Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-13

dkSD RfDuuCc CCItiuC8tC va
ton for examination. But if the person 80
claiming the right to vote shall take ami
subscribe an afids,vif that be is . native
born citizen OF the United States, or, il
born elsewhere, shall state the fact in bis
affidavit, and shall produce evidence that he
has been naturalized or that he is entitled TO
citizenship by reason of his fathers natur-
alization. and shall further state 10 his aiii-
davit, that he is, at the time of making
the affidavit, of the age of twenty-one and
under twenty-five years that he has been
a citizen OF the United States one month,
and has resided in the state one year; or,
if native born citizen of the state and
removed thercfrom and returned, that he
has resided therein six months next pre-
ceGing said election, and in the election
district Immediately two months preceding
srch election, he shall be entitled TO vote,
although he shall not have paid taxes. The
said affidayits of all persons making such
claims, and the afiidavits of the witnesses
TO their residence shall be preserved by the
election board, and at the close of the cleo
ton they shall b. enclosed with the list of
voters, tally list and other papers required
by law to be filed b. the return Judge with
the parliamentary, and snail remain on file
herewith in the prothonotary's office, sub
ject to examination as other election papers
are. II the election officers shall ind that
the applicant possesses all the legal qualih-
cation .. a voter he shall be permitted To
vote, and his nIme shall be added 10 the
list of taxabIes by the election officers, the
word sstax" being added where the claimant
claims 10 vote on tax, and the word sage"
where he claims to vote on age; the same
word being added by the clerks IN each
case. respectively, on the lists Of persons
voting al such election.
SIC. IL. 1t shall be hwful for any quail
fed citizen of the district, notwithstanding
the name of the proposed voter is contained
on the list of resident taxdties, TO chal-
lenge the vote OF such person, whereuPon
the same proof or the right of suffrage as
is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted on by the election board,
and the vote admitted or rejected, accord
ing to the evidence. Every person claim
ing 10 be natiralized citizen shall BE- re-
quired to produce his naturalization certih-
cate at the election before voting, except
where he has been for five years cunsecu-
lively voter in the district where he offers
to vote and on the vote OF such person
being received, the election officers are to
write or stamp the word .svoted'' on his
certificate with the day, month and wear
aud if auy election officer or officers shall
receive second vote on the sam, day. by
virtue of tn. same cer,itieat,. ,xcent wbere
s"hs are entitled 10 vote BECAUSE OF the
naturalization ni their father. they and the
psrssn who shall offer such second vote
shall be guilty of L miSdcmeanor and on
cOhNiction taereoi shall be nncd or Im-
PFisoned, or both, at the discretion OF the
court; put the hnc shall not exceed i've
hnndrsd dollars IA each case, nor the im-
prisoninent one year. The like punishment
shall Dc innicted, on conyiction- On the oih-
Gers oi eiccticn VINO slali neglect or refuse
10 MAKE OF cause To Dc made, the ENDORSE
hieht required as hOresai', ON Sald natllrsdi-
zaiioh ceI'ihcate.
SEC. Il. IL any electicn officer shall re-
fuse or neglect to require such proof of the.
right of suffrage a. is prescribed by 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 to vote is challenged bv any quaIift-d
votsr present, and shall admit such person
10 vote without recurring such proof. every
person SO offending shall, upon conviction.
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
sentenced, for every such offence, to nav a
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. or
10 undergo an Imprisonment not more than
one year, or ootf, at the discretion oi the
court H -taaHrIe
Sac. Is. As soon as the polls s.,II close.
the officers Of election shall proceed To
count all the votes cast for each candidate
voted for, and make full return of the
same in triplicate, with Il return sheet in
addition, in all at which the votes received
by each candidate shall BE- given after his or
her name, first in words and again in figures
and shall be signed by all OF said officers
and certified by oye-seers, if any, or if not
so certified, tire oyerseers and anv officer
refusing to sign or certify, or either of Them.
shall write upon each of the returns his or
their reasons for not signing or certifying
them The vote, Is 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 AMI signed bv
the election officers a. soon As the vote i
counted, and the slime shall be Immediate
ly posted mp on the door of the election
house for Information of the public. The
trIplicate returns shall be enclosed in en-
relope and sealed in presence of the officers.
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tam one hst Ci voters, tahy y-paper, and oath
Oh oincerS, ana another oil SAID envelopes
snaii DC given 10 the minority inspector.
All Juoges hNihg within twelve miles OF the
prothonotary ONCE, or within twenty-four
miies, II ileir residence DC IN town, vii
lase or eity upon the line OF railroad lead
inS 10 the county seat, shall, before two
O'clock posi- meridian OF the day after the
erection, ana al "ther judges shall, before
tMei'e oeieck meridian OF the second day
after NE eieetion, deliver SAID return, to-
ge'aer "iih return sheet, 10 the prothono-
'ary OF inc court Oh common pleas oi the
county, which SAN return sheet shall be
n'ed' ana the day and hour OF hliHg marked
thereoh' ana sh'li De preserved by the pro-
monetary ior puoiic Inspection At twelve
O'CLOCK on inc said second dar following
an! eiec'ion' the pr",houo'ary oi The court
"i common peas shaii present the SAID re-