The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-10-22

ing the whole time the same is held, the votes
counted, and the returns made out and signed
by the election officers to keep list of voters.
If they see proper; to challenge any person
Offering to vote, and interrogate him and his
witnesses under oath, in regard 10 his right of
suffrage at said election, and to examine his
papers produced ; and the officers of said cleo
ton are required to afford to said overseers, so
selected and appointed, every convenience and
| facility for the discharge of their duties; and
if said election officers shall refuse to permit
| said overseers to he present, and perform their
duties as aforesaid, such officer or officers shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction
| thereof shall be fined not exceeding one thous-
| and dallars, or Imprisonment not exceeding
one year, both, in the discretion of the court
or if the oyerseers shall be driven away from
the polls by violence or intimidation, all the
! votes po!l.d in such election district may be
rejected by the proper tribunal trying contest
under said election, or part or portion OF
such votes aforesaid may be counted as such
tribunal may deem necessary to just and
proper dispoition of the case
Sat all elections hereafter held under the
| laws of this commonwealth, the polls shall be
opened at seven o'clock Il. IN. and closed at
seven o'clock, p. m.
"Whenever there shall be vacancy in an
election board on the morning of an election,
said vacancy shall be filled in conformity with
existing laws.
| "At the opening Of the polls at all elections
1t shall be the duty of the judges of election
for their respective districts TO designate one
of the inspectors, whose duty it shall be TO
have in custody the registry of voters, and to
make the entries therein required by law; and
it shall be the duty of the other of said inspec-
tors to receive and number the ballots presented
at said election.
"Al! elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot; every ballot voted shall be numbered
in the order in which it shall perceived, and
the number recorded by the clerks on the list
of voters opposite the name of the elector from
whom received. And any voter voting two or
more tickets, the several tickets so voted shall
each be numbered with the number correspond
ing with the number to the name of the voter.
Any elector may write his name upon his ticket
or cause the same to be written thereon, and
attested by citizen of the district In addition
to the oath now prescribed by law TO be taken
and subscribed by election officers they shall
severally be sworn or affirmed not to disclose
how any elector shall have voted unles re-
quircd to do as witnesses in q judicial
proceeding. All judges, inspectors, clerks, and
overseers of any election held under this act,
shall, before entering upon their duties. he duly
sworn or affirmed IN the presence of each other.
The judge shall be sworn by the minority in
spector, il there shall be such minority inspec-
tor, and in case there be no minority Inspector
then by Justice of the peace or alderman, and
the inspectors, Oyerseers and clerks shall be
sworn by the judge. Certificates Of such
swearing or affirming shall be duly made Out
and signed by the officers so sworn, aud sttested
by the officer who administered the oath. II
any judge or minority inspector refuses or fails
to swear the officers of election in the manner
required by this act, or if any officer of cleo
rholl hai fret I,,l1
or if any officer of election shall sign the form
of oath without being duly sworn, or if any
Judge or minority inspector shall certify that
any officer was sworn when he was not, it shall
be deemed misdemeanor, and upon conyic
ton, the officer or officers SO offending shall be
fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, OF
impriaoned not exceeding one year, or both
IN the discretion of the court.
''On the day of election any person whose
name is not on the registry Of voters anc
claiming the right to vote at said election
shall produce at least one qualified voter o
the district as 4 witness 10 the residence o.
the ella amant in the district in which he
claims 10 be voter, for the period Of al lcas
two months, Immediately preceding said
election, which witness shall be sworr
or affirmed and subscribe written or part
ly written and partly printed affidavit
10 the facts stated by him, which AFFIDAVIT
shall define clearly where he residence i.
of the person so claiming 10 be voter. unC
the person so ella aiming the right to vote .ha
also lake and subscribe written, or partly
written and partly printed affidavit. stating
10 the best of his knowledge and belief
when and where he was born; that he been
citizen OF the United States for one month
and OF the commonwealth lth of Pennsy lvania
that he has sided in the commonw ealih one
year, or, if formerly qualified elec'or or
native born citizen thereof md has remov
ed therefi ON aud retured, that he has resi-
ded therein six months next preceding ga io
election that he has resided in the district
in witch he ella inns 10 be a voter for the pc
riod of at least two months Immediately pre-
cedng said election; that he has not movoc
into The district for the purpose of voting
therein that he has. if twenty two years o
age or upwards, paid n state or county tan
within tao years, which was assessed Il,
least Two months and paid a least one month
before the election. The said affidavit shall
alSo state when and where the tax claimed
tp be paid by the affilant was assessed, and
when and where and 10 whom paid; and the
tax receipt therefor shall be produced for ex.
amina ion, unless the affiant shalt slate in his
affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed, OI
that he never received any; and if a natur.
allied citizen, shall also state when, where
and by what court he was nsturailzed, and
shall nlso produce his certificate Of naturali-
zation for examination. But If the person SC
claiming the right to vote shall lake and sub
scribe an affidavit, that he is a native born
citizen ofthe U. States, or if horn elsewhere
shall state the fact in his affidavit, and shat
produce evidence that he has been natural
ized, or that he is entitled to citizenship by
reason of his fathers naturalization } and
shall further state in his affidavit that he is
at tho time Of making the affidavit, of the age
of twenty, one and under twenty-five yeare;
that he his been a citizen of The United
States one month, and has resided in the
State one year; or, if a native born citizen
of The slate and removed thorefrom and re-
returned, that he has resided therein six
months mex; preceding such election, he shat
be entitled toyote. although he shall not