The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-10-25

Elemental to an act relating to elections in
this Commonwealth" and when otherwise
qualified under existing laws, be entitled to
vote at ell general and special elections in
this Commonwealth.
also make known the following:
Whereas, By this act of Congress of
the Uuited States, entitled can act to
amend the several acts heretofore passed
to provide for the enrolling and calling out
the national forces and for other purposes
and approved March g. 1865, all persons
who have deserted the military or naval
service of the United States and who
have not been discharged or relieved
from the penalty or disability therein pro.
vided are deemed and taken to have volun-
tarily relinqushed AMI forfeited their
come citizens, and are deprived of exercis
ing any rights of citizens thereof
And Whereas, Persons not citizens
of the United States are not, under the
constitution and Laws of Pennsylvania,
qualified electors of this Commonwealth.
SECTION l. Be it andcted 6y The Sen
ate and House Of Representatives of
the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
in General assembly met, and IL is
hereby enacted by the authority of the
same, That in all elections hereafter to be
held in this Colnmonw ealth, it shall be un-
lawful for the judge or inspectors of any
such election to receive any ballot or bal
lots from any person or persons embraced
in the provisions and subject to the disacil-
ity imposed by said act of Congress, ap.
proved March Sd. 1865 aud it shall be un
lawful for any such person to offer TO vote
any ballot or ballots.
SECTION 2. That if any judge or inspec-
tor of election, or any one of them shall re-
ceve or consent TO receive, any such unlaw-
full ballot or ballots, from any such dIsqual-
fled person, he or they so offending shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof in any court of quarter ses.
sons of this Commonwealth, he shall for
each oifeuse, be sentenced to pay fine of
no: less than one hundred dollars, and to
undergo an Imprisonment in the jail of the
proper county, for not less than SIXTY days.
SECTION 8, That if any person deprived
of citizenship and disqualified as aforesaid,
shall Mt any election hereafter to be held in
this Commonwealth vote, or tender to the
officers and offer to vote ballot or ballots,
any person go offending shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof in any court of quarter sessions of
this Commonwealth, shall, for each ohense,
be punished in like manner as is provided
in the preceding section of this act, in the
case of officers receiving such unlawful bal
lot or ballots.
hereafter persuade or advise any person or
persons deprived of citizenship and dis
qualified as aforesaid, to offer any ballot or
ballots to the officer of any election here
after to be held in this Commonwealth, or
shall persuade or advise any such officer of
any election hereafter to be held in this
! Commonwealth, to receive any ballot or
ballots from any person or persons deprived
of citizinship and disqualified as aforesaid,
such person so offending shall be deeme l
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon convic-
| ton thereof in any court of quarter ses
| sions of this Common wealth shall be pun
ished in like manner as is provided in the
second section of this act, in the case of Of
! ficers of such election receiving such un-
| lawful ballot or ballots.
also make known the following section
of an act approved the Both day of January,
| A. d. 1874, entitled "a further supplement
to the act regulating elections of this Com
monwealth."
SEC. 5. At all elections hereafter held
under the laws of this Commonwealth, the
polls shall be opened at o'clock A. NJ.
and closed at o'clock p. M.
Sec. 8. All elections by the citizens
shall be by ballot; every ballot shall be
| numbered in the order in which it shall be
| received, and the number recorded by the
| clerks on the list of voters opposite the
name of the elector from whom received
And any voter voting two OF more tickets,
the several tickets so voted shall be num-
bered with the number corresponding with
the number to the name Of the voter
Any elector may write his name upon his
ticket or cause the same to be written
thereon, and attested by citizens of the dis
trict.
SEC. 10. On the day of election any
person whose name shall not appear on the
registry of voters, and who claims the
right to vote at said election shall produce
at least one qualified voter of the district
as witness to the residence of the claimant
| in the district in which he claims to be q
voter for the period of at least two months
Immediately preceding said election, which
witness shall be sworn or affirmed, and sub
scribed a written, or partly written and
partly printed affidavit to the facts stated
by him, which affidavit shall define clearly
where the residence is of the person SO
claiming TO be q voter; and the person sc
claiming the right to vote shall also take
and subscribe TO a written or partly written
and partly printed affidavit stating to the
best of his knowledge and belief when and
where he was born that he has been 6
| citizen of the United States for one month
and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
that he has resided in the Commonwe ealth
one year, or if formerly qualified electoi
or a native born citizen thereof, and has
removed therefrom and returned, that h;
resided therein six months next preceding
said election that he has resided in the dis,
trict in which he claims to be voter fol
the period of at least two months imme'
diately preceding said election that he has
not moved into the district for the purpose
of voting therein that he has if twenty
two years of age or upwards paid State OF
county tax within two years, which was as
sessed at least two months and paid at leas
one month before the election. The sale
affidavit shall also state when and WHERE
the tax claimed to be paid by the aftant wa
assessed and when and where and to whom
paid and the tax receipt therefor shall be
produced for examination, unless the all
ant shall state in his affidavit that it ha;
been lost or destroyed, or that he never re
ceived any; and if naturalIzed citizen
| shall also state When, "here anu ny VIVA
court he was naturahzed and shall alsC
produce his certificate of naturalization fo
examination. But if the person so claiming
the right 10 vote shall take and subscribe
an affidavit that he is native born either
of the United States, or, if born elsewhere
shall state the fact in his affidavit anC
shall produce evidence that he has beer
naturalized or that he is entitled to citizen
ship by reason of his fathers naturaliza
tion and shall further state in his affidavit
| ,L,t Lo 10 of the time of making the affi da