Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-10-06

| such cause before the election officers, shall
be required to swear or affirm that the mat
ter Of the challenge il untrue before his
vote shall be received.
SEC. y. Any person who shall, while
candidate for Office, be guilty Of In bsibery,
fraud, or wilfui violation Of any election
law, shall he forever disqualified from hold
ing an Office OF trust or profit in this Com-
monweAith; any person convicted Of wilful
violation of the election laws shall, in sddi-
tion to any penalties provided by law, be
deprived of the right Of suffrage absolutely
! for q term OF foif years.
| SEC. Is. For the purpose Of voting no
| person shall be deemed to have gained n
residence by reason of his presence, or lost
il by reason Of his absence, while e,rployed
sin the service, either civil or military, OF
this State or the Quilted States, nor while
engaged in the navigation of waters of this
| State or the United States, or on the high
seas, nor while a student of any institution
OF learning, nor while kept IN any poor
house or vrher asylum at public expense,
nor while coniine in public prison.
SEc. IA. District election boards shall
consist Of judge and Two inspectors, who
shall be chosen annually pv the citizens.
Each clectcr shall have the right to vote for
the judg, and one inspector, and each in
spector shall appoint ons clerk, The first
election board for any new district sl,all bs
selected, and vacancies in election boards
filed, as shall be provided by law. Elec-
tion officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days Of election, and while engaged in
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant OF a court of record Or Judge
thereof for AN election fraud, for felony, or
for wanton breach of the peace. In cities
they may claim exemption from jury duty
during their terms of service.
SEC. 10. No person shall be qualified to
serve as an election officer who shall hold,
or shall within two months have held any
office, or appointment or employment in or
under the government Of the United States
or of this State, or Of any city, or county,
or of any municipal board, commission or
| trust IN any city save unIy Justices of the
\ peace and aldermen, potaries public and
| persons in the militia service of the State !;
nor shall any election election officer be clli-
bic to auy civil office to be filed at an elec-
tion at which he shall serve, save only TO
such subordinate municipal OF local Offices,
| below the grade Of city or county officers
as shall be designated by general law.
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s.Tbat the inspectors and iuilres shall
meet at the respective places appointed for
holding the election in the district at which
they respectively belong. before I o'clock
| in the morning of Tuesday, November Cd,
| and each said INSPECTOR shall appoint one
clerk, who shall be qualified voter OF such
district.
@In case the person who shall have re-
! ceiyed the second highest number of votes
for inspector shall not attend ON the day of
any election, then the person who shall
have received the second highest number of
vote, for Judge at the next preceding cleo
ton shall act as inspec tor in his place. And
in case the person who shall have received
the highest number of votes for inspector
shall not attend, the person elected Judge
shall appoint an Inspector i'm his place and
| i'm case the person elected Judge shall not
attend. then ,he inspector who received the
highest number of votes shall appoint a
Judge in his place: and if any vacancy
| shall continue in .he buard for the space of
| one hour after the time fxed by law for the
openinp of the election, the qualified voters
| of the township. ward or district Tor which
such officer shall have been clet ted, present
| at the place of election, shall elect one of
4 their number TO fill such VACANCY
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SEC. 8. At the cprning of the polls at all
elections if shall b.. the duty of the Judges
| of election for their respective districts to
designate one of tho Inspectors, whose
duty il shall be to have In Custody the reg
! istry Of voters, and to make the entries
therein required BY law aud il shall be- the
duty of the other Of said inspectors to re-
ceiye and number the ballots presented at
said election.
SEC. 9. All elections BY the citizens shall
be by ballot; every ballot voted shall ne
numbered in the order in which il shall b.
received. and the number recorded by the
clerks on the list of voters opposite the
name of the elector from whom receive,i
And any voter voting two or more tickets.
the several tickets so voted shall each be
numbered will, the number corresponding
with the number to the name of the voter.
ANY elector nav write his name upon his
. ticket. or cause the same to be written
thereon, and attested BY citizen of the
district. In addition to the oath now pre-
scribed by law to be taken and subscribed
by election officers, they shall severally be
,worn or affirmed not to disclose how any
elector shall have voted, unless required 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, oe duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each
other. The Judges shall be sworn by the
minority inspector, if there shall be such
minority inspector, and in case there be no
minority inspec tor, then by Justice of the
peace or alderman, and the Inspectors, over
seers and clerks shall be sworn by the
Judge. Certificates Of such swearing or