The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-10-28

be guilty of a misdemcanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be fined not exceeding one tholls-
and dallars, or imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or both, in the discretion of the court
or if the overseers shall be driven away from
the polls by violence intimidation, all the
votes polled in such election district may be
rejected by the proper tribunal trying a contest
under said election, part or portion Of
such votes aforesaid may be counted, as such
tribunal may deem necessary to just and
proper dispoition of the case.
"At all elections hereafter held under the
laws of this commonwealth, the polls shall be
opened at seven o'clock n. m. and closed at
seven o'clock, p. m.
"Whernever there shall be vacancy in an
election board on the morning of an election,
said vacancy shall be filled in conformity with
existing laws.
"At the opening of the polls at all elections
it shall be the duty Of the judges of election
for their respective districts to designate one
of the inspectors, whose duty it shall be TO
have in custody the registry of voters, and to
make the entries therein required by law; and
it shall be the duty of the other of said inspec-
tors to receive and number the ballots presented
at said election.
"All elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot every ballot voted shall be numbered
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 correspond
ing 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
attested by a citizen of the district. In addition
to the oath now prescribed by law to be taken
and subscribed by election officers, they shall
seyerally be sworn or affirmed not to disclose
how any elector shall have voted, unles re-
quired to do SO as witnesses in a judicial
proceeding. All judges, inspectors clerks, and
overseers of any election held under this act,
shall before entering upon their duties, be duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each other.
The Judge shall be sworn by the minority in
spector, if there shall be such minority inspec-
tor, and in case there be no minority inspector,
then by justice of the peace or alderman, and
the inspectors, overseers and clerks shall be
sworn by the judge. Certificates of such
swearing or affirming shall be duly made out
and signed by the officers so sworn, and attested
by the officer who administered the oath. If
any judge or minority inspector refuses or fails
to swear the officers of election in the manner
required by this act, or if any officer of cleo
ton shall act without being first duly sworn,
or if any officer of election shall sign the form
of oath without being duly sworn, or if any
judge or minority inspector shall certify that
any officer was sworn when he was not, it shall
be deemed misdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton the officer or officers so offending shall be
fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
impriSOned not exceeding one year, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
"On the day of election any person whose
name is not on the registry of voters and
claiming the right to vote at said election,
shall produce at least one qualified voter OF
the district as a witness 10 the residence OF
the claimant in the district in which he
claims 10 be voter, for the period of at least
two months, Immediately preceding said
election, which witness shall be sworn
or affirmed and subscribe a written or part
ly written and partly printed affidavit
10 the facts stated by him, which affidavit
shall define clearly where The residence is
sf the person SO claiming 10 be a voter. and
the person so claiming 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 been a
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 formerly qualified elector or a
native born citizen thereof, and has remov-
ed therefrom and retured, that he has resi-
ded therein six months next preceding said
election /; that he has resided in the district
in witch he claims 10 be voter for the Pc
riod of at least two months Immediately pre-.
cedng said election; that he has not movod
into the district for the purpose of voting
therein that he has, if twenty-five years OF
age or upwards, paid a state or county tax
within two years, which was assessed al
least TWO months and paid at least one month
before the election. The said affidavit shall
also state when and where the tax claimed
10 be paid by the affiiant was assessed, and
when and where and to whom paid; and the
tax receipt therefor shall be produced for ex-
animation, unless the affiani shall state in his
affidavit that it has been lost or destroyed, or
that he never received any; and if natur-
allied citizen, shall also state when, where
and by what court he was natura'iZed, and
shall also produce his certificate of naturali-
zation for examination. But If the person SO
claiming the right 10 vote shall take and sub
scribe an affidavit, that he is a native born
citizen of the u. States, or if born elsewhere,
shall state the fact in his affidavit, and shall
produce evidence that he has been natural
lied, 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 twenty one and under twenty-five years;
that he has been citizen of the United
States one month, and has resided in the
State one year; or, if native born citizen
of the state and removed thorefrom and re-
hat ha haa cd 10
months next preceding such election, he shall
be entitled tovote, although he shall not
have paid taxes. The said affidavits of the
witnesses to their residence, shall be preser-
we'd by the election board. and at the close OF
the election they shall be enclosed with the
list of voters, tally list and other papers re-
quired by law to be filed by the return Judge
with the prothonotary, and shall remain on
file Herewith in the prothonotory's Office,
subject 10 exa xaminaton, as other election pa.
pers are. If the election officers shall find
that the applicant or applicants possess all the
legal qua lificatons of voters, he or they shall