The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-10-12

any election officer or officers shall receive
second vote on the same day, by virtue of
the same certificate. excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the natural
izaiion OF their fathers, they and The person
who shall offer such second vote, upon 81 Of
Tending shall be guilty ola high msdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof be fined or
Imprisoned, or both, al the discretion of the
court; but the fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars IN each case, nor the imprl>on-
ment one year, the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction. on the officers Of
election who shall neg ect or refuse to make,
or cause TO be made, the Endorsement requIr-
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization cei tiff
icate.
If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnIre such proof of the right
OF suffrage rs Is prescribed by This law, or
the laws to which this IS supplement, from
any person offering to vote whose name Is
not on the list of assessed voters, or whose
right 10 vote is cha allenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such person
10 vote without requiring such proof, every
person so offending shall upon conviction,
be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay
fine not excoeling five hundred dollars, OF
10 undergo an Imprisonment nOt more than
one year, or either or both, at the discretion
OF the court.
"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 a
full return of the same in tripiicate, with
return sheet in addition, in all of which the
votes received by each candidate shall be given
| after his or her name, first in words and again
in figures, and shall be signed by all of said
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not so certified, the overseers and other officers
refusing to sign or certify, or either of them,
shall write upon each or the returns his of their
| reasons for not signing or certifying them. The
vote, soon as counted, shall also be publicly
and fully declared from the window to the
citizens present, and brief statement showing
the votes received by each candidate shall be
made and signed by the election officers as soon
As the vote is counted, and the same shall be
Immediately posted upon the door of the cleo
tion house for information of the public The
triplicate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes
and sealed in the presence of the officers, and
one envelope with unsealed return sheet, given
to the judge, which shall contain one list of
voters, taly-paper and oaths of officers, and
another of the said envelopes shall be given To
the minority inspector. All judges living with
in twelve miles of the prothonotarys Office, or
within twenty-four miles, if their residence be
railroad leading to the county seat, shall, be-
fore two o'clock post meridian of the day after
the election, and all other judges shall, before
twelve o'clock meridian of the second day after
the election, deliver said return, together with
return sheet, to the prothonOtary of the court
of common pleas of the county, which said
return sheet shall be filed, and the day and
hour of fling marked thereon, and shall be
preserved by the prothonotary for public inspec-
.I,o tbar Of i,li
shall be placed in the box and sealed up wiki
the ballots. All officers provided for by this
act shall be compensated as ike officers are
paid by existing laws Whenever place has
been or shall be provided by the authorities Of
any city, county, township or borough, for the
safe keeping of the ballot-boxes, the Judge and
minority inspector shall, after the election shall
be finished, and the ballot boxes or boxes con-
tanning the tickets, list of voters and other
papers, have been securely bound with tape
and sealed, and the signatures of the Judge and
inspectors affixed thereto forthwith deliver the
same, together with the remaining boxes, to
the mayor and recorder of such cities, or in
counties, townships or boroughs, to such person
or persons as the coutt of common pleas of the
proper county NAV designate, at the place
provided as aforesaid, who shall then deposit
the said boxes and keep the same to answer
the call of any court or tribunal authorized to
election officers of any election district shall
require the election boxes of such district, to
hold any election, which, by law they are or
shall be required to hold, they shall keep the
same securely in their possession without open
ing, until the morning of such election, and
until they shall severally be sworn or affirmed
not to disclose how any elector shall have voted
and after being so sworn affirmed, they shall
open the said boxes and burn and Totally
Il Ill I'LL
they shall find therein, before proceeding to
hold such election.
The respective assessors, in
spectOrs and Judges of the elections shall
each have the power to administer oaths to
any pers0ns claiming the right 10 be as
sessed or the right of suffrage, or in regard
to any other matter or thing required to be
done or inquired into by any of said officers
under this act; and any wiIful false swear
| ing by any person in relation 10 any matter
or thing concerning which they shall be
lawfully interrogated by any of said officers
or overseers shall be perjury.
Any assessor, election officer or person
appointed as an oyerseer, who shall negle
or refuse 20 perform any duty enjoined by
this act, without reasonable or legal cause,
shall be subject to a penalty OF one hundred
dollars, and if an assessor shall knowingly
assess any person as voter who is not qua lifi-
ed !; or shall refuse to assess any one who is
qualified, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
in Office, and on conviction be punished by
fine or Imprisonment, and also be sub ject to
an action for damages by the party aggriev-
ed and if any person shall frauduIently
alter, add to, deface or destroy any list OF
voters made out as directed by this act; or
tear down of remove the same from the place
where il has been fixed, with fraudulent or
mlschievous intent, or for any improper pur-
pose, the person so offending shall be guilty
of high misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or Imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or both, at the discre-
tion of the court.
Ifany prothonotary, clerk, or the
deputy of either, or any other person, shall
affix the seal of office to any naturahza ton