The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-10-09

iurther supplement to the election
| laws OF this Commonwealth
! whereas, by an act of the Congress OF
| the United States, entitled can act to
| amend the several acts heretofore passed
| to provide for the enrolling and calling ont
| OF the national forces, and for other pur-
| poses, and approved March 3D., 1865, All
! persons who have deserted the military or
naval services of the United States. and
| who have been discharged or relieved
! irom tho penalty or disability therein pro-
Nldeu, are deemed and taken to have vol
UNFAIRLY relinquishod and forfeited their
right to become citi2ons, and arc deprived
OF exercising tho rights of citizenship
| hereof:
And whereas, persons not citizens of the
| united States, arc not under the consttu-
Uon ana laws of Pennsylvania qualified
| elactors of this Commonwealth
SEC. l. Be it enacted by the Senate aud
House OF Representatives ofthis Common
! wealth Of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
| bly, met, and it is hereby enacted bv The
same and in all elections hereafter to be
! held in this Commonwealth it shall be
unlawful for the Judges or inspectors of
any such election to receive any ballot or
ballots from any persons embraced i'm the
! provisions, ana subject 90 tho disabilities
! imposed by said act of Congress, approved
March 3d, 1860. And il shall be unlawful
| Tor any such person to offer to vote anV
such ballot or ballots.
SEC. 2. That if any such Judge or inspec-
| tor OF election, or any of them shall re-
| celVe or consent to receive any such I'M
! lawful ballot or ballots from any Such al \
| qualified person, he or they so offending
shall be guilty ofa misdemeanor. and upon
conviction thereof i'm any Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall
for each offence be sentenced to pay fine
OF not less thar one hundred doilaIs, and
to undergo Imprisonment in the iail of
nrOnpT hn, 81.
days.
SEC. 3. That if any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid
shall at'any election hereafter to be held
i'm this commonwealth vote or tender to
the officers thereof and offer to vote bal
lot or ballots, any person so Offending
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and on
| conviction thereof in any Court of Quar-
ter Sessions of this Commonwe wealth shall
| for each offence be punished in like man
ner. as provided in the preceding section
of this act, in the case of officers of cleo
tions receiving such unlawful ballot or
ballots.
SEC. 4. That if any pers m shall hereaf-
ter persuade or advise any person or per-
sons deprived of citizenship and disuuali-
fled as aforesaid, to offer any ballot or bal
lots to the officers of any election hereafter
to be held in this Commonwealth, or shall
persuade or advise any such officer to re-
| ceive any ballot or ballots from any per-
son deprived of citizenship and disquali-
fed rs aforesaid, such persons so offending
shall be guilty of a msdemeanor, and up
on conviction thereof in any Court of
Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth,
shall be punished in like manner as pro-
vided in the second section of this act, in
the case ois officers of such election reeeiv-
ing such unlawful ballot or ballots.
l also give official notice of the following
provisions of an act approved the Both of
March, 1866, entitled ''An act regulating
the mode of voting at all the elections OF
this commonwealth
SEC. l. 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 tho
authority of the same. That the qualified
voters of the several counties of this Com
monwealth, at all general, township, bor-
ough and special elections are hereby
hereafter authorized and required to vote
by tickets printed or written, or partly
printed and partly written, severally claS-
sitied as follows: One ticket shall embrace
the names of all judges of courts voted for
and shall DO labeled "Judiciary;'' one
ticket shall embrace the names of all the
State officers voted for and be labeled
state; one tick shall embrace the names
of all the county officers voted for, includ-
ing office Of Senator and member of AS
sembly, If voted for, and member Of Con-
greSS, II voted Tor, ana he labeled "COun-
tyJ' one ticket shall embrace the names of
all the township officers voted for. and be
labeled "Township - one ticket shall en-
brace the names OF all tho borough officers
voted for, and be labeled thorough and
each class shall be deposited in separate
ballot boxes.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall representatiVely tako charge OF the
certificates of return of the election of their
| respective districts, and produce them at
the Prothonotary's Office in the Borough
Of Tionesta, as follows; "All judges liv-
ing within twelve miles Of the prothono-
tary's office, or within twenty-four miles
if their residence be in a town, village or
city upon the line of a railroad leading to
the county seat, shall before two o'clock,
p. m, on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
SIXTH, 1873, and all other Judges shall
before twelve o clock, m., on THURSDAY
| NOVEMBER SEVENTH, 1878, deliver
said returns, together with the return
Sheets to the prothonotary of the court of
common pleas Of Forest county, which
said return shall be filed, and the day and
hour Of filing marked thoren, and shall he
preserved by the prothonotary for public
inspection
Given under my hand Mt my Office in Tio-
neSta, this lSt day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sevonty-eight, and in the one hun
dred and third year Of the Independence
of the United States.
JUSTIS SHAWKEY, Sheriff.