The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-16

county tax. which shall have been assessed NJ
least two months AMI paid ~ least enc month De
Sgr. l. All the elections by the citizens shall
h. by habit. Every ballot ysste.l shall be nnin-
bercsi In the order in which IL shalt be- received,
ami the number recorded by the election officers
on the list of voters. opposite the name of the cleo
Ter who presents the ialIgt. ANY eiecicr may
wriie his came upon his firkcteT csus, the same
L. ne aii fvN th,T.On slr. attesiei hy . citizen Of
The .i-Tirs. Gsc s~lersian %ofiesrs sail he sworn
er afiirnnr'i s~t ts ~sfsisss iius sly sierfor shall
have Voted uhiesS required T., $50 sBas WifnssSss
IN . judicial pEssc i4..
Sst 3. Elscsess s;.ai, J.. al eases cxcert trs-
son, ieisny ani irca-h r surety OF the peaye, be
privileged ircm arrtst dusir- then Attendance
pne elections AMI Ia going 20 AMI turntns iherc-
from.
Sac. Whenever any Of the qualified electors
# this Commonwealth snail be In actual military
service, under a r~e.iui-i lon irum the President Of
the Tinted States er by the authority Of this Com
monwcalih. such electors may exercise the right
oi suffrage IN all elections by the 81 liens. under
such regulations as are or shall he ~r,scrihi by
law, as iully as II they were present AT their usual
places Of election !
SEE. I. All Laws regulating the holding Of .ler-
tiUns by the citizens or Tor the registration Of vo-
tiers shall tie uniform Throughout the State. but no
eleetor shall be deprived Of the privilege Of voting
Is reason OF his name not being registered
$50. :. Any person who siais give. or PROMISE
or offer 10 give, TO an ~eiecter, any money. reward
Or other valuable consideration TOR his vote Il. an
/ election, or Tor Withholding the same. or who shall
give or promise to give such consideration TO any
/ other person or PARTY for such electors vote OF tur
/ the Withholding fhereof, and ny elcctor who shall
receive or agree 10 receive, afor hinseilOr iof an
Othsr, any money, reward OF other valuable ctn-
siicratisn for ms vote at an election. or for with
holding the same shall thereby forfeit the right 10
vote at such election, and any elector whose right
to vote shall be challenged for such cause before
the election officers, shall be required TO swear or
aihrm that the matter Of the challenge Is untrue
before his vote shall be received
SIC g. Any person who shall. while a candi-
dateiOr Office, be guilty Of bribery, fraud, or VII
iul violation of any election law shall be forever
disqualified from holding an office OF trust or proht
in this Commonwealth, any person convicted o.
wiliui violation of the election laws shall, In addi.
ton TO any penalties provided by law, be deprived
Of the right OF suffrage absolutely for a term OF
four years.
SEC. II. For the purpose OF voting no person
shall be deemed to have gained a residence oy
reason Of his presence, or lost Il by reason OF ms
absence, while employed In the service either
civil fr military, OF this State, OF the United
States, nor while engaged in the navigation OF the
waters OF tho State or the United States OF on the
high seas, nor while a student Of aAy Institution
of learning, nor while kept in any poor house OF
other asylum at public expense, nor while COMM
ed In public prison
SIC. II. District election boards shall consist
! Of a Judge and two inspectors, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens. Each electcr shall have
the right to vote for the Judge and one inspector,
and each inspector shall appoint one clerk. The
first election board for any new district snail be
selected. and vacancies in election boards nliel-
as shall be provided by law. Election oihcefs
shall be privileged from arrest upon days OF elee
I tlpts dltt NliAN hAA1NA III N fN
hitting returns, except upon warrant OF a court OF
record or judge thereof, for an election irauSr Tor
felony, or for wanton breach OF the peace. In
cities they may claim exemption from Jury duty
during their terms OF service.
:, Sec. 10. No person shall be ~qualihe! TO serve
as an election officer who shall hold, OF shall Win
in two months have held any Office, ct appoint
; ment or employment IN or under the government
Of the United States or Of this state. OF OF any
city, or county, OF Of any munfcipal board, com
> mission OF trust in any city save only Justices OF
the peace and aldermen, nOtaries public AMI per
, sons In the military service of the State; nor snail
any election officer be eligible to anyciyil Office 10
: be nlled at any election at which he shall serve,
! save only 10 such subordinate municipal or local
offices, below the grade of city or county officers,
as shall be designated ~ general law.
And alfo to the following acts Of Assembly now
in force 10 this State, viz:
Act of June 10th, ls7I. SEC. 5. At all elections
hereafter held under the laws Of this Common
wealth, the polls shall be opened at : o'clock .. N.
r and closed at Z o'clock y. M.
SEC. I. Whenever there shall he a vacancy in
an election board On the morning Of sn election,
e said vacancy shall be filed in conformity with ex-
listing laws.
The said act Of Assembly entitled Fan act re-
1 lating to the elections Of this Commonwealth
{ passed July 2 1916. provides a. follows, via:
J. THAT the inspectors and Judges shall meet at
the respective places appointed Tor holding the
election in the district at which they respectively
belong, before O'Clock In the morning OF Tues
day, November 81, and each snid inspector shah
q appoint one clerk, who shall be a qualified voter
OF such district.
.In case the person who shall have received the
second highest number Of votes for Inspector shall
+ not attend on the day Of any election. then the
e person who shall have received the second highest
number OF votes for Judge at the mex, preceding
+ election shall act as inspector In bis place And
! in case the person who shall have received the
e highest number of votes :or inspector shall not at
e tend, the person elected Judge shall appoint an
inspector In his place; and in case the person elee-
4 ted nudge shall not attend, then the inspector who
received the highest number of votes shall ap-
point a Judge IN his place; and 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 town
ship ward or district for which such officer shah
/, have been elected, present at the place of election,
shall elect one Of their number to NIL such va
i cancy.
q The act Of goth Of July, 1874, further provides,
viz;
SEC 8. At the opening of the posls at all cleo
TONS 1t shall be the duty of the judges Of election
for their respective districts to designate one OF
the inspectors, whose duty 1t shall be to have In
= custody the registry of voters, AMI to make the
euries therein required by law; and 1t shall be
the duty Of the other of said inspectors to receive
and number the ballots presented At said eiee-
ton.
SEC. 9. All elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot; every ballot voted shall be numbered in
Is the order in which It shall be received, and the
N number recorded by the clerks on the list of yO-
10 ters opposite the name of the electOr,trom whom re
&c eeived And any voter voting two or more tickets,
he the several tickets so voted shall each be number
ID ed with the number corres ponding with the num-
Der to the name of the voter. Any elector may
,e write his name upon his ticket, or cause the same
to 10 written thereon, and attesied hS a citizen of
the district. In addition TO the oath now prescrib-
cd by Iay TO be taken and subscribed by election
officers, they shall severaIly be sworn or affirmed
not to disclose how any eleetor shall have voted,
unless required TO do 80 as witnesses in n Judicial
proceeding. All Judges. inspectors, clerks, and
Oyerseers of any election held under thisact, shall,
before entering upon their duties, De duly swsrn
to or affirmed in the presence Of each other. The
Judges shall be sworn by the minority inspector II
there shall be such minority inspector, aud In
case there be no minority inspector. theh oy a rus
tice OF the peace or alderman, ard the inspectors,
Overseers aud clerks Shali be swoTa by the Judge
OF Certificates OF sgch swearing OF affirming shall
ct sworn. ana attested by the officer who administer
in ed he cath. If any Judge or minority inspector
refuses or fails to swear the officers Of election In
he the manner required by this act, or If any officer
Of election shall act without being first duly
y sworn, or If any officer of election shan sign the
in form Of oath without being duly sworn, or II any
nudge or minority inspector shall certify that any
y officer was sworn when he was not, il shall be
r deemed n misdcmeanor, and upon CONVICTION, thu
officer or officers so Ofiepdjng siiah be lined not ex
eeeding one ~tnogsaad dollars, or iniprlsoneI No.
exceeding che year, or both, In the discretisn Of th'
Court,
SIC. 10. On the day of election, any persor
~ whose name shall not appear On the registry o
III voters. and who claims the right TO vote at said
election, shall produce at least one qualified yvuei
q of the district as a witness TO the residence OF th'
> claimant in the district in which be claim: to b
a voter, for the period of at least two ln0ntns i'm
Va mediately preceding said ~eieatnn, which witnes:
Shall he sworn or alarmed and subscribe a writer
or partly written and partly printed afhdavit tt
=. the facts stated by him, which affidavit shall de
10 nne clearly where the residence is OF the person 81
=. claiming to be a voter, and the person SO claiming
10 the right TO vote shall also take and subscribe a
written or partly written and partly p1iated am.
70 dnyIt. stating. 10 the best OF his knowledge and
~ belief when and where he was born that he has
been a citizen ii the United States fsr one month,
~ and of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, that
" he has resided in the Commonwealth one year, or,
If formerly a qualified eleetor or a native born cit
n iten thereof. and has removed therefrom ami re-
III turned. that he has resised therein SIX months
next preceding said election that he has resided
y In the district in which he claims TO be n voter Tor
"a no ne-.od Of 1T least two months immediately pre-
eediny the election that he has not moved into
the district for the purpose OF voting therein; that
he has. il twenty-one years OF age OF upwards
mai! a State or county tax within Two years. which
Vas assessed at least two months and paid at least
enc month before the election. The sitd athiavit
shall also state when and where the tax claimed
v To- ne maid by the afiiant was assessed, and when
and where and 20 whom paid ana ne TAX receipt
Therefor shall be prOdgced for examination. unless
20 he afiant shall state in his AFFIDAVIT that II mas
been lost or destroyed. as that he never received
any. and il Il uaturaliTed citizen, shall also state
- when where and by what Court he was Laturai
iEet ani shall also produce his certificate OF natu-
raligation Tor examination. But II the person so
claiming the right to vote shall take aad subscribe
an affidavit that he l. a native born citizen OF the
Vn.i ed StAtes, OF, II BORA elsewhere, shai state
lie tact Ia his afh iayit and shall produce evidence
p that be has been naturdlig-d OF that he Is entitled
to citizenship 10y reason OF hs father : naturaI1a-
20 lion. and shall further state IN his affidavit that
he l.. at the tine Of making the affidavit, OF the
. are of twenty sOle aud under twenty-five years
that he has been "A citizen of the United states
one month. and has resided In the State one year !;
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