Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-28
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ed at seven O'Clock .. M, and closed a'
seven O'Clock p. m. -
| SEC. Z. Whenever there shall be vacan.
CIV in an election board on the morning oi
an election, said vacancy shall Do niied I'D
conformity with existing laws.
! The said act Of Assembly entitled A.
act relating to the elections OF TINS Com
monwea.ih," I" passed July 2, 1910, provides
as follows, viz, :,
oTbat the inspectors and judges shall
meet at the respective plsces appointed ioi
holding the election in the district al wn'cn
,hey respectively belong, before ] O'Clock
! In the morning Of TUESDAY, November 3D.
and each said inspector shall appoint one
clerk, who shall be 4 qualified voter OF such
district.
"In case the person who shall have re-
ceived the second highest number OF votes
| for inspector shall not attend on the day ol
anv election, then the person who shall
have received the second highest number oi
votes for Judge ut the next preceding elcc-
ton shall act as inspec tor. in his place. And
| in case the person who shIll have received
the highest number Of votes for inspector
! shall not attend, the person elected judge
| in case the person elected judge shall moi
attend, then ,he inspector who received the
highest numbrr of votes shall appoint .
Judge in his place; and if any vacancy
shall continue in the board for the spacs ci
one hour after the time fixed by law tor the
opening of the election, the qualified voters
Of the township, ward or district tor which
such officer shall have been elected, present
I a.. 4. >hal als.cr al
their number to fill such vacancy.
The Act of Jan. Both, 1874, further pro.
vides, viz:
SEC. s. At the opening Of the polls at al
elections it shall be the duty of the Judges
of election for their respective districts to
designate one of the Inspectors, whose
! duty il shall be to have in custody the reg
istry of voters, and to make the entries
therein required BY law; aud il shall b. the
duty of the other of said inspectors to re-
ceive and number the ballots presented al
| said election.
SEC. Q. All elections by the citizens sfsl
be bv ballot; every ballot voted shall be
numbered in the order in which it shall be
F., received, and the number recorded by the
! clerks ON the list OF voters opposite the
N nsn,c OF the elector from whom received
And any voter voting two or more tickets,
| the several tickets so voted shall each bs
numbered with tho number corresponding
with the number to the name of the voter
Any clector may write his name upon his
| ticket. or cause the same to be written
thereon, and attested by q citizen of the
district. In addition to the oath nos pre-
scribed by law to be taken and subscribed
| by election officers, they shall severllly be
.worn or affirmed not 10 disclose how any
| elector shall have voted, unless required t.
do go as witnesses IN Judicial Proceeding
All judges, inspectors, clerks, and oyerseers
OF any election held under this act, shall
before entering upon their duties, % duly
sworn or afbrmed In the presence vi each
other. The judges shall Be sworn by thG
minority Inspector, II there shall be such
minority inspector, and in case there be nO
minority inspector, then by Justice Of thc
peace or alderman, and the inspectors, over
| seers and clerks shall De sworn by the
judge. Certificates of such swearing or
affirming shall be duly made out and signed
by the officers so sworn, and attested by
the officer who administered the oath. II
any Judge or minority Inspector refuses OF
falls To swear the officers Of election IN the
manner required by this act, or If any OIL
Ger of election shall act without beng first
| duiS sworn, or II any ofilcer OF election
shall sign the form Of oath without being
duly sworn, or II any judge or minority in
spector shall certify that any officer WAS
sworn when he was not, II shall b. deemed
misdemeanor, and upon Con, iction the
officer or officers 80 offending shall be fined
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or i'm
prisoned not exceeding one year, OF both,
Al the discretion oi the court
/ SEC. 10. On the day of election any Def
son " hose name shall not appear ON the
registry of voters, and Who claims the right
To vote at said election, shall produce at
least one qualified voter of the district ma i,
| witness to the residence of the cIa,u1a,t :,
the district in which he claims to b.. A voter
! for the period OF at least two months i'm,
mediste!y preceding said election. which
witness shall .rc sworn or affirmed and sub.
scribe a written OF partly written and ,artlv
printed affidavit 10 the facts stated by him
which affidavit shall defined cl-a,lv wb.rs
! the residence of the person so claiming "a
be a voter, and the person so Claiming the
right to vote shall also take and subscrib. .
written or partly written and partly print
ed ahnaSit, stating, to the best of his
Ano" 'eueo auu oehei' "heh ana where he
vas ovin 'na' nc HAS oeeh Citizen of the
o"',ou oA'.S ioI one nohth and OF the
on''n0" .A.'n VI ehhs1 wanna that he
''A' - .'' ~ 'ho evinhiohweaith one year.
-, a',;", 'v f.'uinsu e'eetor or native
o' anu mas reili"yed there
~ a'I urn1u' 'nat nc mas resided
'heiin l.. 'iH i,"n,hs next preceding said
,nA' NC "'s res"'eu IN the district
- - -. I.-'., :" oc : voter for the
- i,,....'t;,' ~, W. 'non,hs immediately
20. lug, I'm ,, e.Io" 'nat he did not
tin, ,,o-.. .ne u,s1s 'pr 'he purpose Of
e "e''" 'nae nc mas, u twenty-five