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


this State or the United States, nor while
engaged N the navigation of waters of this
State or the United States, or on the high
seas, nor while student Of any institution
of learning, nor while kept in any poor
house or other asylum at public expense,
nor while confined in public prison.
SIC. IA. District election boards shall
consist of a Judge and two inspectors, who
shall be chosen annually BY the citizens.
Each elector shall have the right to vote for
the judg, and one Inspector, and each in
spector snail appoint one clerk. The first
election board for any new district shall be
selected, and vacancies in election boards
filed, as shall be provided by law. Elec-
tion officers shall be privileged from arrest
upon days of election, and while engaged in
making up and transmitting returns, except
upon warrant OF a court of record or judge
thereof for an election fraud, for felony, or
for wanton breach of the peace. In cities
they may claim exemption from jury duty
during their terms of service.
SEC. Is. No person shall be qualified to
serve as an erection officer who shall hold,
or shall within two months have held any
office, or appointment or employment in or
under the government of the United States
or of this State, or Of any city, or county,
or of any municipal board, Commission or
trust IN any city save only Jisticcs. Of the
peace and aldermen, notaries public and
persons in the militia service OF the State !;
nor shall any election election officer BE elli-
be to any civil Office TO be filed at an cleo
ton at which lie shall serve, save only 70
such subordinate municipal or local Offices
below the grade of city or county officers
as shall be designated by general law.
And also TO the following act of Assem-
bly, now in force in this State, viz:
Act Of Januray 80, 1874 SEC. D. At all
elections hereafter held under the laws OF
this Commonwealth, the polls shall be open
ed at seven O'Clock a. M, and closed at
seven O'Clock p, m.
SET. 1. Whenever there shall be a vacan-
cy in an election board on the morning of
an election, said vacancy shall be filled in
conformity with existing laws.
The said act Of Assembly entitled al
act relating to the elections of this Com
monwea.th," passed July z, 1915, provides
as follows, viz,
''That the inspectors and judges shall
meet at the respective places appointed for
holding the electios in the district at which
they respectively belong, before O'Clock
in the morning Of Tuesday, November Sd,
ana each said inspector shall appoint one
clerk, who shall be qualified voter OF such
district
oin case the person who shall have re-
ceiyed the second highest number of yptes
for ins spector shall not attend on the dAy of
any election, then the person who shall
have received the second highest number of
votes for judge at the next preceding cleo
uon shaii act rs inspector III ms place And
III case ihe person VINO snail nave received
the highest number OF votes for inspector
shail not attend, the person elected Judge
shaii appoint an inspector IN his place and
III case the person elected Judge shall not
attend, then the inspector who received the
highest number OF votes shall appoint a
Judge IN MS place; ana II any vacancy
shaiI continue IA 'he BOARD Tor the space OF
one hour after TIE time nxed by law Tor the
opening OF the election, Inc qualiiied voters
oil the township, ward or district Tor which
such ofiicer shall nave been elected, present
al the place Of election, shall elect one cf
thclr number 10 MI such vacancy
ne Act oil jan oOth, loii, further pro-
Nides, VIZ
SEC .. AT the opening OF the polls at all
e'ectiohs IL shaii De the duty OF the Judges
oi erection Ior 'leir respective 1istrlcts TO
designate one OF the Inspectors, whose
uu'! II shall De 10 nave IN cus.ody the reg
Ist'! Oi voters, anu 10 make lhe entries
,hereiA required oH law aud II shalI De- tue
uu'! Oh ,he o'her OF sald inspectors TO re-
cel.e anu huilDer 'he DdilotS presented AT
saiu e'ecuoh-
SEC. 9. All elections BY the citizens shall
be by ballot; every ballot voted shall be
numbered in the order in which it shall be
received, and the humber recorded by the
clerks on the list of voters opposite the
name of the elector from whom received.
And any voter voting two or more tickets,
The several tickets SO voted shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding
with the number to the name of the voter.
ANY electOr may write his name upon his
ticket, or cause the same to be written
thereon, and aitestcd by citizen OF the
district In addition To the oath now pre-
scribed by law to be taken and subscribed
by election officers, they shall severally be
sworn or affirmed not 10 disclose how any
eiectOr shail nave voted, unless required 10
40 10, 80 rs "i!nesSes IN Iuuci'' proceeding
an Juuss' ihSPeo' 'ors' oierA ;; anu o' eISeerS
VI any e'c0'io" he'u ut,"er u''s 'c'' sn'h'
before entering upon ,heir du'ieS' DC dnly
sworh or shiriheu III Iie presence oi eAeh
c'her. Inc JUDGES sha,i De sworn D! the
minority Inspector II tnere shal Dc such
niiiori'! lhspector' anu IN case 'nere oe no
"''nofi'! ihsPec'or' uieI, U! Just'ce oi ihe
peaeeo VI aiuerniah' anu .he inspectors over
seSis anu oieihs sha'' oe s"OIh U! INC
jugs: Sertinca,es oi such swearing or
sl'.ilih shiii oe i'il niaue 9u' anu sigheu
oy 'ie Oincets 80 sworn, ana a''eS,ed oy
the oincer VINO administered the oa'h.
any J"dge OF minority inspector refuses or
lai'S 10 swear 'no ohicerS Oh eiectloh IN 'ns
manner ,eluirea oy th's ACT, OF II any ON
Ger Oh eiectich shali act "ithout DelnS nrSt
uuiy sworn, OF II any oincer OF e!ec'loh
shah sign ihe form OF oath without being
uu! sworn, OF IL any Judge OF minority III
spector Shali eerthy mat any ofhcer was
sworn wheh ne was not IL snail be deemed
niisueheanor, ana upon conVlctlon the
oincer OF Vincers SO ohehuing Sndh DC hhed
ho' eAceeuhls one thousahd dollars, or I'M
PflsoHineht NOT eAceedlhS one year, OF ooth,
al ihe uiscretion OF the court.
SEC. 10. On the day OF election sny per-
son whose name shall not appear on the
registry OF voters, and who claims the right