleo.
ton officers Of any election district
shall require the election boxes Of
such district TO hold any election
which by law they are or shall be re.
quired to hold, they shall keep tho
same securely in their possession,
without opening. until the morning
OF such election, and until they shall
severally be sworn or affirmed not TO
disclose how any elector shall have
voted, and after being so sworn or
affirmed they shall open the said
boxes aud burn aud totally destroy
all the ballots and other papers which
they shall find therein before pro-
ceeding to hold such election.
appointment of:tssessorS 10 fa Vacancies.
Sec Ii. That from and immediate.
ly after the passage of this act, the
Court Of Common Pleas 10 the proper
county, in election districts wherein
assessors have not heretofore been
elected, shall appoint one reputable
person in each district TO be the as
SCISSOR thereof, who shall perform all
the duties rotating to elections now
required to be performed by assessors
under the provisions Of this act
such assessors shall be appointedas
nearly rs can be ascertained from
tho party having majority OF the
votes in thcir respective districts.
The Easuiny february Election.
sEc. i5. That at the election to be held
on the third Tuesday Of February next,
and that AT the election annually thcreaf.
ter, there shall be elected in each election
district in the State, rs we'll in these were.
in the registration ofvoters has hsret ofors
been made by officers appointed aud not
chosen by the people to perform the duty
rs in oil others, one person rs judge and
two inspectors, Ia conformity with The
general laws Of the Common wealth. t.
conduct the elections for one year. and
also an assessor who shalt perform the
duties incident to the elections as required
by the provisions Of this act.
Registration for February Election.
SEC. 16. That the assessors appointed
under the fourteenth section Of this act
shall. within Eve days after their appoint-
ment. proceed TO make OUT lists OF tho
al. EnI -. -. 1T.
ton districts. and deliver the same to the
commissioners, who shall transmit q GER
tilted copy Of the same to the judge Of
each election district at least forty-eight
hours before the election TO he held on
the third Tuesday Of February next said
assessors shall also post ten copies thereof
In conspicuous places in each election
district at lcas, ten days before said cleo.
tion, and the lists so made by the asses.
sors during the two secular days preceding
the day of the delivery thereof to tho
commissioners (of which days public
notice shall be given by hand bill through
out said district), shall be open for in
speciion aud correction, in the custody Of
said assessor, from ten n. III. 10 three p.
m, and from six p. IN. to nine p. M. of
each Of said days. in the manner provided
in section second OF this act, and all Of
the remedies, privileges and powers Sc
cured and provided thereby, are hereby
made applicable TO the lists herein named.
SEC. ". The respective assessors, in>
spectoas and judges Of the elections. shall
each have the power to administer oaths
TO any person claiming the right 10 bo
assessed. or the right Of suffrage, OF in re-
gard TO any other matter or thing rcquir-
ed to be done or inquired into by any Of
said officers iiu Ter this act. AMI any will
full. false swearing by any person, in re.
anon to any matter or thing concerning
which they shall be lawfully interrogatel
by any Of said officers or oVerseers, shall
be prejury.
Duties Of 1ssesgors and other Eecion
officers.
SEc. lS. The assessors shall each re.
ceive the same compensation for the time
necessarily spent in performing the duties
hereby enjoined, as Is provided by Law
to assessors for making valuations, to be
paid by the county commissioners as In
other cases, and II shall not be Ia Sful f,r
any assessor to assess tax against any
person whatever within sixiy-one days
next preceding the annual election in No.
vember any violation Of this provision
shall be q misdemcanir. and subject the
officers so offending TO fine on conviction
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or IN
imprisonment not exceeding three
months, or both, at the discretion OF the
court.
SEC. 10. Any assessor, election officer
or person appointed AZ an ovsrseer. who
shall neglect or refuse TO perform any
duty enjoined by this act without reasons
able or legal cause, shall be subject TO
penalty Of 500, aud IL any assessor shall
knowingly Assess any person as voter
who Is not qualified, or shall willfully re-
fuse TO assess any one who Is qualified. hs
shall be guilty Of misdsmeanor In office.
and on conviction be punished by q fine
not exceeding 81 900. or Imprisonment uot
e1ceeding two years, or both. at the dis
erection OF the court, and also be subject
to an action for damages by the party ag-
grieved, and IL any person shall fraudu-
lently alter, add 10, deface or destroy any
list Of voters made out as directed by this
act, or tear down or remove the same from
the place where /. has been fred with
fraudulent or mischievous intent, or for
any improper purpose, the person so OF
feuding shall be guilty Of . misdemeanor,
and ON conviction shall be punished by .
fine not ereeding $500, or imprisonment
not exceeding two years, or both, at the
disoretion OF the court ; and II any person
shalt, by violence or intimidation. drive,
or attempt to drive, from the polls any
person, or persons, appointed by the court
to act As overseers Of an election, or In
any way willfully prevent said overssers
from performing the duties eujoined up
on them by this act, such person shall DO