Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-03
LegoI Notices.

persons maklhS such Claims, anu 'ho a'nt
Wits of the witnesses to their residence snaii
be preserved BY the election board, and al
the close of the election they shall be en-
closed with the list of voters, tally list ana
ether papers required by law TO be hied Dy
the return Judge with the prothonotary,
and shall remain on file Herewith in the pro-
thonctsry's Office, subject to examination
as other election papers are II the cleo
tion officers shall find that the applicant
possesses all the legal qualifications Of a
yoIer he shall be permitted to vote, and his
name shall be added TO the list of taxables
nv the election officers, the word ''tax' be-
ing added where the claimant claims to vote
on tax, and t.e word .sage,' where he
claims to vote on age; the same word being
added by the clerks in each case. respect
iyely, on the lists of persons voting at such
election. :.
SEC. IL. 1t shall be lawful for any quail
| fed citizen of the district, notwithstanding
the name of the proposed voter Is contain
ed or tnc list of resident taxables, to chal-
Ienge the vote of such person, whereupon
the same proof of the right of suffrage as
is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted on by the election board,
and the vote admitted or rejected, accord
ing to the evidence. Every person claim
ing TO be a nlturalizc6 citizen shall be re-
auired to produce his naturalization certiil-
cate at III. election before voting, except
where he has been for ave years consecu-
tIvely a voter in the district where he offers
to vote; and on the vote Of such person
being received, the election officers are 10
write or stamp the word '.NOted'' on his
certificate with the day, month and year,
and il any election officer or officers srsli
receive a second vote on the Same days ny
virtue of the same certificate except where
sons are entitled to vote because OF the
naturalization of their father, they and the
person who shall offer such second vote,
shall be guilty of a ,iisdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined or I'M
prisoned, or both, at the discretion OF the
court ; but the fine shall not exceed live
hundred dollars in each case, nor the I'M
prisoument one year. The like punishment
shall be inflicted, on conviction, on the OIL
GERS of election who shall neglect or reiuac
TO make or cause to be made, the endorse
ment T, uuired Is aforesaid ON said natural
izarion certificate.
SEC. H. If any election officer shall re-
fuse or neglect to require such proof OF the
right or suffrage as is prescribed by 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 persons
to vote without requiring such proof, every
person SO offending shall, upon conviction,
be guilty. of misdemeanOr, and shall be SEN
fenced for every such offence, 10 pay fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to
undergo an imprisonment not more than
one year, or both, at the discretion of the
court.
SEC. 13. As soon rs 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 triplicate, with return sheet IN
addition. In all of which the votes received
by each candidate shall be given alter his
or her name, first in words and again in tig-
ures, and shall be signed by all of SAID OIL
ficers and certified by oyerSeers, if any, or
if not so certified, the oyerseers and any
officer refusing to sign or certify, or either
OF them, shall write upon each of the re-
turns his or their reason for not signing or
certifying them. The vote, as soon as
counted, shall also be publicly and fully de-
clared from the window to the citizens pres
ent, and brief statement showing the
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and signed by the election officers as spon
as the vote is counted, and the SAME shall
be immediate posted up ON tie door of
the election house for information of the
public. The triplicate returns shall be en-
closed in an envelope and sealed in pres
ence Of the officers, and one envelope, with
the unsealed return sheet, given To the
iuGse, which shall contain one list of vot
ers, tally-papor, and oath of officers, and
another of said envelopes shall be given to
the minority inspector. All judges living
within twelve miles of the prUthonotary'
office, or within twenty-four miles, If their
residence be in town, village or city upon
the line of a railroad leading 10 the county
seat, shall, before two clock post meridian
of the day after the election, and 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
10 the prothonOtary Of the court Ct Common
pleas OF the county, which said return
sheet shall be filed, ard the day and hour
OF fling marked thefeun, and shall be pre-
served by the prothOnotary for public in
spectiOE. At twelve O'Clock on the said
second day fJllGwing any election, the pro-
thonotary of the court of comLion pleas
shall present the said return to the said
court. When two or more counties
are connected for the election of any Oifi-
Ger, the courts of such counties shall each
appsint a return Judge to meet at snch time
and place, required by law, to compute
and certify the vote of such district.
SEC. 19. Any assessor, election officer or
per.on appointed as an Overseer, who shall
neglect or refuse to perform any duty en-
joined by this act, without reasonable or
legal cause, shall be subject TO a penalty of
one hundred dollars and if any assessor
shall knowingly assess any person a vO-
ter who is not qualified, or shall willfully
fuse To assess any one who Is qualified, he
shall be guilty OF a miSdemeriOr in office,
and on conviction shall be punished by
line not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
Imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
both, at the discretion of the court, and
also bs subject 10 an action of damages by
the party aggrieyed and If any person
shall fraudulently alter, add to, deface or
destroy any list of voters made out as d.
rected By this act, or tear down or remove
the same from the place where il has been
fixed, with fraudulent or mischievouS intent,
or for any improper purpose, the person so
offending shall be guilty of a misdemelnor,
and on conviction shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
Imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
both, at the discretion of TIE court and if
any persons shall, by violence OF intimda-
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 enjoIaed
upon them by this act, such persons shall
be guilty of 4 misdemeanor, and upon con-
victIon thereof shlll be punished by a fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, OF by
imprisonment not exceeding two tears, or
both at the discretion Of the court. ANY
person who shall, on the day of any elec
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 by law, or for the purpose of pre-
venting any qualified voter OF such district
from exercising his right to vote or from
exercising the right to challenge any per-
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