The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-10-15


the evidence; every per,on claiming to be a
nnturahzed citizen shall be required to pro-
duce his naturalization ceriicte at The cleo
lion before voting, except where he has been
for ten years, consecutively, a voter in the
district in which he offers his vote {; and on
the vote OF such person being received, il
shall be The duty of the election officers to-
write or stamp on such certificate the word
voted with the month and year ; and il
any election officer or officers shall receive a
second vote on the me day, by virtue of
the same certificate. excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the natural
iza,ion Of their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon so Of
Tending shall be guilty of high misdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof, be fined or
imprisoned, or bpth, at the discretion of the
court; but the fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars in each case, nor the imprlson-
menr one year, the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction, on the officers of
election who shall neg ect or refuse to ma Ike,
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requir.
ed as aforesai id on sa id naturalization ceItlf-
icate.
If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect TO reqnire such proof of the right
| the laws to which this is supplement, from
any person offering to vote whose name is
not on The list of assessed voters, or whose
right 10 vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such person
TO vote without requiring such proof, every
person offending, shall upon conviction,
be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
10 undergo an Imprisonment not more than
one year, or either or both, at the discretion
of the court.
GAS soon as 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 of the same in triplicate with
return sheet in addition, in all of which the
votes received by each ndidate shall be given
after his or her name, first in words and again
in figures, and shall be signed by all Of said
officers, and certified by overseers, if any, or if
not so certified, the overseers and other officers
| refusing to sign or certify, or either of them,
shall write upon each or the returns his Of their
reasons for not signing or certifying them. The
vote, as soon as counted, shall 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 election officers as soon
as the vote is counted, and the same shall be
Immediately posted upon the door of the elec-
ton house for information Of the public. The
triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes
and sealed in the presence of the officers, and
one envelope, with unsealed return sheet, given
to the judge, which shall contain one list of
voters, tally-paper and oaths of officers, and
another of the said envelopes shall be given to
the minority inspector. All judges living with
| in twelve miles of the prothonotarVs office or
within twenty-four miles if their residence be
in town, village or city upon the line of a
railroad leading to the county seat, shall, be-
fore two o'clock post meridian of the day after
the election, and all other judges shall, before
twelve O'Clock meridian of the second day after
the election, deliver said return, together with
return sheet, to the prothonotary of the court
of common pleas of the county, which said
return sheet shall be filed, and the day and
hour of filing marked thereon, and shall be
preserved by the prothonotary for public inspec-
ton and the other of said triplicate returns
shall be placed in the box and sealed up with
| the ballots. All officers provided for by this
act shall be compensated as like officers are
paid by existing laws. Whenever a place has
been or shall be provided BY the authorities of
any city, county, township or borough, for the
safe keeping of the ballot-boxes, the Judge and
minority inspector shall, after the election shall
| be finished and the ballot boxes or boxes con-
tanning the tickets, list of voters and other
papers, have been securely bound with tape
and sealed, and the signatures of the Judge and
inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the
same, together with the remaining boxes, to
the mayor and recorder of such cities, or in
counties, townships or boroughS, to such person
or persons as the court of common pleas of the
proper county may designate, at the place
provided as aforesaid, who shall then deposit
the said boxes and keep the same to answer
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try the merits of such election. Whenever the
election officers of any election district shall
require the election boxes of such district to
hold any election, which, by law, they arc or
shall be required to hold, they shall keep the
same securely in their possession without open
ing, until the morning of such election, and
until they shall severaly 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 and burn and totally
destroy all the ballots and other papers which
they shall find therein, before proceeding to
hold such election.
The respective assessors, in
spectors and judges of the elections shall
each have the power to administer tbs to
any persons claiming the right 10 be as
sessed or the right of suffrage, or in regard
To any other matter or thing required to be
done or inquired into by any of said officers
under this act; and any wilIful fails swea r
ing by any person in relation 10 any matter
or Thing concerning which they shall be
lawfully interrogated by any of said officers
or ovcrseers shall be perjury.
Any assessor, election officer or person
appointed as an overseer, who shall neg lect
or refuse 20 perform any duty enjoined by
this act, without reasonable or legal cause,
shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred
dollars, and if an assessor shall knowingly
assess any person as a voter who is not qualifi
ed /; or shall refuse to assess any one who is
qualified, he shall be guilty of a misdemea nor
III Office, and on conviction be punished by
fine or imprisonment, and also be subject to
an action for damages by the party aggriev-
ed |; and if any person shall fraudulently
alter, add to, deiace or destroy any list o!
voters made out as directed by this act, or
tear down or remove the sane from the place
where j, has been fixed, with fraudulent or
f.