The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-21

quarter sessions of this coWmonWeaiVh, nc
shall. for each offence, be sentenced to pay
fine of not less than one hundred dollars
AMI to undergo an Imprisonment, IN the
Jail OF the proper county, for not less 'hah
sixty days.
SECTION 8. That if any person deprived
OF citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid,
shall at any election hereafter to be held in
this commonwealth, vote or tender TO the
otficer there, and offer to vote, ballot or
ballots, any person so offending, shali DC
deemed guilty of msdemeanor, ana on
| conviction thereof, in any court OF quarter
sessions of this commonwealth, shall, for
each offence, be punished in like mapner
as is provided in the proceeding section OF
this act, in the case of officers OF election
receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
SECTION 4. That if any person shall
hereafter persuade, or advise, any person
or persons deprived of citizenship, and dis
| qualified as aforesaid, TO offer any ballot,
or ballots, to the officers of any election
hereafter to be held in this commonwealth,
or shall persuade, or advise, any such Otfi-
Ger 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 a misdemeanor,
of quarter sessions of this commonwealth
| shall be punished in like manner as is
provided in the second section of this act
in the case of officers of such election re-
| ceiving such unlawful ballot or ballots
also make known the following sections
| Of an act approved the Both day Of Jan
| uary, A. ID. 1874, entitled "a further sup
plement to the act regulating elections in
| this Commonwealth"
SECTION s. At all elections hereafter
| held under the laws of this commonwealth,
| the polls shall he opened at seven O'Clock
| A. NJ. and closed at seven o'clock p. NJ.
SECTION b. In all election districts
| where vacancy exists by reason of the
| disqualification of the officer or otherwise
in an election board heretofore appointed
or where any new district shall be formed
The judge or judges of the court ofcommon
pleas of the proper county shall, ten days
before any general or special election, ap,
point competent persons to fill said vacan-
ces and to conduct the election in said new
districts; and in the appointment of ;n
spectors in any election dis riot both shall
not be of the sape political party and the
judge of elections shall. in all cases, be of
the political party having the majority of
votes n said district, as nearly as the said
judge or judges can ascertain the fact; and
in case of the disagreement OF the judges
as to the selection Of inspectors, the pohti
cal maj jority of the judges shall select one
| of snch inspectors. and the majority Judge
or judges shall select the other.
SECTION Whenever there shall be q
vacancy in an election board on the morn
ing of an election, said vacancy shall be
filled in conformity with existing laws.
SECTION 8 AT the opening of the polls at
all elections it shall be the duty Of the
Judges of election for their respective dis
trc;s TO designate one of the inspectors
whose duty it shall be to have in custody
the registry of voters, and to make the en-
tries therein required by law; and It shall
be the duty of the other Of said inspectors
o receive and number the ballots presented
at said election.
SECTION 8 All elections by the citizens
shall be by ballot; every ballot voted shall
| e numbered in the order in which it shall
be received, 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,
he several tickets 50 voted shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding
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 attes'ed by a citizen of the
district
SECTION 10 On the day of election any
person whose name shall not appear on the
registry of vote ers. and who claims the right
to vote at said election, shall produce at
least one qualified voter Of the district as
wi tu Ip 90 pf q pl nj IN
the district in which he claims to be a v otter,
for the period of AT least two months i'm
mediately proceeding said election, which
| witness shall be sworn or affirmed and sub
scribe a written or partly written and partly
| printed affidavit 10 the facts stated by him,
which affidavit shall define clearly where
| the residence is Of the person 50 claim.
ing to be voter; and the person 50 claim
! ing the ri sht to vote shall also take anu
subscribe writer or partly writt,n and
partly printed affidavit, stating to the
best of his knowledge and belief, when
aud where he was born; that he has
been a citizen of the United States tor
one mouth, and OF the commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania; that he has resided in the
commonwealth one year, or, ii formerly
qualified elector or a native born citl-
Zen thereof and has removed thercirom
and returned, that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said eiec-
tiou; that he has resided In the district
in which he claims to be voter for the
period of at least two months immedi.
ate!y preceding said election; that be
| has not moved into the district tor the
purpose of voting therein; that he has,
ii twenty-five years of age or upwards;
paid state or county tax within two
years, which was assessed at least two
months and paid at least one month be-
fore the election. The said affidavit
shall also state when and where the
tax claimed to be~paid by the afiant
was assessed, and when aud where and
to whom paid; and the tax receipt
therefor shall be produced for examina-
ton, unless the atfiant shal. state iu his
affidavit that it has been lost or de-
stroyed, or that he never received any;
aud ifa naturalized citizen, shall also
state when, where and by what court he
Was naturalized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization for ex-
animation. But if the person so claim.
ipg the right to vote shall take aud
subscribe an aft davit that he Is na-
tive born citizen of the United States,
ii born elsew here, shall state the fact in
his affidavit, and shall produce evidence
| that he has been naturalized or that he