Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-31

ltrSOrs nsahiLs sucn Claims, ana inc alildt-
Wits of the witnesses to their residence shall
be preserved By the election board, and at
the close of the election they shall be en-.
closed with the list of voters, tally list and
other papers required by law to be iiled by
the return Judge with the pro;honotary.
and shall remain on file therew it'll in the pro-
thcnotary's office, subject to cHamisation
as other election papers are If the cleo
tinn officers shall find that the applicant
possesses all the legal qualifications OF
voter be shall be permitted to vote, and his
name shall be added to the list of taxables
by the election officers, the word '.tax" be-
/ ing added where the claimant claims TO vote
On tax, and tse word .'age," where he
claims to vote on age; the same word being
added by the clerks in each case. respect
! lively, on the lists of persons voting at such
election.
/ SEC. H. IL shall be lawful for any quail
fed citizen OF the district, notw outstanding
the nsn,e of the proposed voter Is confirm
ed on the list of resident taSableS. to chsl-
I lenge the vote o; sach person, whereupOn
the same proof of the right of suffrage as
is now required b. law shall be publicly
made and acted on BY the election bOsrd,
and the vote admitted or rejected, accord
ing to the evidence. Every person claim
ing 10 be a nlturIized citizen shall be re-
qured to produce his naturalization certifi-
cate at the election before voting, except
where he has bccn for five years consycu-
tlyeiy voter in the district where he offers
To vote; and on the vote of such person
being received, the election officers are to
write or stamp the word ssNOte,l'' on his
certificate with the day, month and year,
and ii anv election officer or officers shall
receive a second vote on the same day, by
virtue of the same certificate except where
sons arc entitled To vote bccause of the
naturalization OF their father, they aud the
person who shall offer such second vote,
shall be guilty. of a mi demeInpr, and on
conviction thereof shall be- lined OF i'm
prisoned, or both, at the discretion OF the
court but the fine shall not exceed five
hundred dollars in each case, nor the im-
prisonment one year The like punishment
shall he inflicted, on convictioiI, on the Off
GERS of election who sh1ll neglect or refuse
to make or canse tO be nlldr, the endorse
ment r, quired as aforesaid On said natural
izatiOn certificate.
SIC. II. II any election otiicer shall re-
fuse or neglect to require snch proof of the
right or suffrage is prescribed BY law, or
the laws TO which this is u supplement-, FROM
any person ot5ring 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 parsons
To vote without requiring such proof, every
prrsOn offending shall, upon conviction,
be guilty of misdciieanur, and shall be SEN
fenced for eN cry such offence, TO pay a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or TO
undergo an Imprisonment not more than
one wear. or both, at the discretion of the
court.
SEC. l3. As soon as the polls shall close
the officers of election shall proceed to
count all the votes east for each candid Ite
voted for, and make full return of the
same in triplicate, with return sheet IN
addition, IN all of which the votes received
BY each candidate shall be- given alter his
OF her name, first in words and again in fig
ures. and shall be signed by all of SAID oil
ficeTs and certified by oyersesrs, If any, or
If pat so certified, the n,ersecrs and any
officer refusing 10 sign or certify, or either
of them, shah write upon each of the re-
turns his CT their reason for not signing or
certifying them. The vote, rs soon as
counted, shalt also be publicly and fully de
cl1red from the window TO the citizens pres
ent, and brief statement showing the
votes received by candidate shall be made
ana signed by the election officers as soc1
rs the vote il countet, and the same shall
be immediate posted up on the door of
the election house for Information OF the
public. The triplicate returns shall Oe en-
closed in an envelope and sealed in pres
ence of the officers, and one envelope, with
the unsualed return sheet, gwen to the
judge, which shall contain one list OF vot-
crs, tally-papCr, and oath OF officers, and
Ill h. f.,
the minority Inspector. All judges living
within twelve miles OF the prothOnotdry's
office, or within twenty-four miles, if their
residence be in town, village or city upon
the line of Il railroad leading to the county
seat, shall, before two O'Clock post meridian
OF the day after the election, aud all other
Judges shall, before twelve O'Clock merid-
ian of the second day alter the election, de-
liver said return. together with return sheet
to the Irothon0tary OF the court OF common
pleas of the county, which said return
sheet shall lee filed, and the day and hour
OF fling marked thereon, and stall be pre-
served by the prOIhonotary for public in
spection. At twelve O'Clock on the said
second day following any election, the pro-
thonOiary OF the court of comIdon pleas
shall present the said return To the said
court. When two or more counties
are connected for the election OF any OIL
Ger, the courts of such counties shall each
appoint return Judge to meet at such time
and place. as required by law, to compute
and certify the vote of such district.
SIC. -. ANY assessor, election officer or
per.on appointed as an overseer, who shall
neglect or refuse 10 perform any duty en-
Joined by this act, without reasonable OF
legal cause, shall be subject to a penalty of
one hundred dollars and if any assessor
shall knowingly assess any person as vO-
ter who is not qualified, or shall nillfully re-
fuse to assess any one who is qualified, he
shall be guilty of a miSdemeador in office,
and on conviction shall be punished by
iine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
Imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
both, at the discretion of the court, and
also b. subject to an action of damages by
the party aggrieved; and if any person
shall fraudulently alter, add 10, deface or
destroy any list of voters made out as di-
rected by this act, or tear down or remove
the same from the place where it has been
fixed, with fraudulent OF mischievous intent,
or for any improper purpose, the person so
offending shall be guilty of mlsdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be punished 10y
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, CT
Imprisonment not eXceedlng TWO years. or
both, at the discretion of the court; and if
any persons shall, by violence or intimida-
tion, drive, or attempt TO drive from the
polls, any person or persons appointed by
: the court to act as overseers of an election.
or in any way willfully prevent said over
seers from performing the duties enloiaed
upon them by this act, such persons shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-
victIon thereof shall be punished by fine
! not exceeding one Thousand dollars, or by
imprisonmeut not exceeding two years, or
both at the discretion Of the court Any
person who shall, on the day of any els,c-
| ton, visit polling place in any election dis
| trict at which he is not entitled TO vote, and
! shall use any intimidation or Whence for
the purpose of preventing any officer OF
/ election from performing the duties requir-
ed of him bv law, or for the purpose al pre-
venting any qualified voter of such district
| from exercising his right to vote or from
exercising the right to challenge any per-
sOnofering to vote, such person shall be
deemed guilty Of niisdemeanor, and upon