The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-10-10

vided, are deemed and taken to have vol
unfairly relinquished and forfeited their
right to become citizens, and are deprived
Of exercising tho rights of citizenship
hereof:
And whoreas, persons not citizens Of the
United States, are not under tho consttu-
ton and laws Of Pennsylvania qualified
electors of this Commonwealth
SEC. /. Be il enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of this Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
bly, met, and il is hereby enacted by the
same and in all elections hereafter to be
held in this Commonwealth it shall be
unlawful for the Judges or Inspectors of
any such election to receive any ballot or
+ ballots from any persons embraced in the
provisions, and subject to the disabilities
! imposed by said act of Congress, approved
/ March 3D., 1855. And it shall he Unlawful
| for any such person to offer to vote any
such ballot or ballots.
| SIC. 2. That if any such Judge or inspoc-
| tors of election or any Of them shall re-
| ceive OF consent TO receive any such I'M
| lawful ballot or ballots from any such dis
! qualified person, ho or they so offending
( shall be guilty OF misdCmoanor and upon
! conviction thereof in an Court Of Quarter
| Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall
| for each offence be sentenced TO pay a fine
| OF not less than one hundredsdollars. and
| TO undergo Imprisonment in the jail Of
! the proper county for not less than sixty
| days.
SEc. 3. That If any person deprived Of
! citizenship, aud disqualified as aforesaid
| shall at any election hereafter to be hold
in this Commonwealth vote or tender to
! the officers thereof, and offer to vote a bal
| lot or ballots, any person so offending
! shall be guilty Of misdemeanor and on
| conviction thereof in any Court of Quar-
! ter Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall
| for each Offence be punished in like
| manner "a provided in the preceding sec
| ton Of this act in tho casO of officers of
| elections receiving such unlawful ballot
| or ballots.
! SEC. 4. That if any person shall hereafter
persuade or advise any person or persons
! deprived of citizenship and disqualified as
| aforesaid, to offer any ballot or ballots TO
! the officers Of any election hereafter to be
held in this Commonwealth or shall per-
suade or advise any such officer TO receive
| any ballot Or ballots from any person de-
! prived of citizenship and disqualified as
aforesaid, such persons so offending shall
| be guilty Of nlisdemearor, and upon con-
viction thereof i'll any Court Of Quarter
| Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall be
| punished in like manner "A provided in
tho second section Of this act, in the case of
officers of such election receiving such un-
lawful ballot or ballots.
also give official notice of the following
| provisions of an act approved tho 30th Of
!
| the mode of voting at all the elections of
! this Commonwealth"
SEC. !. BE it enacted by the Senate and
| House of Representatives Of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
| bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of tho same, That the qualified
| voters of the several counties of this Com
monweath, at all general township, bor-
ough and special elections are hereby
| hereafter authorized and required to vote
by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and party written, severally clas-
sihed as follows; One ticke shall embrace
the names OF all Judges of courts voted for
and shall be labeled "Judiciary," one
ticket shall embrace the names of all the
State officers voted for and be labeled
estate, "one ticket shall embrace the names
Of all The county officers voted for, includ~
! ing office Of Senator and member of As
! sembly, if voted for, and member of Con-
gress, if voted for and be labeled "Coun-
| ty," one ticket shall embrace the names of
! all the township officers voted for, and bo
labeled Township" one ticket shall eu-
| brace the names Of all the borough officers
voted for, and be labeled Borough" and
each class shall bo deposited in separate
ballot boxes.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall reDresontstively take charge Of the
certificates Of return of the election of their
| respective districts, aud produce them at
! the Prothunotary's Office in tho Borough
of Tionesta, as follows: CAN judges liv-
ing within twelve miles Of tho prothono-
tary's office, or within twonty-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 o'clock,
p. nI., on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
SEW ENTH, 1877. and all other Judges shall
before twelve o'clock, m, on TIL URSDAY
NOVEMBER EIGHTH, 1877 deliver said
! rAturDS tOoafhar with the return sheets 10
the prothOnotary Of the court of common
pleas of Forest county, which said return
sheets shall be fled, and tho day and hour
of filing marked thereon, and shall be pre-
served by the prothonotary for public in
spectiOn."
Given under my hand at my Office in
TDncsta, this 4th day of October, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven, and in the
one hundred and second year of the In
dependence Of the nted States.
264t JUSTIS SHAWKEY, Sheriff.