The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-10-24

Vidcd, are deemed and taken TO havo vol
unfairly relinquished and forfeited their
right to become citizens, and are deprived
Of exercising tho rights of citizenship
hereof:
And whereas, persons not citizons of tho
United States, are not under tho constitu-
ton and laws of Pennsylvania qualified
electors of this Commonwealth.
SEC. /. BE it enacted by tho Senate and
House of Representatives ofthis Common
wealth of Pennsylvania i'm General Assem-
bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by tho
same and in all elections hereafter to be
held in this Commonwealth il shall bo
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 tho disabilities
imposed by said act of Congress, approved
March Sd. 1865. And it shall be unlawful
for any such person to offer to vote any
such ballot or ballots.
SEC. 2. That if any such judge or inspoc-
tors of election or any of thcm shall re-
ceivo or consent to receive any such un-
lawful ballot or ballots from any such dis
qualified person, he or they SO offending
shall he guilty Of misdemCanor and upon
conviction thereof in an Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall
for each offence DO sentenced to pay fine
of not less than one hundrcdsdollars. and
to undergo Imprisonment i'm the iail of
days
SEC. 8. That if any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid
shall at any election hereafter to be held
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 a misdcmeanor, and on
conviction thereof in any Court of Quar-
ter Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall
for each Offence be punished i'll like
manner as provided in the preceding sec
ton of this act, in the case 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-
suate 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 amisdemearor, and upon con-
victiOn thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall be
punished in like manner as provided in
the second section of this act, in the case of
officers of such election receiving such un-
lawful ballot or ballots.
I also give official notice of the following
provisions of an net approved the Both Of
March, 1866, entitled IAN act regulating
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 the same, That the qualified
voters of the several counties of this Com
monweath at all general, township, bor-
ouCh and special elections are hereby
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by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and party written, scVcrally Clas-
sified as follows: One tickle 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. zone ticket shall embrace the names
of all the county officers voted for, inclnd~
ing Office of Senator and member of As
s0mbly, if voted for, and member of Con-
greSs, if voted for, and he labeled "Coun-
| ty," one ticket shall embrace the names of
all the township officers voted for, and be
| labeled "Township," ono ticket shall en-
brace the names of all the borough officers
voted for, and be labeled Borough" and
each class shall be deposited in separate
ballot boxes.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall representatively take charge of the
| certificates of return of the election Of thcir
the ProthUnotary's Office in the Borough
of Tonesta, as follows: "All judges liV-
| ing within twelve miles Of the prothOno-
| tary's office, or within twcnty-iour miles
| il their residence be in a town, village or
city upon the line OF railroad leading to
the county scat, shall, before two O'Clock,
p. m.. on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
| SEVENTH, 1877, and all otheriudges shall
| before twelve o'clock, M, on TIL URSDAH
| NOVEMBER EIGHTH, 1871, deliver said
| returns, together with tho return sheets, TO
the prothonotary Of the court of common
| pleas of Forest county, which said rotum
sheets shall he filed, and the day and hour
of filing marked thereon, and shall be pro
served by the prothonotary for public in
| SpectiOn."
| Givon under my hand at my Office in
| Tionesta, this 4th day Of October, in tho
| year of our Lord one thousand eight
| hundred and sovonty-scven, and in the
one hundred and second year Of the In
| dependence of the United States.
26 At JUSTIS SHAWKEY, Sheriff