The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-10-29

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the evidence; every person claiming to be a
naturalsed citizen shall be required to pro-
duce his naturalization cerifcte ut The cleo
,ion before voting, except there he has been
for ten years. consecutively. voter in the
district in which he offers his vote and on
he vote Of snch person being received, II,
shall be the duty of the election officers To-
write or stamp on such certificate tie word
voted" with the month and year ; and IT
any election officer or officers shall receive
second vote on the anne day, by virtue o.
the same certificate. excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the natural
izauion OF their ia theirs, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon 81 Of
Tending shall be guilty of high mlsdemean-
| or, and on conviction thereof, be fined or
| i'm prisnned, or both, NJ the discretion of the
court; but the fne shall not exceed one hum
dred dollars In each case, nor the lmprI>on-
ment one year, the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction, on the officers Of
election who shall neglect or refuse to ma Ike,
or cause 10 be made, the Endorsement requir
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization certIt-
| icate.
| If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnIre such proof Of the rghI
of suffrage as Is prescribed by this law, or
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 so offending, shall upon conviction,
be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay
O. fEe not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
20 undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, or either or both, at the discretion
of the court.
"As soon rs the polls shall close, the officers
of election shall proceed to count all the votes
cast for each candidate voted for, and make a
full return of the same in triplicate, with a
return sheet in addition, in all OF which the
votes received by each candidate shall be given
after his OF 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 cleo
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 he given to
the minority inspector. All judges living with
in twelve miles of the prothonotary's Office, or
within twenty-tour 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
t the election, and all other judges shall, before
twelve o'clock meridian of the second day after
the election deliver said return, together with
Z return sheet, to the prothonotarv Of the court
r of common pleas of the county, which said
, return sheet shall be fled, 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
f the ballots. All officers provided for by thi.
s. act shall be compensated as like officers are
, paid by existing laws. Whenever place has
been or shall be provided by the authorities o.
any city, county, township or borough for the
safe keeping of the ballot boxes the Judge and
minority inspector shall, after the ele ction shal
be finished, and the ballot-boxes or boxes con.
tanning the tickets, list of voters and other
papers, have been securely bound with tape
5 and sealed, and the signatures of the Judge and
inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the
! same together with the remaining boxes, tc
the mayor and recorder Of such cities, or ir
counties, townships or hor1ughs, 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
the call of any court or tribunal authorized tc
; try the merits of such election. Whenever the
election officers Of any election district shall
require the election boxes Of such district tc
hold any election, which, by law, they are OF
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 seyeraly 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
I destroy all the ballots and other papers which
( they shall find therein before proceeding tt
hold such election.
The respective assessors, in
/ spectors and judges of the elections shal
! each have the power to administer oa tbs tc
| 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 officer,
r under this act; and any wIIiinl false swea r
ing by any person in relation 10 any matte
, or thing concerning which they shall be
| lawfully interrogatpd by any of slid officers
or overseers shall be perjury.
d Any assessor, election officer or person
appointed as an over-eer, who shall neglect
or refuse 20 perform any duty enjoined by
this act, without reasonable or legal cause
shall be subject 10 a penalty OF one hundred
dollars, and if an assessor shall knowingly
assess any person a voter W no is not qualifi
ed or shall refuse to assess any one who is
qualified, he shall be guilty of misdemea mol
, III Office, and on conviction be punished by
/: fine or Imprisonment and also be subject tc
an action for damages by the party aggriev.
, ed ; and if any person shall frauduIently
alter, add To, deface or destroy any list o
voters made out as directed by This act, OF
/, tear down ar remove the sane from he plac,
| where it has been fixed, with fraudulent OF
t mschevous intent, or for any improper pur