The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1875-10-08

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common pleas Of the county, which said return sheet
shall be flied aul the day and hour ui nliur marked
thereon; aud sHli lr prcscNedby the prononol1ly
Alo, that whore Judge, by sickness or unuvoldl-
BILE accident IS unable To- attend then the certificate
or nyulu slii DE- lheh charge VI lN one oi ilit ~
spcrtulS or CLERKS OF the election Of the district, who
shill do ana perform t'c duties required Of said
Judge unable To- attend.
Tie following Act Ut Assembly. regulating the
mode Of voting la the commonwealth uf PcnuSyl-
vantl, wa, PASSED March lt, Isis, and reads thus:
SECTION {. lic II enacted by the senate and House
pi Representative uf the Commonwealth Of rcnnsyl-
Nli IA General Assembly met. ana II is hereby en-
actcdbJ the au'hnritNuf the same that the quilinCd
ol ll5 cunu'hW Illh ~ all general. township bJr-
ou-h ana special elections, are hclchy hereafter
authorised 0ud rcqurcu to vote by tickets printed or
written, or partly printed and partly written sever
ally classified as lOOws one ticket shall embrace
the names Of o Judges Of Courts voted for, ana
labelled, outside "Judcloly' one ticket shall en-
brace the names Of all the state officers voted for
and to he labelled 'Statc;" one ticket shall embrace
the names Of all county officers voted for including
the Office of senator, and Members of As
scmby, II voted for, and members Of Congress, II
voted Tor, and be labelled county; :; ticket Shall
embrace the names Of all township Officers voted for,
and be labelled "rownship;r one ticket shall en-
brace the names Of all borough Officers voted for and
sEcnoN2 ,. That II Shall be the duty of the sheriff
in the several counties Of the Comm6nwcaith 10 in
aer in their election proclamatOns hereafter issued
the first section Of this act.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
That every person excepting justices Of the Peace
and Alderncn NOtarics Public ana Pcrs ms I'm the
within two months have held any Cni"c or appoint
ment Of profit or trust under the lrtad states or of
this state, and city or curpOratcd district whether
commissioned officer Of otherwise a Suhordinatc
officer or agent who IS or shall be employed under
the Legislature, Executive or judiciary Department
OF ms state or of any city or Of any incorporated
district, ana also, that every member Of Congress
and Of the state Legislature, and Of the select or
common cOuhCll OF any CITY, or commissioners OF any
Incorporated district is by law incapable Of holding
or eNcrSlinE re at Ihe same TINE the Office or appoint
mnht O Judge, Inspector or CLERK OF any election Of
this commonwealth and that no Inspector, Judge or
other olcer OF such election shall Dc eligible to be
then voted for.
The Inspectors and Judge of the elections shall
meet at the respective places appointed for holding
lhe election in the district TO which they respectively
belong. before seven o'clock in the morning, and
each Of said inspectors shall appoint one clerk who
shall bea qualified voter OF such district.
In case the person who shall receive the second
highest number of votes for inspector shall not at
tend on the day Of any election then the person who
shall have received the second highest number Of
votes for Judge at the next preceding election shall
act as Inspector In his place. And in case the person
who shall have received the highest number OF votes
| Tor Inspector shall not attend the person elected
case the person elected Judge shall not attend then
the inspector who received the highest number Of
| votes shall appoint Judge in his placc-or if any
one hour after the time fixed by law for the opening
ward, or district for which such Officers shall have
been elected present at such election shall elect one
Of their number to M such vacancy.
II shall be the duty OF the several asScSSOrS re-
spcctlvcy TO attend at the place OF holding every
| general, special or township election, during the
whole time such election Is kept open, for the pur
| pose OF giving information to the Inspectors and
Judges, when called on In relation to the right of any
person assessed by them 10 vote at such election.
and ON such other matters In relation to the assess
mcnt as the said inspectors or either OF them shall
| from time to time require.
No person SHAH be permitted to vote at any clcc-
iOn as Aforesaid other than male citizen of the
| age ot lwCnlI-Onc years or more, who has been Il
citizen Of the United States at least one month and
who shall have resided in the state at least one yci.
and in the election district where he offers to vote
TWO months immediately preceding such election,
and II twenty two years OF age or UPWARDS have
within two years paid Il State or county tax which
Shall have been assessed at least two months and
paid at least one month before the election. Rut
citizen Of the United States who has previously been
aqalilrd voter Ul TINS state aud returned and who
shall have lived in the election district and paid
taxes, as aforesaid shall be entitled To vote after
residing In this state six months Provided, that
citizens Of the United States, between the age Of
tWcni}-one aud twenty-five who have resided IN the
election district Two HDntliS aS aforesaid shall be
entitled to vote although they shall not have paid
tax,
NO person Shall be permitted to vote whose name
Is not contained in tie list Of taxable Inhabitants
furnished by the commissioners unless First, he
Of a State or county tax assessed agrcca6ly to the
constitution and give satisfactory evidence either
his oath affirmation or the oath or affirmation OF
other, that he has paid such tax or on failure to
produce receipt shall make oath TO the payment
thereof. Second II he claim the right TO vote Iy be
ing an electOr between the age Of twenty-One and
twenty-five years, he shall depOsc on oath or arna-
tlon that he has resided in this state at least one
year next before his application, and make such
proof Of residence In the district aS IS required by
thls act ana that ne does verify believe from the ac,
such other evidence as Is required by this act where
upon the name Of the person thus admitted to vote
shall be Inserted in the alphabetical list by the in
spectors, and note made opposite thereto by writ
ing the word tax ii he snail be admitted to vote
he shall be admitted to vote by reason OF such age
which shall be called out to the clerks who shall
make the ike notes ON the list Of voters kept by
them.
In all cases where the name Of the person claiming
mssoners and assessor or his right to vote whether
found thereon or not is objected oby any qualified