Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-23
VOL. 5l--WH0LE NO. 2,522.
GENERAL ELECTION LAW
UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS by ASSESSORS
IN lime or rvTRy YEAR

A further Supplement to the Act regulating
Eleetions in this Commonwealth.
SECTION /. BE ii enacted, &c, That
ii shall be the duty of each of the As
SCISSORS who are required to perform
any duties incident to the holding OF
elections and the registration of voters
in the different counties or cities OF this
Commonwealth, on the first Monday
of June Of each year, to take up the
transcript OF the next preceding assess
ment as transmitted TO them by the
City or County Commissioners, and
proceed to the revision of the same, and
for this purpose he shall visit every
dwelling house in his district, and make
careful inquiry if any person whose
name is on his list has died or removed
from the district, and if So 10 erase the
same thereirom or whether any quail
fed voter resides therein whose name
is not on the list, and if so, TO add the
same thereto, and in all cases where
name is added TO the list the person
shall forthwith be assessed, and the
Assessor shall in all cases ascertain by
inquiry upon what ground the person
so assessed claims to be voter Upon
the completion Of this work it shall be
the duty OF each Assessor as aforesaid
to proceed to make out a list, in alpha
betlcal order, Of the male citizens
twenty.one years of age and upwards
claiming TO be qualified voters in the
election district Of which he is the
Assessor, and opposite each of said
names state whether said citizen is or
Is not housekeeper, and if he is, the
number of his residence in towns where
the same are numbered, with the street,
alley or court in which situated, and
if in town whore there are no num-
bers, the name Of the street, alley or
court on which said house fronts also
the occupation of the person and
where he is not a housekeeper, the occu-
patton, place of boarding, and with
whom; and, il working for another, the
name Of the employer, and write oppo-
site each Of SAID names the word
"voter." Where any person claims
to vote by reason of naturalization he
shall exhibit his certificate thereof to
the Assessor, unless he has been for
two consecutive years next preceding
a voter in said district and in all cases
where the person has been naturalized
the name shall be marked an" Where
the person has merely declared his in
tentions to become citizen and designs
to be naturalized before the next cleo
ton he shall exhibit the certificate OF
bis declaration of intention and the
name sLall be marked I'D | !" and
where the person shall be entitled by
existing laws to be naturalized, with
out making declaration of his intcn
ton to be naturalized, and intends to
be naturalized at least one month before
the next general election, the name of
such person shall bo added to the
list, and the name of such person
shall be marked "I n" Where the
the claim is to vote by reason of being
of the age Of twenty-one and under
twenty-five as provided by law, the
word "age" shall be entered and i'll
the person has moved into the election
district TO reside since the last general
election, the letter " II shall be placed
opposite the name. 1t shall be the
further duty of the Assessor, as afore-
said, upon the completion of the duties
herein imposed, to make out a separate
list of all new assessments made by
him. On the lists being completed and
the assessments made as aforesaid the
same shall forth with be returned to the
County Commissioners.
CORRECTION OF REGIsTRATIoN-NEG
OF DUTY BY ASSESSORS
SEC. 2. The County Commissioners
shall Immediately add the names on
the list of new assessments to the tax
duplicate of the ward, borough, town
ship or district in which they have
been assessed, and cause duplicate
copies of the other list, with the obser-
vations and explanations required to
be noted as aforesaid to be made out
as soon as practicable, and placed in
the hands of the Assessor, who shall,
prior to the first Monday of August in
each year, put one copy thereof on the
door of or on the house where the
election of the respective district is
required to be held, and retain the
other in his possession for the inspec-
ton, free of charge, of any person resi-
dent in the saidelection ndistrictwho shall
desire to see the same and it shall be
the duty of the said Assessor to add
from time to time, on the personal APP
plication of any one claiming the right
to vote, the name Of such claimant,
and mark opposite the name &C W
and Immediately assess him, noting as
in all other cases, his occupation, resi-
dence, whether boarder or house
keeper if boarder with whom he
boards, and whether naturalized or
designing to be, marking in all cases
opposite the name the letters IN
I'D /" or 81 n" as the case may be.
If the person claiming to be assessed
be naturalized, he shall exhibit to the
Assessor his certificate of naturaiza-
ton, and if he claims that he designs
to be naturalized before the next ensu-
ing election he shall exhibit the certif-
cate of bis declaration of intention, il
such previous declaration is required
by the laws of the United States. IL
shall be the duty of the said Assessor
to be present at the election house of
said election district, during the two
secular days next preceding the day
fixed by the third section of this act
for returning the lists TO the County
Commissioners, from ten A. NJ. to three
p. NJ, and from six ?. NJ. to nine ?. NJ,
of each of said days, for the purpose of
hearing and acting npon applications
to be made under the provisions Of this
section, or relating to names upon said
list, or that are sought to be placed
thereon or struck therefrom and it
shall be his duty TO correct said lists
by adding thereto the names ofpersons
entitled to vote not already thereon,
and by striking thereirom fictitious
names or names of persons who may
have died or removed from said dis
trict ard tho said lists shall be open
for inspection by any qualified elector
Of the county or ward in which the
election district is situated, as well as
by the person claiming to be registered;
and the Court OF Common Pleas Of the
proper county, or any Law Judge
thereof at chambers, on the application
of any qualified elcc,or of the ward or
county under oath, setting forth
breach of any of the duties imposed on
said Assessor by this act, which oath
NAV be made at any time before the