The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-08

make the entries thereon required 10y law aud
il shall he the duty at the other OF said inspect
ors 70 receive aud number the ballots present
ed at said election.
SIC. g. All elections by the citizens shall be
by ballot; every ballot voted shall be number
ed in the order in which it shall have been re
cciyed, and the number recorded 10y the CLERKS
on the list of voters opposite the nauie OF the
eleetor from whom received. And any voter
voting two or more Tickets the seNctal tickets
so voted shall each be numbered with the mum
of the voter. Any elcctor may write his name
upon his ticket, or cause the same To bc writ I
district. In addition to the oath now prescll-
bed 10y law to be taken and subscribed to- 10y +
election officers they shall severally tie sworn F.
or affirm d Lot 10 Disclose how any eieclor ,
shall have voted. unless required to do so as Z
il Inspectors, clerks. and ovcrspers of any eicc-
ton held under his Act. shall. before en- tcriuG
upon their duties, he duly sworn or affirmed in .
he presence of each other. The Judges shall I
be sworn by the mii orsty Inspector, and in /.
case there De no minority Inspector, then 10y
"a justice ot The peace or alderman, ana thc IA :
spcCt Jrs o. e'Sters uad CLERKS siisiIi he sworn
by the judge. Certificates Of such swearing or
atfifnlihs shall be duty made ouI anu signed 10y
the officers so sworn, ard attested by tire oif-
Ger who administered the oath. II any Judge
or h'in rity iS Spector refuses or Iai.s Ia swear
the officers of election i'll the mannt required
b. this Act, or If any officer OF election small
act without being FIRST duly swrrn, if any
officer OF election shal sign the form OF oath
minority inspector shall certify that any officer
was sworn when ne was not it shall Oc .iccE.-
ed misdemeaner ana upon conviction, the
officer or officers so offending shall be iiued not
exceeding one Thousand dollars, or imprisoned
y
tiun of the Court
SEC. 10. On the day of election any person
whose name shall noi appear on the registry of
voters. and who claims the right to vote at said
election shall produce at least one qualified
voter OF the district as witness 10 the residence
OF the ciaihlaht IN th'; ulscIlct IN whIcil ne
claims to be voter, for the period of at least
two months Immediately preccdinp said eiec-
ton, which witness shall be sworn or affirmed
aud subscribe written or partly written and
partly printcd affidavit to tho facts stated by
| him. which affidavit shall define clearly where
the resi- Iencc is OF the person 50 claiming to
be voter, and the person so claiming the right
TO vote shall also take and subscribe a written
+ or party written and partly printed affidavit,
stating, TO the best OF his knowledge and be-
net, when aud where lie was born; that he has
been citizen OF the United States one month.
and of the Commonwealth of Pcnusy lvania;
alh thdt he mas resided IN the CommQnweaith
one year. or, IL formerly qualified eieCtOr
a native born citizen thereof. ana has removed
thcrcirom and returned. that he has resided
therein six months next preceding said eicc-
ton that lac has resided ia the district il which
ne claims 10 DC voter or the period OF at estst
! two months Immediately preceding said cleo
ton that he has not moved into the district for
thc pu!pose OF NollIg thefeln' thdt he mas III
twenty-five years Of upwards. paid
State Ur county tax within two years. which
assessed at least two months and paid a [
least one month before the election. The said
, afh iaVit shalt Ht-o -:ute when aud where, the
ttA claimed 10 bc paii ny the afilHnt was assess
/ ed aud when aud where aud To whom paid ana
the tax receipt therefor shall be produced Tor
examination, unless the aiiiaHt shall state his
aifidaN IL that il has been lost destroyed,
tnat ne has never received any; and IL n natu-
rdilIrl cItiHcil snail also state wher whert ahd
10y what court he was uaturalZcd, and shall
also produce his certificate of naturalization
ior CSaiiiiatioh- But IL tne person 80 cltn-
ing the right 10 vote shall take and subscribe
aI affidavit that he is a native bOru citizen of
thc United states, OF, ~ born elsewhere, shall
state the fact in his ailiduvit. and shall produce
evidence that he has been naturalizcd or that
, he Is entitled TO citizenship by reason OF his
, fathers naturalization, aud shall further state
in his affidavit that he j.. at the time uf making
the affidavit. OF the age OF twenty-oIe and un-
der twcuty-two years; that he has been citi-
zen OF the United States one month, and has re-
sided in The state one year; or, II native born
. citizen of the State and removed thcrvfrOm
. and returned, that he has resided therein six
/ months next preceding said election and in
the election district Immediately two months
preceding such election, he shall he entitled
to vote, although he shall not have Paid taxes.
The said iffidavits OF ali persons making such
claims, and the uniiavts of such witnesses 10
Z their residence, Shiii bc preserved by the eiec-
tiUn board. and at the cuse of the election they
shall be enclosed with the list of voters, tally
list and other papers required by lay to be hied
by the return Judge with the prothOnotary ry.
aud shuli remain on file Herewith in the pro-
other election papers are. If the election OFF,
GERS shall find that the applicant possesses all
the legal qualifications 81 "a voter be shall be
permitted 10 vote, and lis name shall be added
to the list of taxables by the election officers,
the word tax being added where the claimant
claims to vote on tax, and the word age
when he claims to vote on age; the same words
being added 5y the clerks iii each case. + spect-
iv"ly, on the lists of persons voting at such
SEC H. 1t shall he lawful Cor any qualified
citizen of the district. Notwithstanding the
name of the proposed voter is contained on the
list of resident taXablcS, to challenge the vote
of such person. whercupOn the same proof of
the right of suffrage as is now required 10y law
shall be publicly mad" and acted upon by the
election board and the vote admitted or reject
ed, according to the evidence. Every person
claiming to he mai iira lied citizen shall he re-
quired 10 produce his naturalization certificate
at the election before voting, except where he
has been for I'VE years conSecutiVely a voter in
the district where he offers To vote; and on the
vote of such person being received, the elec.
tion officers are TO write or stamp the word
VOTED" on his certificate, with the3fay, month
and year, and if ary election officer or officers
shall receive second vote on the same day, by
virtue of the same certificate eNccpt where
sons are entitled to vote, because of the natu-
rtlization OF their father, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, shall be gull
" OF misdeucanor. and on conviction there
of shall be fined or imprISoned' or both al the
discretion of the coIrt; but the fine shall not
exceed five hundred dollars in each case nor
the imprisonment one year. The like punish
mcnts shall he inflicted. on conviction, on the
officers OF election who shal neglect or refuse
to make. cause to he made. the endorsement
required as aforesaid on said naturalization
certificate.
Sec. IL. If any election officers shall refuse
neglect to require such proof of the right of
suffrage as Is prescribed by this law. or the laws
to which this is a supplement. from any person
Offering to vote whose name is not ON the list
of assessed voters. or whose right to vote is
challenged by any quaIincd voter present. anu
shall admit such person to vOte without rcquir-
ing such proof every person SO ohendIng
shall, upon conviction, he guilty OF a INSIDE
meauor. and shall be scn-eUced Tor every such
oircuse, 10 pay a fine not exceeding hve hun
drCd dollars. or to undergo an Imprisonment OF
not more than one year, or both, at the dlscre-
tion of the Court.
SIC H. As soon as the polls shall close the
officers of election shall proceed to count all
the votes cast for each candidate voted for,
and make n fun return OF the same i'm tripii-
cate with a return sheet in addition, in all of
W hich the votes received by each candidate
sbnii he given after his or her name, fist in
words arid again in figures, and shall BE- signed
by all Of said officers and certified by overScerS
if anv or if not so certified the overseers and
amy officer refusing to sign certify. either
of them. shall write upon each of the returns his
or their reasons for not signing or ccrfifying
them. The vote, as soon az counted, shall also
be publicly and fully declared from the win
dow TO the citizens present. and a brief state
,a1tS Slnxy no. on
didate shall be made and signed by tiIe election
officers as soon as the vote is counted. aud the
same shall be i'm IN ed ely posted up Ou the
door of the election house for the informant ion
of the public. The trplicate returns shall Toe
encIosr,l in envelopes and he sealed in presence
If tho officers, ana one envelope. with the
scaled return sheet, given To the judge, which
sh.i contain one list of voters tally pa per. ard
onl MS of officers, and another of said envelopes
shall he given to the minority inspector. All
;,T,raS Iiyinp within twelve miles q the Drp-