The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-02

of assembly that provides that only white |
freemen shall be entitled to vote or be |
registered as voters, or as claiming 10 vote
at any general election of this Common.
wealth, he and the same is hereby repealed,
and that hereafter all freemen without dis
tinction of color, shall be enrolled and reg
istered according to the provisions Of the
first section of the act approved 18th of
April, 1860, entitled, can act further sup
Elemental TO an act relating to elections in
this Commonwealth" and when otherwise
qualified under existing laws, be entitled to
vote at all general and special elections in
this Commonwealth.
slso make known the following.
Whereas, By the act of Congress Of
the United States, entitled IAN act TO
amend the several acts heretofore passed to
provide for the enrolling and calling out
the national forces and for other purpo ses,"
and approved March 8, 1866. all persons
who have deserted the military or naval
rvice of the ULited States: and who heve
not been discharged or relieved from the
penalty or disability therein provided, are
deemed aud taken to have voluntarily re.
lnquisbed and forfeited their right of
citizenship, and their right to become
citizens, and are deprive of exercising any
rights Of citizens thereof.
And Whereas, Persons not citizens of
the United States are not, under the consti-
tuition and Laws Of Pennsylvania, qualified
electors of this Commonwealth.
SECTION /, BE IL enacted By the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania IN
General Asscn,bly met, and il is hereby
enacted By the authority ofthe same,
That in all elections hereafter to be held in
this Commonwealth, it shall be unlawful
for the judge or inspectors Of any such.
election to receive any ballot or ballots
from any person or persons embraced in
the provisions and subject to the disability
imposed by said act of Congress, approved
March 3D., 1866 and it shall be unlawful
for any such person to offer to vote any bal
lot or ballots.
SECTION 2. That If any judge or inspec-
tor of election, or any one of them shall re-
ceive or consentto receive. any such unlaw-
ful ballot or ballots, from any such d;squal
flied person, he or they so offending shall
be guilty Of q misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereofin any court of quarter scs-
sions Of this Commonwealth, he shall for
each offense, be sentenced to pay fine of
not less than one hundred dollars, and TO
proper county, for not less than sixty days.
SECTION 8, That if any person deprived
| of citizenship and disqualified as aforesaid,
shall at any election hereafter to be held in
this Commonwealth, vote, or tender to the
officers and offer to vote ballot or ballots,
any person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of o misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof in any court Of quarter sessions of
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be punished in like manner as is provided
in The preceding section of this act, IN the
case of officers receiving such unlawful bal
lot or ballots.
SECTION 4. That if any person shall
hereafter persuade or advise any person OF
persons deprived Of citizenship and dis
qualified as aforesaid. to offer any ballot OF
ballots. to the officer Of any election here
after to be held in this Commonwealth, OF
shall persuade or advise any such officer Of
any election hereafter to be held in this
Commonwealth, to receive any ballot OF
ballots from any person or persons deprived
of citizenship and disqualified as aforesaid
such person go offending shall be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon convlc
tion there Of in any court of quarter session.
of this Common ealth shall be punished in
a like manner as is provided in the seconc
section of this act, in the case Of officers o
such election receiving such unlawful bal
lot or ballots.
also make known the following section
Of On act approved the Both day of January
A. D. 1874, entitled "a further supplement
to the act regulating elections Of this Com
monwealth."
SEC. 5. At all elections hereafter hell
under the laws of this Common ealth, th
polls shall be opened at o'clock A. NJ.
and closed at o'clockP. NJ.
Sec. Q. All elections by the citizen
shall be by ballot; every ballot shall b.
numbered in the order in which ii shall b.
received, and the number recorded by th
clerks on the list of voters opposite tn
name Of the elector from whom received
And any voter voting two or more tickets
the several tickets SO voted shall be mum
bered with the number corresponding will
the number to the name Of the voter.
Any eIector may write his name upon hi
ticket or cause the same TO be writer
thereon, and attested by citizens of the dis
trict.
SEC. 10 On the day of election an,
person whose name shall not appear on tn
registry of voters, and who claims the righ
to vote at said election shall produce a
least one qualified voter of the district a
witness to the residence of the claimant il
the district in which he claims TO be
voter for the period of at least two month
immediately preceding said election, whic
witness shall be sworn or affirmed, and sub
scribed q written, or partly written an
partly printed affidavit TO the facts stated b.
him, which affidavit shall define clearl
where the residence 10 Of the person s
,, claiming to be voter; and the person 8
claiming the right to vote shall also tax
and subscribe to written or partly write
and partly printed affidavit stating to til
best of his knowledge and belief when an
: where he was born; that he has been
citizen of the United States for one mont
: and Of the Common wealth Of Pennsylvania
that he has resided in the Commonwealt
one year, or, if formerly qualified electo
or O native born citizen thereof, and ha
remove therefrom and returned, that he re
sided therein six months next precedn
: said election that he has resided in the dis
2 trict in which be claims to be a voter fo
the period of al least two months in
: nediately preceding said election that h
has hot moved into the district for the pun
pose Of voting therein; that he has
twenty-five years Ut age or upwards, paid
State or county tax within two years, whie
was assessed at least two months and pal
at lesst one month before the election. Th
f said affidavit shall also state when an
r where the tax claimed to be paid by Oh
. afiant was assessed. and when and wher