The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-10-19

any election officer OF 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
ion of their fathers, they and The person
who shall offer such second vote, upon 50 Of
Tending shall be guilty of a high mlsdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof, b. fined or
Imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the
court; but the fine shall not exceed one hun
dred dollars in each case, nor the imprI>ou-
ment one year, the like punishment shall
be inflicted on conviction. on the officers of
election who shall neglect or refuse to make.
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requir.
ed aforesaid on said naturalization celtit-
icae.
IF any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnlre such proof Of the right
ot suffrage Is prescribed by this law, or
the laws to which this is supplement-, trln
any person offering to vote whose name j.
not on The list of assessed voters, or whose
right TO vote is hallengcd 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
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars OF
10 undergo an Imprisonment not more than
one year, or either or both, at the discretion
of the court.
CAS- 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 tripl cate, 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
officers, and certified by overseers, if any, or if
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, is soon as counted, shall also be publicly
and fully declafed from the window to the
citizens present and a 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
| ton 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, tally-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 prothOnotarvs office, or
within twenty-fOnr miles, if their residence be
in town, village or city upon the line of
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 dav 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 dav and
hour of filing marked thereon, and shall be
preserved by the prothOnotary for public inspec-
ton and the other of said triplicate return
shall be placed in the box and sealed up with
the ballots All officers provided for by this
act shall be compensated as like 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 scaled, and the signatures of the Judge and
inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the
same, tOgethe with the remaining boxes, tOI
the mayor and recorder of such cities, or in
counties, townships or boroughs, TO such person
or persons as the court of common pleas of the
proper county may 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
try the merits OF such election. Whenever the
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 or affirmed they shall
open the said boxes and burn and totally |
destroy all the ballots and other papers which |
they shall find therein, before proceeding to
hold such election.
The respective assessors, in
spectors and Judges of the elections shalt
each have the power to administer oaths to
any persons claiming The right to 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 wilful fa!se 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 overSeer, who shall glect
or refuse 20 perform any duty enioined by |
this act, without reasonable or legal cause,
shall be subject to penalty of one hundred
-
assess any person as voter who is not qualifi- |
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 subject to
an action for damages by the party aggriev-
ed and if any person shall fraudulentIy
alter, add to, Geface or destroy any list OF
voters made out as directed by this act, or !
toa A,uU q no from no MI c,.l
where IL has been fixed, with fraudulent or
mischievous intent, or for any improper pur-
pose, the person so offending shall be guilty !
of high misdemeanor. and on convection
shall be punished by fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or Imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or both, at the disere- |
ton of the court.
Ifany prothonotary, clerk, or the
deputy Of either, or any other person, shall
affi& the seal of office to any naturalIzntion