The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-10-22


by said act of Congress, approved
March third one thousand eight
hundred and sixty five, and it shall be
unlawful for any such person to offer to
vote any ballot, or ballots.
SECTION g That if any such judge
and inspector of election or any one OF
them shall receive or consent to receive,
any such unlawful ballot or ballots, from
any such disqualified person, he, or they
SO offending, shall be guilty Of mis-
deamor, and upon conviction thereof, in
any court of quarter sessions of this
commonwealth, he shall, for each
offence, be sentenced to pay fine of
not less than one hundred dollars, and
to undergo an Imprisonment, in the Jail
of the proper county, Tor not less tnan
sixty days.
SECTION 3 That if any person de-
prived OF citizenship, and disqualified as
aforesaid. shall at any election, here
alter to be held in this commonwealth,
vote or tender to the officer there, and
offer to vote, ballot, or ballots any
person so offending, shall be deemed
guilty of misdeamor, and on convict
ion thereof, in any court Of quarter seg
sions of this commonwealth, shall, tor
each offence, be punished in like
manner as is provided in the proceed
ing section of this act, in the case OF
officers of election receiving such unlaw
tul ballot or ballots.
SECTION 4 That if any person shall
shall hereafter persuade, or ad-
wise, any person or persons deprived OF
citizenship, aud disqualified as aforesaid,
to offer any ballot, or ballots, to the Of
ficers of any election hereafter to be
held in this commonwealth, or shall
persuade, or advise, any such officer to
receive any ballot, or ballots, from any
person deprived of citizenship, and dis
qualified as aforesaid, such person, so Of
tending, shall be guilty, Of misdeamor,
and upon conviction thereof, in any
court or quarter sessions of this COM
monwealth shall be punished in like
manner as is provided in the second
section of this act, in the case OF officers
of such election receiving such unlaw-
full ballot, or ballots.
[ also make know the following sec
tions of au act approved the 3O;h day OF
January, A. u. 1871, entitled ga
further supplement to the act regulating
elections in this Com nonwea!th:"
SECTION 5. At all elections hereafter
held under the laws Of this common
wealth, the polls shall be opened at
seven o'clock A Nj and closed at seven
o'clock y NJ.
SECrIGN 6 In all election districts
where vacancy exists by reason Of the
disqualification of the officer or other
wise III an election board heretofore APP
pointed, or where any new district shall
be formed, the judge or judges Of the
court Of common pleas OF the proper
county shall, ten days before any gen
eral or special election, appoint compc-
tent persons to fill said vacancies and to
corduct the election in said new dis
tricts; and in the appointment Of in
spcctors in any election district both
shall not be Of the same political party;
and the judge of elections shall, in al,
cases, be Of the political party having
the majority Of votes in said district, as
nearly as the said judge or judges can
ascertain the fact; ard in case OF the
disagreement Of the judges as to the Sc
lection Of inspectors, the political ms
iority Of the judges shall select one ct
such inspectors, and the minority judge
or judges shall select the other.
SECTION 7 Whenever there shall be
vacancy in an election board on the
morning OF an election, said vacancy
shall be filed in conformity with ex.
sting laws.
SECTION s At the opening of the
polls at all elections it shall be the duty
Of the Judges of election for their re
spcctive districts to designate one Of the
inspectors, whose duty it shall be to have
in custody the registry Of voters, and tc
make the entries therein required by
law; and it shall be the duty of the othcl
of said inspectors to receive and uum.
Der the ballots presented at said elec
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SECTION All elections by the citi
zens shall be by ballot; every ba.Io
voted shall be numbered in the ordel
in which it shall be received, and tht
number recorded by the clerks on th(
list Of voters opposite the name Of th'
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voter voting two or more tickets, In,
several tickets so voted shall each bt
numbered with the number correspond
ing with the number to the name OF tn,
voter. Any elector may write his nam'
upon his ticket, or cause the same TO b
written thereon, and attested by citi
zen of the district !" & X
SECTION 10 On the day Of election
any person whose name shall not appea
on the registry OF voters, and who claims
the right to vote at said election, shal
produce at least one qualified voter o
the district as a witness to the residence
of the claimant 10 the district in which
he claims to be a voter, for the periot
Of at least two months immedj jatcly pre-
ceedlng said election, which witnes
shall be sworn or affirmed and subscribe
a written Or par,ly written and partl.
printed affidavit to the facts stated b.
him, which affidavit shall define elearl.
where the residence is Of the person s.
claiming to be voter and the persol
so claiming the right to vote shall ais