The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-10-26

any election othcer or officers shall receive q
second vote on the same day, by virtue OF
the same certificate. excepting where sons
are entitled to vote by virtue of the natural
izaiion of their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, upon SO Of
Tending shall be guilty Of a high misdemean-
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 mprison-
ment one year, the like punishment shall
he inflicted on conviction, on the officers of
election who shall negle ect or refuse to make,
or cause to be made, the Endorsement requir.
ed as aforesaid on said naturalization certif
| icate.
| " If any election officer shall refuse
or neglect to reqnlre such proof of the right
of suffrage as is prescribed by this law, or
the laws to which this is supplement, from
any person offering to vote whose name Is
not on the list of assessed voters, or whose
! right TO vote is challenged 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.
"As 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
| full return of the same in triplcate with a
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 certified, the overseers and other officers
refusing to sign certify, or either of them
shall write upon each or the returns his of their
reasons for not signing or certifying them. The
vote, Us soon as counted, shall also be publicly
and fully declared from the window to the
citizens present, and 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
triplicate returns shall be enclosed i'm envelopes|
and sealed in the presence Of the officers, and
one envelope, with unsealcd 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 prothonotarv'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 be-
fore two O'Clock post meridian of the dav 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 prothOnotarv of the court
OF common pleas of the county, which said |
return sheet shall be filed, and the day and |
hour of filing marked thereon, and shall be |
pre'crved 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 nv this !
act shall be compensated as like officers are
paid by existing laws. Whenever a 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 iudge and |
inspectors affixed thereto, forthwith deliver the
same togC thcr 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, bv law, they are or
shall! be required to hold they shall keep the
same securely in thcir possession without open
ing, until the morning of such election. and
until they shall seYeraIly he 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 ali the ballots and other papers which
they shall find therein, before proceeding TO
hold such election.
The respective assessors. in
Spectors and iudg"s Of the electIons shall
each have the pOw.r 10 administer oaths to
any persons claiming The right 10 be a,,.
sessed or the right of suffrage, or in regard
tn any other matter or thing required to he
done or inquired into by any OF said officers
under this act and any willfu ia Sc swear
ing by any person in relation 10 any mttrer
Or thing concerning which they shall be
lawfully interrogated by anv Of slid officers
Or ovcrseerS shall be perjury.
Any assessor, election officer or person
appointed as an overseer, who shall neglect
rr refuse 20 perform any duty enjoned by
his act, without reasonable or legal cause.
shall be subject TO penalty OF one hundred
ioliars, and If an assessor shall knowingly
issessany person a voter who is not quallfi-
I'd; or shall refuse to assess any one who Is
qualified, he shall be guilty Ola msdemeano
n Office, and on conviction be punished by
Inc or imprisonment, and also be subject to
IN action for damages by the party aggriev-
I'd and If any person shall frauduenty :
liter, add to, deface or destroy any list o.
'oters made out as directed by this act, or
ear down or remove the same from The place
where il has been fixed, with fraudulent or
intent, or for any improper pur-
'ose, the person so offending shall be guilty
If a high ml>demeanor, and on convection
shall be punished by fine not exceeding
i've hundred dollars, or imprisonment nor
exceeding two years, or both, at the discre-
ion of the court.
lfany prothonotary, clerk, orthr
Iepnty OF either, or any other person, shall
fix the seal of office to any naIuralIz ton
IN Dprmit tho ann to ba fl Eab