The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-10-05


"voted," with the month and year and if
any election officer or 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.
isa'ion of their fathers. they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon So Of
Tending shall be guilty of a high msdemean-
or, and on conviction thereof be 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>on-
menr one year, the like punishment shI
he inflicted on conviction, on the officers of
election who shall neglect or refuse to make,
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requlr.
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization certlt-
icate.
" If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnire such proof of the right
of suffrage as is prescribed by this law, or
the laws to which this is a supplement, from
any person offering TO vote whose name Is
not on the list of assessed voters, or whnsC
right 10 vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such person
10 vote without requiring such proof, every
person 80 offending, shall upon conviction,
be sentenced, for every such offence, to pay
fiue not excoeiing five hundred dollars, or
10 undergo an Imprisonment not more thar
one year, or either or both, at the discretion
OF the court.
GAS 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 n
full return of the same in trpl cate, with
return sheet in addition, in all of which the
votes received by each can ndidate shall be given
after his or her name, first in words and again
in figures, and shall he 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. either of them,
shall write upon each or the returns his of their
reasons for not signing or certifying them. The
vote, soon counted, shall also be publicly
and fully declared 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 elec-
| ton house for information Of the public. The
triplcate returns shall be enclosed in envelopes
and scaled 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
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within twenty-four miles, if their residence be
in a town, village city upon the line of a
! 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 day 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 day and
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pre-. erved by the prothonotary for public inspec-
ton and the other of said triplicate return
shall be placed in the box and sealed mp with
the ballots. All officers provided for oy this
act shall be compensated rs 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 sealed, and the signatures of the judge and
inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the
same together with the remaining boxes, to
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 shall
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 false swear
ing by any person in relation to any matter
or thing concerning which they shall be
lawfully interrogated by any of said officers
or overseers shall be perjury.
u ANY assessor, election officer or person
appointed as an overseer, who shall neglect
or refuse 10 perform any duty enjoined by
this act, without reasonab BILE or legal cause,
shall be subject to penalty of one hundred
dollars, and if an assessor shall knowingly
assess any person as a voter who is not quail iii
ed or shall refuse to assess any one who i:
qualified, he shall be guilty ofa misdemeanol
in office, and on conviction be punished BY
fine or imprisonment, and also be subject tc
an action for DANA ges by the party aggrev
ed ; and if any person shall fraudulently
alter, add to, deface or destroy any list o.
voters made out as directed by this act, Oh
tear down or remove the same from the Plact
where it has been fixed, with fraudulent OF
mschievous intent, or for any improper pur
pose, the person offending shall be guilty
i of high misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment no
exceeding two years, or both, at the discre
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