The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-07


upon conviction thereof, in any court OF
quarter sessions of this commonwealth, he
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 than
sixty days.
SECTION 3. That if any person deprived
of citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid,
shall at any ele ction hereafter TO be held in
this commonwealth, vote or tender to the
officer there, and offer TO vote, ballot or
ballots, any person so offending, shall be
deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof, in any court of quarter
sessions of this commonwealth, shall, for
each offence, be punished in like manner
as is provided in the proceeding section Of
this act, in the case of officers of election
receiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
| SECTION A. 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 Off
Ger to receive any ballot, or ballots, from
any person deprived of citizenship, and dis
quail flied as aforesaid, such person, SO Of
tending, shall be guilty of o misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, in any court
of quarter sessions of this commonwealth
shall be punished in q like manner as is
provided in the second section Of this act,
in the case of officers of such election re-
9 Giving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
l also make known the following sections
OF an act approved the Both day of Jan
uary, A. ID. 1874, entitled ga further sup
| lo- pnt IN hn aat in oil N
this Commonwealth:
SECTION 5. At all elections hereafter
held under the laws of this commonwealth,
the polls shall be opened at seven o'clock
A. NJ. and closed at seven o'clock p. M.
SECTION b. In all election dstr lets
where a 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 ofshe court ofcommon
pleas Of the proper county shall, ten days
before any general or special election, app
point competent persons to fill said vacan-
cies and to conducc the election in said new
districts; and in the appointment of in.
spectors in any election district both shall
not be of the same political party, and the
| Judge of elections shall, in all cases, be of
the political party having the majority of
votes in 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 politi.
cal majority of the judges shall select one
of such inspectors, and the Majority judge
or judges shall select the other.
| SECTION Whenever there shall be a
vacancy in an election board on the morn
ing of an election, said vacancy shall be
filed in conformity with existing laws.
SECTION At the opening of the polls at
all elections it shall be the duty of the
judges Vt election for their respective dis
tricts 10 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
! 10 receive and number the ballots presented
| at said election.
SECTION All elections by tbs citizens
shall be by ballot; every ballot voted shall
| | 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,
the several tickets so 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 citizen of the
district
SECTION 10 On the day of election any
person whose name shall not app car ON the
registry OF voters, and who claims tn right
to vote at said election, shall produce at
| least one qualified voter Of the district as
witness to the residence Of the claimant in
the district in which he claims to be u 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 written or partly written and partly
| printed affidavit to the facts stated by him,
which affidavit shall define clearly where
the residence is Of the person so claim.
ing to be voter; and the person so claim
! ing the right to vote shall also take and
subscribe a written or partly written and
partly printed affidavit, stating to the
best of his knowledge and belief, when
and where he was born; that he has
been citizen of the United States for
one month, and Of the commonwealth of
| Pennsylvania; that he has resided in the
commonwealth one year, or, il formerly
a qualified elector or a native born citl-
zen thereof, and has removed thercfrom
and returned, that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said elec-
tiou; that be has resided in the district
in which he claims to be voter Cor the
period of at least two months immedi-
ately preceding said election; that he
has not moved into the district for the
purpose of voting therein; that he has,
if 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 and where and
to whom paid; and the tax receipt
therefor shall be produced for examina-
ton, unless the affiant shal! state in his
affidavit that it has been lost or de-
stroyed, or that he never received any;
and if naturalzed citizen, shall also
state when, where and by what court he
was naluralized, and shall also produce
his certificate of naturalization for ex-
animation. But if the person so claim.
irg the right to vote shall take and
subscribe an aft davit that he Is a ma
tive born citizen of the United States,
if born elsewhere, shall state the fact in
| hic affidavit ani Slal pro1uoa au;d