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officers voted TOR, and be labelled 'state !" one
ticket shall embrace tho names OF all county
officers voted tor, including once of senator
members OF Congress. IL voted for, and be- iabc i.
led "county = one ticket shall embrace the
name OF all township officers voted for, and DO
the names OF all borough officers voted for and
bs labelled thorough J" and each class shall bs
deposited In separate ballot'ooxes.
Whereas, The Fifteenth Amendment Of the
Constitution Of the United States Ia as follows |:
"section I. The right OF citizens OF the United
States shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States, or any State, on account Of race,
color, or previous condition OF serv itude.'
"Section g The Congress shall have power to
enforce this article BY appropriate legislation"
Aud Whereas. The t,ongress of the United
States on the 3Ist day OF March, 1870, passed an
act, entitled "An Act 10 enforce the right OF cit-
sens,of the United Statesto vote IN tho several
States Of thi. Union, and for other. purposes" I"
the hrst aud secoHd Sections ofwhich are as fol-
Section I. Be It enacted by the Senate snd
House Of Representatives. OF the United States OF
gems OF the United States, who are, or shall be
otherwise quzlihod by law TO vote at any election
by the people, In any State, Territory, district.
county siy, p'f,sn, '9'wnship, ,ehSSl district
shall be- entitled aud allowed to vote at all sue il
elections, without distinction OF race, color, or
previous condition Of servitudei any Constitution,
law, custom, usage, or regulation OF any State or
Territory or by or nader its authority to tho con-
Section !: Ana Ss |, iar.se, q enacted, Ta., II
laws of any state, or of the laws Of any Territory
any not Is or shall DO required to bo done o.
prerequisites or qualification for voting, and by
or shall be charged with the performance Of du.
ties In furnishing to citizens an opportunity to
perform snch prerequisite. or to become qualified
10 vote, Il shall be tho duty Of svory such person
aud ocer TO give 10 ell the citsens Of the United
States tho Same and cqusl opportunity to per-
form such prerequisite, and to become Qualified
to vote without distinction OF race, color, or pre-
vious condition uf servitude; and II sny such per-
son or oYicer shall refuse or knowingly omit 10
give full effect 10 this section, he shai for every
such onsnce forfeit and pay the sum OF nve hun
be recovered by an sction on the case, with fun
costs and such allowance for counsel fees 90 the
court shall deem Just aud shall also, for every
and shail on conviction thereof, be Aned not less
than ave hundred dollars or be Imprisoned not
less than one month and not more thsu one year,
And whereas, II 10 declared by the second sec.
tlon OF the vi srticls ofths Constitution Of the
United states that this Constitution. and the
pursusnes thereof. shall bo iHs supreme law Of OF
the land 80 anything In the Consultation
or laws ofany State 70 the csantrsry notwith.
Aud Where's, tn. Legislature Of this C,m.
monweslth, on the 9th day of April, A. ID. 1870
passed ~ act entitled "a further suppl sment 70
wealth, the tsuth ssetion Of which provides %
section 10. That % much Of every cot Of As.
ssmeiy = rsosias: sh;s . osiy xhiss sr::%su shall
asclsimipG 70 vote - any general or special cleo
lion IL this Uommon wealth be aud the same 10
hsrsby rspeAiod sud that hsreaftsr I'll frssmsu,
Registered according p the pssvisioua q the nras
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