Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-10-25
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ter of the challenge is untrue before his
vote shall be received.

SEC. 8. Any person who shall, while a
candidate for office, be guilty of bribery,
fraud, or wilful violation of any election
law, shall be forever disqualified from hold
ing an Office of trust or profit in this Com
monwedith; any person convicted of wiiful
violation of the election laws sh lli, in addi-
tion TO any penalties provided by law, he
deprived of the right of suffrage absolutely
for term of four Years
SEC. l3. For the purpose of voting no
perscn shall be deemed TO have gained a
I residence BY reason Of his presence, OF lost
it BY reason OF his absence, while employed
in the service, either civil OF military. of
| this State or the United States, nor while
engaged in the navigation of waters Of this
State OF the United States, or on the high
seas, nor while studcat of any institution
of learning, nor while kept in any poor
house or other asylum az puolic expense,
nor while coniiGed in public prison.
SEc. IA. District election boards shall
consist of n Judge and Two inspectors, who
shall be chosen Annually ny the citizens.
Each elector shall have the right 70 vote for
the jHd2, and one Inspector, and each in
spector shall appoint one clerk. The first
election board for any hew district shall be
selected, and vacancies in election boards
filled, 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
J upon warrant of a court of record or Judge
! thereof for an election fraud, Tor felony, or
for wanton breach of the peace. In cities
! they may claim exemption from jury duty
during their terms of service.
/ SEC. ID. No person shall BE- qualified TO
serve an election officer who shall hold,
or shall within two months hIve held any
Office, or appointment or employment i'll or
under the government of the United States
or of this State, or of any city, or county,
or of any municipal board, commission "r
| trust IN any city save only Justices OF the
/ peace and adenaen, noiaries pnhiIc and
| persons in the militia service Of the State;
nor shall any election election officer bc clli
I bic to any civil office to BE- flied at an cleo
| ton at which he shall serve, save only To
such subordinate municipal or local Offices,
below the grade of city or county officers
as shall BE- designated by general law.
And also To the following act of Assem-
| bly, now in force in this State. viz:
| Act of Januray 80, 1874 SEC. ). At all
elections hereafter held under the hws of
this Commonwealth, the polls shall be open
ed at seven O'Clock a. M, and closed at
seven O'Clock 2. NJ.
SEC. :. Whenever there shall be a vacan-
cy in aH election board ON the morning OF
an election, said vacancy shall b. fllei in
conformity with existing laws.
! The said act of Assembly entitled 50 al
act relating to the elections OF this Com
monwea III" passed July ,, 1916, provides
as follows. viz
ssThat the inspectors and judges stall
meet at the respective places appointed Tor
/ holding the elcctioa in .he district at which
| they respectively belong, before O'Clock
| in the morning of TUESDAY, November 3d,
and each said Inspector shall appoint one
clerk. who shall b. a qualified voter Of such
district.
sin case the person who shall have re-
ceivcd tha second highest number OF votes
/ for inspector shall not attend on the day of
any election, then the person who shall
4 have received the second highest number of
votes for Judge at the next preceding cleo
ton shall act as inspector in his place. And
I 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 in his place /; and
in case the person elected judge shall not
attend, then ,hc Inspector who received the
highest number of votes shall appoint
Judge in his place; and if any vacancy
shall continue in The board for the space of
one hour after the time fixed by law for the
opening of the election, the qualified voters
Of the township, ward or district for which
such officer shall have been elected, present
at the place OF election, shall elect one OF
their number to fill such vacancy.
The Act of Jan. 30th, 1874, further pro-
I vidcs, viz:
SEC. &. 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 IL shall be 90 have in custody the reg
is:ry of voters, aud TO make the entries
therein required 5y law; aud it shall be- the
duty of the other of said inspectors TO re-
ceive and number the ballots presented at
said election.
SIC. q. All elections by the citizens shl u
be by ballot; every ballot voted shall be
numbered in the order in which it shall be
received. and the number recorded by the
clerks on the list of voters opposite the
nanie of the clector from whom received.
And any voter voting two or more tickets,
thS several tickets so voted shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding
with the number to the name of the voter.
AllN tlttlOT NAV Nfllc HIS HdliiC ul'u Ms
ticket, or cause the same to te 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
sworn or affirmed not TO disclose how any
elector shall have voted. unless required to
do so as witnesses in Judicial proceeding.
Ali judges, inspectors, clerks, and overseers
OF any election held under this act, shall,
before entering npon their duties, Oc duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each
other. The Judges shall be sworn by the
minority Inspector, ii there shall be such
minority Inspector, and in case there be no
minority inspector, then by a justice of the
peace or alderman, and the inspectors, over
seers and clerks shall be sworn by the
Judge Certificates Of such swearing OF
affirming shall be duly made ont and signed
BY the officers so sworn. and attcstcd by
the officer who administered the oath. II
any Judge or minority inspector refuses or
fails TO swear the officers of election ia the
manner required by this act, or if any offi-
Ger of election shall act without beng 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 In
spector shall certify that any officer was
sworn when he was not. il shall BE- deemed
a misdemeanor, and upon con' lctlon the
officer or officers so offending shall be fined
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or in-
piisoned not exceeding one year, or both,
at the discretion OF the court.
SEC. 10. On the day of election anv per-
son whose name shall not appear on the
registry of voters, and who claims the right
to vote at said election, shall produce al