Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-16
Legal.

sworn or affirmed not TO disclose how any /
elector shall have voted, unless required to |
do so as witnesses in a Judicial proceeding.
All Judges, inspec tors, clerks, and overseers |
of any election held under this act, shah, |
before entering upon their duties, oe duly |
sworn or affirmed in the presence of each |
other. The judges shall be sworn by the
minority Inspector, il there shall be such |
minority inspector, and in case there be no |
minority Inspector, then by justice of the |
peaceo 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
manner required by this act, or if any Off !
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. il shall be deemed
a msdemeanor, and upon conviction the
officer or officers SO ofcnting shall be flned
not exceeding one thousand dollars, OF i'm
prisoament 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 a
witness TO the residence Of the claimant In
the district in which he claims to be voter
for the period of at least two months imHe-
diately preceding said election. which wit
ness shall be .wCru or affirmed and sub
scribe a written or partly written and partly
printed affidavit to the facts stated by him,
which affidayit shall define clearly where
the residence of the person SO claimiag to
be a voter, and the person SO 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 ana belief, when and where he was
born that he has been a citizen of the I nj
ted States for one month and of the COM
monwealth of Pennsylvania; that he has
resided in the commonwealth one year, or,
if formerly qualified elector or native
born citizen thereof, and has removed there
from and returned, that he has resided
therein six months next proceeding said
election, that he has resided in the district
in which he claims to be voter for the
period OF al least two months Immediately
Sdlu Hc uiu BOt
move into the district for the purpose of
voting therein that be 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 aitant was as
sessed, and when and where and to whom |
paid and the tax receipt therefor shall be
produced for examination, unless the affidnt
snail state in his affidavit that it has been |
lost or destroyed, or that he never received /
any; and if a naturalized citizen, shall also 1
state when and where and by what court he I
was naturalized, and shall also produce his I
certificate OF naturalization for examina- !
ton. But if the person SO claiming the |
right to vote shall take and subscribe an I
affidavit that he is a native born citizen Of
the United States, or, if bOru elsewhere,
shall state the fact in his affidavit, and shall 4
produce evidence that he has been natural !
lied or that he is entitled to citizenship by 4
reason OF his fathers naturalization, and 4
shall further state in his affidavit that he is, 4
at the time OF making the affidavit, of the /
age of twenty-onG and under twenty-five 1
Years; that he has been a citizen o! the 1
United States one month, and has resided I
IN the state ono year; or, II native born I
citizen of the state and removed threirOE
and returned that te 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 aftidavits of all per-
sons making such claims, and the affidavits
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 filed by the
retern judge with the prothotary, and shall
remain on file Herewith in the prorhOno-
tary's office, subject to examination as other
election papers are Ii the election officers
shall find that the applicant possesses all
the legal qualifications of a voter he shall
be permitted 20 vote, and his name shall be
added to the list of taxables by the election
officers, the wosd sstax" being added where
the claman: claims TO vote on tax, and the
word sage" where he claims to vote on
age; the same word being added by the
clerks in each case, respectively, on the
lists of persons voting at such election.
SIC. IL. IL shall be lawful for any quail
fed citizen of the district, notwithstanding
the name OF the proposed voter is contain
ed on the list of resident taxabes, to chai-
lenge the vote of such person, whereupOn
the same proof OF the right OF suffrage as
is now required by law shall be publicly /
made and acted on by lie election board,
and the vote admitted or rejected, accord
ing TO the evidence. Every person claim
ing to BE- naturalized citizen shalt be re-
quired TO produce his Naturalization certifi-
Al i. l.
where he has been for five years consecu-
lively voter in the district where he offers
to vote; and on tie vote of such person .
being receiy ed, the election officers are to /
write or stamp the word 80 voted " on his .
certificate, with the day, month and year,
and if any election officer or officers shall .
receive a second vote on the same day. by .
virtue of the same certificate except where .
sons are entitled To vote because of the I
naturalization of their father, they and the .
person who shall offer such second vote,
shall be guilty OF a misdemeanor, and on /
conviction thereof shall be fined or impris-
oned. or both, at the discretion of the court
but the fine shall not exceed five hundred
dollars in each case, nor the Imprisonment
one year. The like punishment shall be in
hicted, on conviction, on the officers of
election who shall neglect or refuse to make
or cause to be made, the endorsement re-
quired as aforesaid on said naturalization
certificate.
SEC. IL. If any election officer shall re-
fuse or neglect to require such proof of the
right Of suffrage as is required by law, or
the laws to which this is a supplement-, from
any person offering to vote whose name is
not on the list of assessed voters, OF whose
right to vote is challenged by any qualified
voter present, and shall admit such persons
to vote without requiring such proof, every
person so offending shall, upon convection,
be guilty of iiisdemcanor, and shall be SEN
tehced for every such offence, TO pay fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or TO
undergo an Imprisonment not more than
one year, or both. at the discretion of The
court.
SEC. l3. As soon as the polls shall close
the officers of election shall proceed to count
all the votes cast for each candidate voted
for, and make full return of the same in
triplicate, with a return sheet in addition,
in all of which the votes received BY each
cap "a NJ shall he given after hts or bar |