Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-23
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and each SAID Inspector sran appoint one
clerk, who shall be qualified voter of such
district.
ain case the person who sfall have re-
ceived the second highest nrmber OF votes
for inspector 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
ton shall act as inspector in his place. And
in case the person who shall have received
the highest number of votes for inspector
shall not attend, the person elected ladgs
! shall appoint an inspector in his place ana
in case the person elected judge shall not
attend, then the inspector who received the
highest number of votes shall appoint
Judge in his place; aud If any vacancy
shall continue in the board for the space OF
one hour after the time fixed by law for the
opening of the election, the qualified voters
| of the township, ward or district tor which
such officer shall have been elected, present
at the place of election, shall elect one of
their number to I'LL such vacancy.
The Act of Jan. 30th, 1874, further pro-
vides, viz,
| SEC. 8. AT the opening of the polls at all
elections it shall be the duty of the judges
of election for their respective districts to
designate one of the Inspectors, whose
duty it shall be to have in custody the reg
istry of voters, and to make the entries
therein required BY lawj aud il shall BE- the
duty of the other Of said inspectors to re-
ceive and number the ballots presented at
said election.
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 number 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 attested by a 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 TO disclose how any
elector shall have voted, unless required to
do so as witnesses in Judicial proceeding.
All judges, inspectors, clerks, and overseers
of any election held under this act, shall,
before entering upon their duties, DC duly
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each
other. The judges shall be sworn by the
! minority Inspector, If there shall be such
| minority inspector, and in case there be no
minority inspector, then by justice of the
peace or alderman, and the inspectors, over
! seers and clerks shall be sworn by the
! Judge. Certificates of such swearing or
affirming shall be duly made out and signed
by the officers so sworn, and attested by
the officer who administered the oath. II
any Judge or minority inspector refuses or
fails 10 swear tho officers of election in the
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Ger of election shall act without being first
duly sworn, or if any officer of election
shall sign the form OF oath without being
duly sworn, or if any judge or minority in
spector shall certify that any officer was
sworn when he was not, it shall be deemed
misdemeanor, and upon conviction the
officer or officers so offending shall be fined
not exceeding one thousand dollars, or i'm
prisoRment not exceeding one year, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
SEC. 10. On the day of election any per-
son whose name shall not appear on the
registry of voters, and who claims the right
to vote at said election, shall produce at
least one qualified voter of the district as 4
witness TO the residence of the claimant in
the district in which ne claims to be voter,
for the period of at least two months imme-
diately proceeding said election which wit
ness shall be sworn or affirmed and sub
scribe a written or partly written and partly
printed affidavit TO the facts stated by him,
which affidavit shall define clearly where
the residence Of the person so claiming to
be a voter, and the person 50 claiming the
right to vote shall also take and subscribe a
written or partly written and partly printed
affidavit, stating TO the best of his knOwl-
edge and belief, when and where he was
born; that he has been a citizen of the Uni
ted States for one month and of the COM
monwcalth of Pennsylvania; that he has
resided in the commonwealth one year, or,
if formerly qualified electOr or a native
born citizen thereof, and has removed there
from and returned, that he has resided
therein six months next preceding said
election, that he has resided in the district
in which he claims to be a voter for the
period OF at least two months Immediately
preceding said election that he did not
move into the district for the purpose OF
voting therein that he has, if twenty-five
years of age or upwards, paid state or
county tax within two years, which was as
sessed at least two months and paid at least
one month before the election. The said
affidavit shall also state when and where the
tax claimed to be paid by the afhant was as
sesset, and when and where and to whom
paid and the tax receipt therefor shall be
produced for examination, unless the affiant
shall state in his affidavit that il has been
lost OF destroyed, or that he never received
any; and il a naturaliZed citizen, shall also
state when and where ssd by what court he
was naturalized, and shall also produce his
certificate OF naturalization for exarnina- |
.ion But if the person so claiming the
right to vote shall take and subscribe an
affidavit tiTat he il a native born citizen Of
the United States, or, if born elsewhere,
shall state the fact in his affidavit, and shall
produce evidence that ha has been natural |
lied or that he is entitled 10 citizenship BY
reason of his fathers naturalization, and
shall further state in his assSiavit that he is,
at the time of making the affidavit, Of the
age of twenty-one and under twenty-five
years; that he Ia, been a citizen of the
United States one month, and has resided
IN the state ono year or, II a native born
citizen OF the state and removed threfr0m
and returned that he has resided therein
six months next preceding said election,
and in the election district Immediately two
months preceding such election, he shall be
entitled to vote, although he shall not have
paid taxes. The said afiidayits of all per-
sons making such claims, and the aflidavits
of the witnesses to their residence shall be
preserved by the election board, and at the
close of the election they shall be enclosed
with the list of voters, tally list and other
papers required by law to be flied by the
retern Judge with the prothotary, and shall
remaia on file Herewith in the prothono- |
tary's office, subject to examination as other
election papers are. If the election officers
shall find that the applicant possesses all
the legal qualifications of n voter he shall |