The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-10-11


laws of this Commonwealth rGal ml
| Whereas, by an act of the Congress OF
i the United States, entitled IAN act to
| amend the several acts heretofore passed
| TO provide for The enrolling and calling out
of the national forces, and for other pur-
| pOses," and approved March 3D., 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
/ bereof:
And whereas, persons not citizens or the
! United States, are not under the constitu-
tion and laws of Pennsylvania qualified
4 electors Of this Common wealth.
I SEC. ]. BE 1t 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 be
held in this commonwealth; it shall be
unlawful for th9Judges or inspectors of
| any such election to receive any ballot or
ballots from any persons embraced in the
1 provisions, and subject to the disabilities
| imposed by said act Of Congress, approved
! March 3D., 1865. And it shall be unlawful
! for any such person to Offer to vote any
such ballotor ballots. l.lGl1 lr au
| tors of election or any of them Shall re-
4 ceive or consent to receive any such nm
| lawful ballot or ballots ,trq4a, any such dis
! qualified person. he or they SO offending
shalfbe guilty of misdomeanOr and upon
| conviction thereof in any Court Of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall
for each offence he sentenced to pay a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars, aid
| to undergo imprisonment in the Jail of
the proper county for not less than sixty
days. A a-
SEC. 3. That if any person deprived of
citizenship, aud disqualified as aforesaid
| shall at any eloGtia1.~ lereafter to be held
in this Commonwealth vote or tender to
the officers thereof, and offer to vote bal
lot or ballots, any person so offending
slSLl be guilty Of a mi sdelneanor, and on
conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall for
each offence be punished in o like manner
as provided in the preceding section of this
act, in the case of officers of elections re-
ceiving such unlawful ballot or ballots.
SEC l. That ifany person shall hereaf fter
persuade or advise any person or persons
deprived of citizenship and disqualified as
Aforesaid. to oifer any ballot or ballots to
the officers OF any election hereafter to he
held in this Commonwealth, or shall per-
suade or advise any such officer 10 receive
any ballot or ballots from any person de-
priYed of citizenship and disqualified~as
aforesaid, such persons so Offending shall
bc guilty OF ilisdemeanor, and upon con-
vic;ion thereof in any Court OF Quarter
| Sessions of this Com nonwealth, shall he
punished in like manner as provided in.
the second section of this act, in the case of
officers Of such olectionreceiVinG such un-
lawtal ballos or ballots.
also give Official nolhc Of the following
provisions Of an act approved the 3Dth of
March, 1856, entitled "a act regulating
nnf'2 n nt la plp intA in
this Commonwealth"
SEC. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania i'll General Assem-
bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by tho
authority of the same, That the qualifeG,
voters of the several counties of this Com
monwealth, at all gonegal, township, bor-
ough and special elec ions are hereby
hereafter authorized and required to vote
by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written, soyCrally las
sitied as follows: One ticket shall embrace
the names of all judges of courts voted for,
and shall be labelled "Juuiciary," one
ticket shall embrace the names of all the
State officers voted for and be labeled
State, one ticket shall embrace the 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 Olhcers voted for, and be
labeled "Township," one ticket shall eIn-
brace the names OF all the borough officers
voted for, and be labeled f'Borongh,'' and
orch class shall be deposited in separate
ballot boxes. rlF et.r-t .l1a
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall rapreseutatively take charge Of the
certificates ofreturn Of the election oftheir
Respective districts, and produce them at
of Tionesta, as follows "All judges llv-
ing within twelve miles OF the prothon-
otary' otIicc, or within twclty-tour miles
if their residence be in town, village or
city upon the line of q railroad leading g.
the county seat, shall before two O'clock,
D. IN on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
ZIG HTH, 1876, and all other judges shall,
before twelve O'Clock, M, on THURSDAH
NOVEMBER NINTH, 1876, deliver said
returns, together with the return sheets, to
the prothonotaIy Of the court of common
pleas of Forest county, which said return
sheets shall be fled 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 ohico in
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 Indopen-
dence of the United States.
n 4t JUSTIS SHAWKEY, Sheriff.
The Hon. ID. w. Voorhees, is anoth
erreformer bothered with a superfuity
of record. He remarked in a recent
speech: 81 say we all alike put down