The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-29

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! 50 utionoc learning nor willie keps VI aoS poor P
| house otAer asylum az pubhc EXPENSE nor
! while conAasd IN public prison
SEC a. p!s.ric. election boards shall cor sst OF
Judge ani Two inspectors WHO s'a.l pe f Go'sy,. b
the right To Tor the judge and one inspector,
I and csch inspector sEal appoint one clerk I ne
frst election hoard OF any new distrlct snah 1 pe
selected ami vacancies in election boards hled' rs
/ shaI be provided by law Election officers shail
be privileged from arrest upon days of election,
! and while engages, IN making UP and transmitting
or Judge thereof for election fTaud. for felony,
or for wanton brcaeh OF the peace In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty a"rihS 'hei'
terms of service.
| SEC IS No person shall be qualified to serve as
an election officer who shall hold, shall within
two months have held an Office or appointment or /
/ employ unent in under the government CT the (
! comfy. or Of anv municipal board commission
trust in any city only lustIcesso OF The peace
militia service OF the State; nor shall any election
officer De eligible TO any civi! Office 20 pc hla ~
such subordinate municipal or local Offices below
/ The grade of city or county officers, as shall be
designated by la%.
Ara also to the following Acts of Assembly
/ i'll furce in this State,NiZ:
Act OF JANUARY 30, 1873
SEC : AT all elections hereafter held under the
| laws of this Commonwealth the polls shall ne
! opened ut seven O'Clock, A. NJ, ana close at sN
SEC. l. " hcncver there shall be vacancy in
! an election board the morning of an election,
said vacancy shall be filed in conformity with
existing laws.
The said Act of Assembly, entitled AN Act
relating TO the Elccuons of this Common-
wealth" passed July 2i, 1916, provides as tol-
! lows, to wit:
| That the Inspectors and Judges shall meet at
S eieeoa n the District n which they respectively
belong. before seven o'clock iii the morning OF
Tuesday, November 2i, and each said inspector
shall appoint clerk, who sh,ll be Qualified vote
Of such district
In case the person who shall have received the second
highest number OF votes foT inspector shall not attend
the day of election then the person who shai
have received the highest number of votes FOR
judge the preceding election shall act as nspec-
tor in his place And in the person who shall have
received the highest number of votes for inspector shall
attend the person eece judge shall appoint an in
spec:or his place And in case the person elected
Judge shall attend. thea the inspector who shall
have received the highest number Of votes shall appoint
judge in his place and if any shall continue
In the board for tho space of one hOur after the tU9
fixed by law for the opening Of the election the qna
such officers been elected, present the place Of
slection shall elect some OF their number to I'll the
cancv
TaE ACT of S0th January, 1874, further p ro
/ vides as follows:
SEC. 3. At the opening Of the polls at MI elec-
tions it shall be the duty Of the Judges Of eiee.
! one of the inspectors, whose duty il shall be to
/ have in custody the registry of voters, and to
/ ma ke the entries thereon required by Ia" ana
il shall be the duty OF the other OF said inspect
! ors 81 receive and number the ballots present
! sEc. 3. Al elections by the citizens shall be
! by bslIot; every ballot voted shall be number
I cd in the order in which it shall have been re
! Ccived, and the number recorded by the clerks
!
/ clectcr from whom received, And any voter
/ voting two or more tickets, the several tickets
| 50 voted shall each he numbered with tie mum
/ 5cr corresponding with the nUmtcr - the name
! OF The voter. Any clcctor may write lis name
( upon his ticket, or cause the same to be writ
ten thereon, and attestcd by citizen Of the
district. In addition to the oath now prescri-
election otii Gers. they shall scveraiiy be sworn
| oT affirmed not to disclose how any eiector
| shall have voted. unless required "a do So aS
! Witnesses in IA judicial proceeding. hll Judges
/ inspectors, clerks, ana ovcTsccgS Of any eiec-
urCn their duties. he tuly sworn or affirmed in
the prcseucc OF each othcr- The jUigCs shall
be sworn 10y the minority Inspector, and in
case there pe no minority Inspector then by
a justice OF the peace or u giderinsn. and the in
speciOrS. DVeTSeCrS and clerks shall hc sworn
by the judge. Certificates of such swearing or
affirming shall be duly made out and sirueo by
I the officers sworn, ana attesttd by tlIs. Off
Ger who administered the oath. Ir any judge
or minority jnsDector refuses or fails 10 swear
the officers OF election in the manner required
by this Act, or if any officer OF election snail
act without being inst duly sworn. or il anv
officer of election shall sign the form OF outh
without being duly sworn. or II any judge on
minority inspector shall certify thdtaIty officer
WAS sworn when hc was NOT. II shall he Ieou-
! ed mtsdemeHner, and upOn conviction, the
ouicer or officers so oeuGIuz shall I,a lined not
exceeding one thousand daliars, or imprisoned
! not cXctedinE one year, OF ooth, III the discre
I ti0u OF the Court
whose name shall not appear on the registry of
voters, and who claims the right to vote at said
Of the cIliynamt in the Sisctiaf IN which SI..
claims to he II voter, for the period of at ieast
two months Immediately preceding said elec-
ton, which witness shal bc sworn affirmed
and subscribe written or partly written and
partly printed aih,iavit 20 the facts stated by
. BIN, which affidavit shall define clearly where
the resi- icuce is OF the person claiming to
be Il voter, aud the person so Claiming the right
to vote snail also take and subscribe Il wEitton
+ or party written ana partly printed affidavit,
stating, to the best OF his knowledge aud he
e iIcI, when aud where Lc wHs born; that he has
been a citizen of the United Stutcs one month,
and OF the Commonwealth OF PenEsy ylvana:
: nhd that he has resided IL the Commonwealth
one ear. or III formerly qualified e!ectur or
native born citizen thereof. and has removed
: thefciroii ana retuTneu- that he has resided
+ therein SIX months next preceding said elec.
ton ihat he has resided in the district in which
ne Citlhis 20 oe voter or tue peftod ct at least
1 two months Immediately preceding said clec-
. tion; that he has not moved intuth district for
n twenty-five years of age upwards, paid II
state or county tax within two years, which
e assessed at least Two months and paid M
l. least one month before the election The said
l. affidavit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed 10 be paid 10y the aifiant was assess
I'd, and when ana where and to whom paid; and
examination, unless the uisiana-shaii state i'm his
' ( affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed or
| rallied citizen, shall also state when. where aud
i by what court hc naturalizcd, and shall
for exann4ion Bat If the person so ziin inn
d ing the right to vote shall take aud subscribe
! an aihdlVit that he is a native born citizen of
c the United States, or, ii born elsewhere. shall
state the taet ~ h's Affidavit and shall produce
X ! be is tutsled 10 citizenship by reason of his
thther 5 naiuta!iAnt,on. and shall further state
$ the affidavit, OF the age OF twenf y-ohe and uo-
der tWcuty-twO o years; tnat he has been n citj-
3 zen OF the United STATES one month, and has re-
T sided ia the State one year; or. if native born
It citizen of the Srgte and removed ther,.frorn
G ana returned, that he has resided therein six
months next preceding said election. and i'm
the election district inmediateiy two months
n preceding such election. he shall be entitled
e to vote. although he shall not have paid taxes
c Tue said aiiiGHvitS of all persons making such
o claims. aud the aifilavits OF such witnesses to
5 thcir residence shalt be preserved by the elcc-
+ ton board and at the close of the election they
!. shall be enclosed with tle list OF voters tally
list and other papers required by lay to he fled
by the rctura Judge with the prOthouotary.
] and shall rcnIain on tile herewith in the pro
thonotarys Office, subject to examination as
: other election papers are. II the election Off
GERS shall hud that the applicant possesses all
G the legal qualifications Of At voter he shalt he
= permitted 10 vote, and bfs name shall be added
tO the list of taxab!es hy the election officers
5 the word tax being added where the cis{iinant