The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-14

ing, snail be guilty of mlsdemeanor, ana
upon conviction thereof, in any court OF
! quarter sessions of this commonwealth, he
shall, for each offence, be sentenced TO pay
hne OF not less than one hundred dollars,
and to undergo an imprisonment, infthe
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 election hereafter to be held in
this commonwealth, vote or tender to the
ofhcer 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 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 otii-
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,
and upon conviction thereof, in any court
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.
l also make known the following sections
of an act approved the 30th day of Jan
uary, A. d. 1874, entitled "a further sup
plement to the act regulating elections in
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 Z. Nj.
SECTION 3. 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, app
point competent persons to fill said yacan
cies and to conduct the election in said new
districts; and iu the appointment of in.
spectors in any election dis rict 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 maj ority judge
or judges shall select the other.
SECTION 7 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 8 AT the opening of the polls at
all elections IL shall be the duty of the
| judges Of 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 eu.
tries therein required by law; and It shall
be the duty of the other Of said inspectors
TO receive and number the ballots presented
at said election.
SECTION 9 All elections by the citizens
shall be by ballot; every ballot voted shall
| c numbered in the order in which it shall
! he 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
Any elector may write his name upon his
ticket, or cause the same to be written
thereon, and attested by a citizen of the
district
SECTION 10 On the day Of election any
person whose name shall not 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 a
| IL, L.
the district in which he claims TO be voter,
for the period of at least two months i'm
mediate!y preceding said election, which
| witness shall be sworn or affirmed and sub
scribe q written or partly written and partly
printed affidavit to the tncts stated 10y 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 written or partly written and
partly printed affidavit stating to the
best of his knowledge aud belief, when
and where he was born; that he has
been citizen of the United States for
one month, and of the commonwealth OF
Penusylvaniaj that he has resided in the
commonwealth one year, or, il formerly
a qualified elector or native born citl-
Zen thereof, and has removed therelrom
and returned, that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said cleo
tiou; that he has resided in The district
in which he claims to be a voter for the
period of at least two months immedi-
ate!y preceding said election; that he
has not moved into the district for 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 afliant
was assessed, and when aud where and
to whom paid; and the tax receipt
therefor shall be produced for examina-
tion, unless the afiiant shal! state in his
affidavit that it has been lost or de-
strOyed, or that he never received any;
and if a 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,
lrg the right to vote shall take aud
subscribe an aft davit that he Is a ma
tive born citizen of the United States,
if born elsew here, shall state the fact in
his affidavit, and shall produce evidence
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