Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-18
NesV Advertisements.

at the time Ut making tnf' afndttH, OF tnc
age o! twentyone and ur'irr twenty-twO
years that he has been a citizen of the
United States onr nlorth, snd has resided
7 in the state one yea-i or, il a native born
citizen Of the state aud renewed tberefrum
aud returned that he has r,,ssied therein six
months next proceeding said election, and
in the election district Immediately two
| months prececaing such election, he shall 7
be entitled To vote, although he shall not
/ have paid taxes. The said aifi fitsyiis ot al !
persons making such claims, AMI the all Ia
Wits of the witnesses to ther rrsiiece shall I
be preserved Ivy the election board, AID ~
the close of the election they sbili b, en- (
closed with the list uf votess. tally lis, ana 4
,ther papers required by law tu i-c filed B.. I
the return judge with the prvthonviwy, and |
shall remain ON Tile Herewith ~ tli; pro- !
thonotsry's Office, subj ct To- eNiminaiiou +
as other election papers are. IL the rlrc- .
tion OF officers shalt ind that the applicant I
: possesses all the legal qualification oi vo- 1
/ ter shall b, permitted to vote, and his name
shall oe .ddei to the Iist Of iaxabl'.s bv the .
| election officers, the word ..tlx." being I
added where the cl l,inlaTi claims to yot; on /,
| lax, ard the word '.ag-," where he claims I
10 vote on age; the sam. word b.i: added !
! by ihe clerks in each case, respectively. on !
the lists oi pers"n, voting al such election.
SLC. IL. Ii shall bc lsa;ul Ter an grItliti-
eh citizen of the district, uutw withstaniing
the name Of the proposed voter il contain
ell the list vi rcsldcn; taxable, to ciiail,nsc I
the. vote of such person. wherrupon the
same proof of the right IF suffrage AZ is
| nov required b. law shdl bc ,r'ibiIcly made
aud acted on by the election ar!, and ihc
vote admitted ur rel .c.td, according 10 the
evidence. Every PERSON claiming te b.
naiuralized c ,izan sa.tli DE- required u pro-
duce his na,uralz itiOn ccrtiti at. AT the
election before voting. except where he has
been tor i've yers cunsecrtivciy a vot IN
the district where IL. Offers to vote; and on
the vote OF such person b.ing received, the
election officers are TO write or stamp the
word ..votc'l" on his certificate Win the
day. rncath and year. and IL any election
officer OF officers shall iecrive sscJnd on
the sans dav. by virtue OF III. stme cer-
titcate except whore sons az; entitled 10
vote, bccaus.. of tie natGr,lIL ittoh nf their
father, they and the person VINO shsil offer
such second vote, shall be guilty of a mis-
! d cneanor, and on conviction thereof shall
be fined VI imprisoned, OF both, At the dis
cretion Of the court hut the iinc shall not
exceed five hundred dullirs IN e.r:h case,
noI' the Imprisonment, one wear The like
punishment shall be inflicted, Ou conviction,
on tl:e officers OF election Who shs. neglect
or rsfvse to make or cdnse to I've made,
the endorsement required as aforesaid on
said naturalization certificate.
SEC. II. II any election oiicer shall re-
fuse Or nrglec, 10 Require such proof of the
right of suffrage - ~ prescribed b. law. or
the laws To which this Is a supplement, from
any person offering To vote whose name Is }
not on the list of assessed voters, %. whose
right 10 vote Is challenged by any qualified
voter pres ent and shall aimit such p.rSon
to vote without requiring such proof, every
person SO offending shall, upon conviction,
BE- guilty of misdcmeannt, aud shall b. sen
tcnced Tor every such oti-nse, Ia pay fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or 10
undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
SIC IL As soon as the polls shall close,
the officers of election shall proceed TO
count all the votes cast for each candidate
voted for, and make u full return of the
same in triplc1te. with return sheet in
additi IN, in all OF which the Votes received
by each candidate shall be given after his
eer name. irst IN words and again m tig
ures, and shall be signed by all of said Of
ticers aud certified by overscers, II any, or
il not ~ certified, the oyersecTs and any
officer refusing TO sign Or certify, or either
Of them, shall write upon each of the re-
turns his or their reasons tor not signing or
certifying them. The vote, as soon as
counted, shall also b. publicly and fully de-
clared from the window 10 the citizens pre-
sent, and 4 brief statement showing the
votes received by candidate shall be made
and signed by the election officers as soon
a. the vote is counted, aud the same shall
be Immediately posted up on the door of
tlc electio5. house for information of the
public The triplicate ret arms shall be en-
closed in an envelope and sealed in pres
encc OF the officers, and Que envelope, with
the unsealcd return sheet, given to the
judge, which shall contain enc list Of vot-
ers, talley-p1pcr, aud oath of officers, aud
another OF said envelopes shall b, given to
the minority Inspector. All judges living
within twelve miles of the prothonOtary's
office, or within twcniy-four miles, If their
residence b: in town, village or city upon
the line OF a railroad leading 10 the county
seat. shall, before two O'Clock post meridian
of the diy after the election, and al other
Judges shall, before twelve O'Clock merid-
lad Oi the second day after the election. de-
liver said return, together with return sheet
to the pro,honotary of the court "f common
pleas OF the county, which said return
sheet shall b. iilled, and the day and hour
of filling marked thereon, and shall be pre-
served by the rrothonotary for public in
spection. At twelve O'Clock on the sud
second day following any election, the pro-
thonotary OF the court OF common pleas
shall present the said return to the sud
court. When two or more counties
are connected for the election OF any ofii-
Ger, the courts of such counties shall each
appoint return Judge to meet at such time
ani place, as required by law, 20 compute
and certify the vote of such district.
SIC. 10. Any assessor, election officer or
person appointed as an ovcrsecr, who shall
neglect or refuse TO perform any duty en-
joined By this act, without reasonable or
legal cause, shall be subject to a penalty OF
one hundred dollirs; and if any assessor
shall knowingly assess any person as voter
who is not qualified, OF shall williully refuse
TO assess any one whe Is qualified, he shall
be guilty of 4 misdemeanor in office, and on