Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-24
Legal Notices.

be preserved oy the election board, and a.
the close of the election they shall be o.
closed with the list of voters, tally list sr,s
other papers required by law To be filed h.
the return judge with the prothonotarv
and shall remain on file therexiih in the pr1.
tsoaotsry's office, subject to examinatiop
as other election papers are II the eleC-
tion officers shall find that the spul;c,r.
possesses all the legal qualifications O.
voter he shall be permitted to vote, and H.
name shall be added TO the list Of taxabl,s
by the election officers, the word sstaxp he
ing added where the claimant claims to vo,.,
on tax, and t.e word sage" where b.
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.
SIC. IL. II shall be lawful for any unali-
I fed citizen of the district, notwithstanding
the name of the proposed voter Is contain.
| ed on the list of resident taSables, to cbal-
lsnge the vote Of such person, whereuuon
I the same proof of the right of suffrage a.
/ is now required by law shall be pubIiclv
/ made and acted on by the election bo,nj
Z and the vote admitted or rejected, accord.
I ing 10 the evidence. Every person claim-
ing to be a naturalized citizen shall be r.
quired to produce his naturalization certiG-
{ tie at the election before voting, exceut
where he has been tor five years consecu-
lively voter In the district where he offers
10 yote and on the vote of such person
bping received, the election officers are TO
write or stamp the word s.Noted" on hi,
certificate with the day, morth and wear
and if any election officer or officers shall
receive a second vote on the same dav, bv
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 misdemeanOr, and on
conviction thereof shall be fined or i'm
prisoncd, or both, at the discretion Of ib,.
court but the fine shall not exceed Ar..
hundred dollars in each case, nor the in
prisonment one year The like punishment
shall be inflicted, on conviction, on the off,
GERS Of election who shlli neglect or refuse
to make or cause TO be made, the endorse
nIert r, iuired as aforesaid ON said natural
iZatiOn certificate.
SEC. II: lf any election Office, shall ~
fuse or neglect 20 REQUIRE suck proof Of the
right or suffrage as is prescribed by law, or
the laws to wb,ch this is a supplement, from
any person offering TO vote whose name il
not on the list of assessed voters, OF 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 e, ery such offence, to paw a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or u
undergo an Imprisonment not more than
one year, or both, at the discretion Of the
court
see. l3. As soon as the polls shall clos.
the officers of election shall proceed t.
count all the votes cast for each candidate
voted for, and make full return Of th.
same in tripIicate, with Il return sheet in
addition, IN all of which TIE votes Received
by each candidate shall be given after hi,
Or her r.rie, first in words and again in tir-
ures, and shall b. signed by all of SAID oi-
ficers and certified by Oversesrs, if any, or
if not SO certified, the Overseers ami auv
officer refusing To sign OF certify, OF either
of them, shall write upon each of the re-
turns his or their reason for not signing or
certifying them. The vote, rs soon as
counted, shall also be publicly and fciiy DE-
clIred from the window to the citizens pres-
ent. and brief staterien. showing the
votes received by candidate shall be nld,
and signed by the election officers a. SuOe
as the vote is counted, and the SAME >hIll
be immediate posted up on the door uf
the election house for information OF the
public. The triplicate returns shall De rn.
closed in an envelope and sealed in pres
ence of the officers, and one envelope, with
the unsedled rtt1rn sheet, gwen o. th.
juG,e, which shall contain one list OF vol-
ers. tally-papCr, and oath of officers, anu
another of said envelopes shall be given t.
the minority inspector. All judges living
within twelve miles of the prOthOnOtlry'S
Office, or within twenty-fOur milcs. if their
residence be in town, village Or city upon
the line of a raii-osi ic;s-sinr T. the cOCu,v
seat, shall, before two O'Clock post meridiIn
Of the dag after the election. and all other
judges shall, before twelve O'Clock merd-
ian of the second day alter the election. de-
liver said return. together with return sheet
to the prOthonOtary ut the court OF common
pleas Of the county, which said return
sheet shall be fled, and the day and houI
of fling mxfsed thereon, and shall be pre-
served by tie prOth0nOtary for public in
spection- At twelve O'Clock on II. SliI
second day following any election, the pro-
thonotary of the court of COmhOn pleas
shall present the said return To the SAID
court. When two or more counties
are connected for the election of any off,
appoint a return judge TO meet at such time
and place, required by law, to compute
and certify the vote OF such district.
SEC. T.. ANY assessor, election officer ~
per.ou appointed an overseer, who shall
neglect or refuse To perform sny duty Ell
joined by this act, without reasonable o-
legal cause, shall BE- subject to penalty OF
one hundred dollars aad ii any assessor
shall knowingly assess any person as vO-
ter who is not qualified, or shall willtully rc-
fuse to assess any one who is qualified, b..
shall be guilty Of a nisderneador in office,
and on conviction shall be punished by 8.
fine not exceeding one Thousand dollars, or
imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
both, at the discretion OF the court, and
also be subject 10 an action of damages by
the party aggrieyed; and if any person
shall fraudulently alter, add 10. defsce OF
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 or mischieyous intent.
or for any improper purpose, the person 81
offending shall be guilty Of 4 misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be punished by a
line not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
imprisonment not exceeding two years. or
both, at the discretion of the court and If
any persons shall, by violence or intimids
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 a misdemeanor, and upon con
victlOn thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding one Thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding two years, OF
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 10 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
sonoffering to vote, such person shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof ShaIl h.. prniShsd ny =