Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-10-14

claiming the right to vote shall take airi
subscribe an affidavit that he is native
born citizen OF the United States, or, u /
born elsewhere, shall state the fact IN MS
affidavit, and shall produce evidence that ne
has been naturaIized or that he Is entitled 10 /
citizenship by reason of his fathers natnr-
alization. and shall further state IN MS am
davit that he is, at the time OF making I
the affidavit, of the age OF twenty-one ana
under twenty-five years; that he has oeeh
a citizen OF the United States one month,
and has resided in the state one year or,
( il a native born citizen of the state ana ,
removed thercfrom and returned, that Ne
I has resided therein six months next pre-
ce6ing said election, and in the election
district Immediately two months preceding
such election, he shall b. entitled to v0tci
although he shall not have paid taxes. The
said aifidavits of all persons making such
claims. and the afftiavits OF the witnesses
TO their residence shall be preserved by the
election board, and at the close of the eiec-
tion they shall be enclosed with the list %:
voters, tally list AMI other papers required
BY law to b- flied b. the return judge VITA
the prothonotlry, and saiIl remain ON hle
herewith in the prothonotary's office, s"O-
iect TO examination as other election papers
are q the election officers shall md thtt
the applicant possesses all the legal quaiih-
I cation of a voter he shall be permitted to
vote, and his name shall be added 90 the
! list of taxables by the election officers, the
word staxr being added where the claimant
claims to vote on tax. and the word ''agc.
where he claims 10 Vote on age; the same
word being added by the clerks IN each
case, respectively, on the lists OF persons
voting at such election.
Sc IL. Ii shall be lawful for any quali-
fled citizen of the district. notwithstanding
the naine OF the proposed voter Is contained
. on the list OF resilient taxabies, 70 chal-
lenge the vote of such person, whereupon
the same proof or the right of suffrage a.
is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted on by the election board,
and the vote admitted or rejected, accord
ing to the evidence. Every person claim
ing to be a naturalized citizen shall b; re-
quired To produce his naturalization certin-
cate at the election before voting, except
where he has been for live years consecu-
lively voter in the district where he offers
to vote and on the vote OF such person
being received, the election officers are to
write OF stamp the word .svoted' on his
certificate with the day, month and year
and il any election officer or officers shall
receive a second vote on the same day, by
virtue of the same certificate except where
I sons are entitled TO vote because of the
naturalization of their father, they ard the
! perssn who shall offer such second vote
shall be guilty OF misdeueanoI and on
conviction taereof shall be fined or I'M
/ prisOned. or both, at the discretion of the
court but the fine shall not exceed five
I hundred dollars in each case, nor the i'm
| prisonmcnt one year The like punishment
shall BE- inflicted, on conviction. ON the OIL
! GERS of election who shall neglect or refuse
/ to make or cause to be made, the endorse
ment required as aforesaid on said naturaii-
Zation certificate.
! See. II. II any election officer shall re-
/ fuse or neglect to require such proof Uf the
/ right of suffrage as is prescribed by law, or
( the laws to which this Is 4 supplement- from ]
any person offering to vote whose name is
not ON the list OF asses sed voters. or whose /
I right to vote is challenged by any quilted
voter present, and snail admit such person
/ to vote without recurring such proof, every
person 50 offending shall, upon conviction, /.
be guilty of a misdemeapor, and shall b. /
sentenced, for every such offence, to pay a I
| fiuc not exceeding i've hundred dollars. or
to undergo an Imprisonment not more than I
one yoar. or both, 1T the discretion of the .
court.
SEC. Is. As soon as the polls sliall close,
the officers of election shall proceed to /
count all the votes east FOR each candidate I
voted foF, and make fall return of the 1
same in iriplicate, with a return sheet in I
addition, in all of which the votes received 4
by each candidate shall be given after his or 1
her name, first in words and again in figures. 4
and shall b. signed by all OF said officers /
and certified by Oyerseers, if any, or il not .
so certified, the Oyerseers and any officer I
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 .
them. The vote, aS soon as counted. shall 2
also be publicly and fully declared from the /
window to the citizens present, and brief .
statement showing the votes received by /
each candidate shall be made and signed by .
the elect iion office rs as soon as the vote is
counted. aud the same shall be iinmcdia iate-
~ posted up ON the door OF the election
house for Information of the public she
triplicaie returns shall be enclosed in en-
velope anu sealed ln pres nee OF the oif-
/ GERS, and one envelope, with the unsealsd !
return sheet, given to the Judge, which .
shall contain one list of voters. tally paper.
and oath OF officers, and another OF said
envelopes shall be given to the minority in
spcctor. All judges living within twelve
miles of the prothonotary's office, or within
twenty-four miles, if their residence be in
town, village or city upon the line y. rail-
road leading to the county seat, shall, be-
fore two o'clock post meridian of the day
after the election. and al other judges
shall, before twelve O'Clock meridian OF the
second day after the election, deliver said
. return, together with return sheet, &c the
OF the county, which said return sheet shall
be tiied, aud the day aud hour 0! hlng
marked thereon, and shall be preserved by
the prothonotary Tor pubic inspection At
twelve O'Clock ON the said second day fol-
lowing any election, the prothonotary of
the court of comnO1 pleas shall present
the sIid return 10 the said court.
" hen two or more counties are connected
Tor the election of an officer, the courts o;
such counties shall each appoint return
judge 10 meet at such time and place as re-
quired by law, To compute and certify the
vote of such district.
SIC. 10. Any assessor, election officer or
person appointed as ~ overseer, who shall
neglect or refuse 10 perform any tuIy en-
joined b. this act, without reasonable or
legal cause, shall be subject to 4 penalty OF
one hundred dollars; and If any assessor
shall knowingly assess any person as voter
who is not qualified, or shall wilfully refuse
to assess one who is qualified, he shall be
guilty of misdemeanor in office, and on
conviction shall be punished BY tine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprIs-
onIneut not exceeding two years, or both,
at the discretion Of the court, and also be
subject 10 an action for damages by the
party aggrIeved; and If any person shall
1rauduientIy alter, add to, deface or destroy
any list of voters made out as directed Dy
this act, or tear down OF remove the same
from the place where ii was fixed, with
frau iulent or mischievous intent, or for
any improper purpose, the person so Offend
ing shall be guilty Of misdemeanor, ana
on conviction shall be punished by fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or inn
prisonment not exceeding two years, or
both, at the discretion of the court aud if