Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-10-17
Legal Notices.


persons making such claims, and the afhda-
Wits Of the witnesses TO their residence shall
he preserved BIZ the election board, anu nj
the close of the riec;iOn they shall be en-
close with the list of voters, tally list ana
s-her papers required by law TO be filed by
the return judge with the prothonotary,
and shall remain on fili' Herewith IN the pro-
thonotary's office, subject to examination
as other election papers are. III the eiec-
tion officers shall find that the applicant
possesses all the lcgd qualifications OF
voter he shall be permitted to vote, and his
name shall be added to the list Of taxabies
by the election officers, the word ''tax" be-
ing added where the claimant claims 10 vote
! on tax, and t.e word age" where ne
claims to vote on age; the same word being
added by the clerks in each case. respect
lively, or the lists of persons voting at such
election.
SET. H. IL shall be lawful for any quail
lied citizen OF tie district, Notwithstanding
the meme of the proposed voter Is contain
ed on the list of resident taxables, TO chal-
lsnge the vote of sreh 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
I
l ing to be 4 nlturalized citizen shall he re-
quired to produce his naturalization c-rtiii-
cate at the election before voting, except
where he has been for five years cOnsecu-
I lively a voter in the district where he offers
to vote; and ON the vote of such person
bring received, the election officers are 10
write or stamp the word sNoted" on his
certificate with the day, month and year,
and if anv election officer or officers shall
receive a second vote on the same day, by
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
priSoned, or both, at the discretion of the
court but the fine shall not exceed five
l hundred dollars in each case, nor the i'm
I prisonment one year The like punishment
shall be inflicted, on conviction, on the Off
GERS OF election who shall neglect or refuse
/ to make or cause to be made, the endorse
ment 7, quired as aforesaid ON said natural
/ iZatiOn certificate.
SEC. II. If any election officer shall re-
7 fuse or neglect TO require such proof of the
right or suffrage as is prescribed by Law, or
the laws to which this is a 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
PRISON so offending shall, upon conviction,
be guilty Of miSdemeanOr, and shall be SEN
fenced for every such offence, to pay a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or TO
undergo an Imprisonment not more than
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court.
SEC. l3. As soon as the polls shall close
the officers of election shall proceed to
count all the votes cast for each candidate
voted for, and make a full return of the
same in tripliclte, with a return sheet in
addition, IN all OF which the votes received
by each candidate shall be given after his
or her name, iirsi in words and again in fg-
ures, and shall be signed by all of said Of
ficers and certified by oversesrs, if any, or
if not SO certified, the nverseers and any
officer refusing to sign or 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, as soon as
counted, shall also be publicly and fully de-
clIred from the window To the citizens pres
ent, and brief statement showing the
VOTES received by candidate shall be made
and signed by the election officers as soon
as the vote is counted, and the same shall
be immediate posted mp on the door OF
the election house for information OF the Z
public. The triplicate returns shall be en- I
closed in an envelope and sealed in pres
ence of the officers, and one envelope, with !
the unsedled return sheet, given To the 4
juGge, which shall contain one list of vot- I
ers, tdlly-papCr, and oath of officers, and /
another of said envelopes shall be given TO I
the minority inspector. All judges living .
within twelve miles Of the prothOnotary's .
office, or within twenty-fOur miles, if their .
residence be in town, village or city upon /
the line of a railroad leading TO 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 after the election, de-
liver said return, together with return sheet
to the prothonotdry Of the court OF common
pleas of the county, which said return
sheet shall DC filed, and the day and hour
OF fling marked thereon, and shall be pre-
served by the prothonOtary for public in
spectiOn. At twelve o'clock on the said
second day following any election, the pro-
thonUtIry of the court of COMMON pleas
shall present the said teturn 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 a return Judge to meet at such time
and place, as required by law, 10 compute
and certify the vote of such district.
SIC. 1g. ANY assessor. election officer or
person appointed as an overseer, who snail
neglect or refuse to perform any duty ell
joined BY this act, without reasonable or
legal cause, shall be subject to penalty of
one hundred collars; and if any assessor
shall knowingly assess any person vo-
ter who is not qualified, or shall willfully 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 a
nne not exceeding one thousand dollars, or
Imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
both, at the discretion OF the court, and
also b. subject 10 an action of damages by
the party aggrieved and il anv person
shall fraudulently alter; add to, deface or
destroy any list of voters made out az di-
rected by this act, or tear down or remove
the same from the place where it has been
fixed, with fraudulent or mischievous intent,
or for any improper purpose, the person so
offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
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 the court and if
any persons shall, by violence or iniimida-
ton, 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 enioIHed
upon them by this act, such persons shall
be guilty of 4 misdemeanor, and upon con-
vicuon thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or BY
Imprisonment not exceeding two years, or
both at the discretion Of The court. ANY
person who shall, on the day of any cleo
tion, 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. OF from
exercising the right to challenge any per-
sonotfering to vote, such person shall be