The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-10-27


shall severallY be sworn or affirmed not
u disclose how any elector shall have vo
ted. unless required to do so "a witnesses
in judicial proceeding. All Judges, i'm
spectors, clerks and Overseers of any elec-
ton held under this act shall, before en-
tering upon their duties, he duly sworn or
afhrmed in the presence of each other.
The judge shall be sworn by the minority
inspector, IL there shall be such minority
inspector, and in case there be no minorf-
ty inspector, thea by ajusfioe of the peace
or aldern9n, 60 Ne HlAf'tH tHslOPs, overseers
and clerks Shall be sworn hv The ittdve.
Certificates of such swearing or affirming
shall be duly made out end signed by the
officers so sworn, and attested b, the offi
Ger who administered The oath. If any
Judge or minority, Inspector refuses or
fails tn swear tho officers of election in the
manner required by this act, or if any of
ficer of election shall act without being
first duly sworn, or il any officer Of eiee-
ton shall sign the form Of oath without
being duly sworn. or If any Judge or mi
nority inspector shall certify that any Off
Ger was sworn when he was not, it shall
be deemed mlsdesfeanor, and upon con-
.xiction, the officer. or officers so offending
shall be fined not exceeding one thousand
dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one
wear, or both in the discretion of the
court. . .AtFAAEf ~ ltff tft 90 81 4
son whose name shall not appear on the
registry of voters, and who Claims the
right to vote at said election, shall pro-
duce at least one qualified voter OF the dis
trict as witness to the residence of the
claimant in the district in which re claims
to be voter, for the perio-l of at least two
months Immediately preceding said cleo
ton, which witness.siall be sworn OF af-
firiii0d and suts a written or partly
written and parry nrinted affidavit TO the
facts stated by him, which aTnua1it shall
define clearly where the residence is of
the person so claiming to be a voter and
the person so claiming the right to vote
shall also take and subscribe written or
partly written and partly printed afiidavit
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, If former
ly qualified elector or native born citi-
zen thereof, and has removed therefrom
and returned, that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said election !;
that he has resided in the district in which
he claims to be a voter for the period of at
least two months imme diately preceding
said election; that he has not moved into
the district for the purpose of voting there
in; that he has, If twentv-two years OF
within two years, which was assessed at
least two months and paid at least one
month before the election. The said affi-
davit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed 70 h" paid by the affiant was
assessed, and when and where and to
whom paid; and the tax receipt therefor
shall be produced for examination, un es~
the afIiant shall state in his affidavit that
it has been lost or destroyed. or that he
never received any; and if natnraliZed
citizen, shall also state when, where ana
nv what court he was naturaliZed, and
shall also produce his certificate of natu-
ralization tor examination. But if the
person so claiming the right to vote shall
take and subscribe an affidavit that he is
q native born citizen of the-United States,
or, if born elsewhere, shall state the fact
in his affidavit, and shall produce evidence
that he has been naturalized or that he is
entitled to citizenship by reason of his
fathers naturalization, and shall further
state in his affidavit that he is, at the time
of making the affidavit of the age of TWEEN
ty-one and under the age of twenty-five
wears; that he has been a citizen of the
United States me month, and has resided
in the state one year; or, if q native born
citizen of the state and removed there
from and returned, that he has resided six
months next preceding said eicc..san. and
in the election district two months imlne.
diatelv preceding such election, he shaii
be entitled to vote, although he shall not
have paid taxes. The said affidavits or al
person making such claims, and the affi-
davits of the witnesse to their residence
shall be preserved by tho election board
and At the close of the. election they slall
and other papers required by law 10 be
filed by the return judge with the prothqn-
otarv, and shall remain on file Herewith
i'm the prothonstary' office, subject to eex'
animation as other election papers are. II
the election officers shall find that the ap-
plirant possesses all the decentralization
of voter he shall be permitted to vote
and his name shall be added to the list O
taxables by tho election officers, the WORD
'Tax' being added where the claimant
claims to vote on tax and the word 'age,
where he claims TO vote on age the same
words being added Ivy the clerks in eacl
case, respectively, on the list of persons
voting at such election.
SEC. IL. 1t shall be lawful for any quail
fed citizen of the district, notwithstand
ing the name of the proposed vo,er il
contained in the list of taxables, to chal
| lenge the vote of such persO whereupor
the same proof nf the right Ot suffrage n
| is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted on by the election hnard
! and the vote admitted or rejected accord
! in to the evidence. Every person elai M
! ing 10 De UulildllAcl cltllcil Sndll Dt It
quired to produce his naturalization Ger
| tificate at the election before voting, eX
| eept where he has been for five years con
! secutively voter in the district in whicl
| he offers his vote; ana on the vote of sucl
/ person being received, 1t shall be the dut'
! of the election officers TO write or staml
| the word VOTED" with the day, montl
and year and ii any election officer o
! officers shall receive a second vote on tn
| same day, by virtue of the same certifi
cate, excepting where sons are entitled Z
vote, because of the naturalization q
! their fathers, they and the person VIII
| shall offer such second vote shall be gull
| ty of misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined or imprisoned, O
both. at the discretion of the court bu
the fine shall not exceed five hundre'
dollars in each case, nor the imprison
ment ono wear. The like punishmen