The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-16

date for once, be guilty of bribery, fraud, or
wilful violation of any election law, snah bs
trust or profit in this Commonw ealth, and any
person convicted of wilfui violation OF theeiec-
tion laws shall in addition to any penalties pro-
yided by law, be deprived of the right OF suf-
fraQe absolutely for term OF four years
SEC. 13. For the purpose Of voting no person
shall be deemed to have gained n residence by
reason of his presence or lost il by reason or
ther civil or military. OF this State or the Uni
tc+ States, or on the high seas. nor while stu
dent of any institution of learning, nor while
kept in any poor house or other asY iUm at pub
lie expense nor while confined in public prison.
SEC. u. District election boards shall consist
Of judge and two inspectors, who shall he eno-
sen annually by the citizens. Each elector
sh u have the right to vote for the judge ana
one INSPECTOR ano each Inspector shai appoint
one clerk. The first election board of any new
district shall be selected, and vacancies in elec-
ton boards fill d, as shall be provided by law
Election officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days OF eiectlon, ana "hhe ehB"3cu 3. II.
making up and transmitting returns, eXcept
upon warrant of a court of record or Judge
thereof, for an election fraud for felony, or
for wantOn breach of the peace In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty during
their terms Of service.
SEC. 10. No person shall be qualified TO serve
as an election officer who shall hold, or shall
within two months have held any Office. or APP
poiutment or employment IN or under me gov
ernment of the United States or of this state,
or of any city or county, or of any municipal
board commission or trust in any city, save on
ly justices of the peace and aldermen, notarles
public and persons in the militia service OF the
State; nor shall any election officer be eligible
to any civil Office to he filled at an election at
which he shall serve. save only to such subor-
dinGtc municipal or local Offices, below the
grade of city or county officers, as shall be des-
And also to the following acts of Assembly
now in force in this State. viz:
Act of January 30th, 1s14.-SEC. ). At all elec-
tons hereafter held under the laws OF this
Commonwealth, the polls shall be opened at
seven o'clock, q. M, and close at seven O'Clock
p. m.
an election board on the morning Of an election,
said vacancy shall be filled in conformity with
EXISTING laws.
The said ct Of Assembly, entitled IAN Act
relating to the Elections of this Common
wealth." passed July I'd, 1916, provides as fol-
lows, to wit:
That the Inspectors and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in the district at which they ressecttvely
Tuesday, November 81 and each said inspector
shall appoint one clerk, who shall be qualified
In case the person who shall have received the
second highest number Of votes for inspector shall
not attend he day of any election then the per
son who shall have received the second highest
number Of votes for Judge AT the next preceding
in case the person who shall have received the
highest number of votes for inspector shall not at
tend, the person elected Judge shall appoint an in
spector in his place. and in case the person elected
judge shall not attend, then he inspector who re
ceived the highest number of votes shall appoint
judge in his place: and if any vacancy shall con-
tnue in the board for the space of one hour after
tion. thc qualified electors Of the township, ward
or district for which such officer shall have been
one OF their number to iill such vacancy.
The Act of 30th January, 1874, further pro-
yideS as follows:
SEC. 3. At the opening Of the polls at all cleo
tions it shall he She duty Of the Judges of elcc-
tion for their respective districts to designate
one of the Inspectors. whose duty ii shall be TO
mske the entries thereon required by Inv: ard
il shall be the Guty OF the other of said inspect
ors 70 receive and number the ballots present
cd at said election.
SEC. Q. Al elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot; every ballot voted shall he number
ed IN the order in which II shall nave been re-
oived. ana the number recorded by the clerks
on the list of voters opposite the name of the
elector from whom received And any VO;cr
voting two or more tickets the several tickets
voted shall each t,c nurnbcrc with the mum
Der CORES spending with the number 10 the name
of the voter. Any eiector may write his name
upon his ticket or cause the same to be writ
ten thereon. and atteSted by a citizen OF the
district. In addition to the oath now prescr-
bed by law to lee taken ana subscribed to by
election officers they shall sevcrally be sworn
or affirmed not to disclose how any elect or
shall have voted. unless required to do so as
witnesses in a judicial proceeding. All judges,
tion held under this Act, snail, before entering
upon their duties. be duly sworn or = affirmed IN
the presence of each other. The Judges shall
be sworn by the minority Inspector. aud III
case there he no minority Inspector, then by
Justice OF the peace or alderman. and the IN e
spectors, oyerseers and clerks shall hc sworn
by the judge. Certificates of such swearing or
affirming Shai! be duly made out aud signed by
the officers sworn, and attcSted 10y the Off
Ger who administered the oath. If any judge
the offers OF election in the manner required
by this Act, or if any officer Of election shall
act without being first duly sworn, or if any
officer of election shall sign the form of oath
without being duly sworn. or If any Judge or
minority Inspector shall ceItify that any 4fhccr
was sworn when he was not IL shall De deem
ed a miSdcmcaEer and upon conviction, the
cNceehing one thousand dollars, or imprisoned
not exceeding one year, or hoth, in the dIscrt-
ton of the Court.
SEC. 10. on the day of election any person
whose name shall not appear on the registry of
voters. and who claims the right 10 vote at said
election, shall produce at least one qualified
voter of the district 2 witness tothc residence
of the claimant in the district in which he
claims to be a voter, for the period of at least
two months Immediately preceding said cleo
tion, which witness shall he sworn or affirmed
and subscribe a written or partly written and
partly printed affidavit to the facts stated 10y
him, which aiiidavit shall define clearly where
the residence is of the person so claiming to
be a voter, and the person so claiming the right
to vote shall also take and subscribe a written
or partly written and partly printed aflidaN il,
stating, to the best of his knowledge aud be-
lief, when and W here he was born that he has
been a citizen Of the United States one month,
ana of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and that he has resided in the COmmOnwc II II
one wear or. if formerly a qualified eIector or
a native born citizen thereof, and has removed
tberefrom and returned. that he haSi resided
tLernin siy months ucxt nrccadiucr said oIeo
tion that he has resided in the district in which
he claims to be voter for the period of al least
two months immediately preceding said elcc-
ton; that he mas not moved into the distric; for
the purpose Of voting therein; that he has, II
twenty TWO years OF age or upwards paid a
was assessed at least two months and paid at
least ore month before the election. The said
affidavit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed to be paid by the afiant was assess
ed, and when and where and TO whom paid; n nd
the tax receipt therefor shall he produced for
examination. unless the afliant shall state in his
affidavit that il has been lost or destroyed. OF
that he has never received any: aud if natu-
rallied citizen, shall also state hen, where and
by what court he was naturaliZed, and shall
also produce his certificate of naturalization
for examination. But if the person so claim
ing the right to vote shall take and subscribe
an affidavit that he is native born citizen of
the United States, or. If born elsewhere. shall
state the fact in lis affidavit, and shall produce
evidence that he has been naturalizcd or that
he is entitled to citizenship by reasen of his
fathers naturalization, and shall further state
in his affda vit. that he is, "a the time of making
the affidavit, of the age of twenty-one and un-
der twenty-twO years: that he has been a citi-
zen of the United States one month. and has re-
sidcdsin the State one year: or, if a native born
citizen of the State and removed there from
and returned. that he has resided therein six
m Onths next preceding said election, and in
the election district Immediately two months
proceeding such election. he shall be entitled
TO vote. although he shall not have raid taxes
The said afidavits of all persons making such