The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-10-25

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Whereas, by an act of the Congress of
the United States entitled "An act to
amend the several acts heretofore passed
to provide for the enrolling and calling out
of the national forces, and for other pur-
| poscs," and approved March Sd, 1865, All
persons who have deserted the military or
| naval services of the United States, and
who have been discharged or relieved
| from the penalty or disability therein pro-
| vided, are deemed and taken to have vol
UNFAIRLY relinquished and forfeited their
right to become citizens, and are deprived
of exercising any rights of citizenship
hereof:
And whereas, persons not citizens or the
United States, are not under the cOnstitu-
ton and laws of Pennsylvania qualified
| electors of this Commonwealth
SEC. /. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commons
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
| bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by the
| same and in all elections hereafter to he
held in this Commonwealth it shall be
unlawful for the Judges or inspectors of
| any such election to receive any ballot or
| ballots from any persons embraced in the
| provisions, and subject to the disabilities
| imposed by said act of Congress, approved
| March Sd, 1865. And il shall be unlawful
for any such person to offer to vote any
such ballot or ballots.
| SEC. 2 That If any such Judge or inspec-
tors of election or any of them shall re-
ceive or consent to receive any such un-
| lawful ballot or ballots from any such dis
qualified person. he or they so offending
| shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
| conviction thereof i'm any Court of Quarter
| Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall
for each offence lie sentenced to pay fine
of not less than one hundred dollars, and
| to undergo imprisonment in the Jail of
the proper county for not less than sixty
days.
SEC. 3. That if any person deprived of
| citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid
shall at any election hereafter to be held
in fhis Commonwealth vote or tender to
the officers thereof, and offer to vote a bal
| lot or ballots, any person so offending
| shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
| Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall for
each Offence be punished in like manner
as provided in the preceding section of this
act, i'm the case Of officers Of elections re-
ceiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
SEC. 4. That ifany person shall hereafter
| persuade or advise any person or persons
deprived of citizenship and disqualified as
| aforesaid, to offer any ballot or ballots to
the ofhcors of any election hereafter to be
held in this Commonwealth, or shall per-
suade or advise any such officer TO receive
any ballot or ballots from any person de-
prived of citizenship and disqualified as
| aforesaid, such persons so offending shall
| be guilty of q misdemeanor, and upon con-
| viction thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall be
punished in like manner as provided in
the second section of this act, in the case of
| officers of such election receiving such un-
lawful ballot or ballots.
I also give official notice of the following
| provisions of an act approved tho 30th of
| March, 1866, entitled IAN act regulating
the node ofvoting at all the elections in
| this Commonwealth
SEC. |. BE it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That the qualified
voters of the several counties of this Com
mOnwealth, at all general, township, bor-
Ough and special elec'i ions are hereby
| hereafter authorized and required to vote
| by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written, severally clas-
sitied as follows: One ticket shall embrace
the names of all judges of courts voted for,
and shall be labelled Judiciary" one
ticket shall embrace the names of all the
State officers voted for and be labeled
''State, y one ticket shall embrace tho names
/ of all the county officers voted for, includ-
| ing office of Senator and member of AS
| sembly, If voted for, and member of Con-
| gress, if voted for, and be labeled "Coun-
ty,' one ticket shall embrace the names of
all the township officers voted for, and be
labeled Township" one ticket shall en-
brace the names OF all the borough officers
voted for, and be labeled "Borough," and
erch class shall be deposited in separate
ballot boxes.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall representatiyely take charge of the
certificates of return of the election of their
respective districts, and produce them at
the PrOthonotary $ office i'm the Borough
of Tionesta, rs follows: ''All judges liv-
ing within twelve miles of the prothon-
| Otary's office, or within twenty-four miles
| If their residence be in town, village or
city upon the line of a railroad leading to
| the county seat, shall, before two o'clock,
| p. IN on WEDN ESDAY, NOVEMBER
! EIG HTH, 1876, and all other judges shall,
before twelve o'clock. M, on THURSDAY
] NOVEM MB1R NINTH, 1876, deliver said
| returns, together with the return sheets, 10
the prothonotary of the court of common
pleas of Forest county, which said return
sheets shall he filed, and the day and hour
of filing marked thereon, and shall be pre-
served by the prothonOtary for public in
spectiOn."
Given under my hand at my Office i'm
Tionesta, this 9th day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy six, and in the one
hundred and first year of the Indepen-
dence of the United States