The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-10-23

of exercising the rights of citizenship
hereof;
And whereas, persons not citizens of tho
United States, are not under the constitu-
tion and laws of Pennsylvania qualified
olactors of this Commonwealth
SEC. l. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House Representatives this Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem-
bly, met, and it is hereby enacted by the
same and in all elections hereafter TO be
held in this Commonwealth il shall be
unlawful for the judges or inspectors of
any such election to receive any ballot or
ballots trOm any persons embraced i'm the
provisions, and subject to the disabilities
imposed by said act of Congress, approved
March Sd, 1865. And IL shall be unlawful
for any such person to offer TO vote any
such ballot or ballots.
SEC. 2. That if any such judge or inspec-
tor of election, or any of them shall re-
ceive or consent to receive any such un-
lawful ballot or ballots from any such dis
qualified person, he or they so offending
shall be guilty ofa misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall
for each offence be sentenced TO pay a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars, and
TO undergo Imprisonment i'm the Jail of
the proper county for not less than sixty
days.
SEC. 3. That IL any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid
shall mt any election hereafter to be held
in this commonwealth vote or tender to
the officers thereof, and offer to vote a bal
lot or ballots, any person so offending
shall be guilty of n misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof in any Court of Quar-
ter Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall
for each offence be punished i'm a 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 person shall hereaf-
ter persuade or advise any person or per-
sons deprived of citizenship and disquali-
fed 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-
fled as aforesaid, such persons so offending
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, 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 OF officers of such election receiv-
ing such unlawful ballot or ballots.
i also give official notice of tho following
provisions of an act approved the Both OF
March, 1866, entitled IAN 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 II is hereby enacted by the
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 be labeled Judiciary :" one
| ticket shall embrace the names of all the
| State officers voted for and be labeled
''State; 'one ticketshall embrace the names
| of all the county officers voted for, includ-
ing office of Senator and member of AS
sembly, y voted for, and member of Con-
gress, if Voted for, and be labeled "Coun-
ty;" one ticket shall embrace the names of
all tho township officers voted for, and be
labeled '"Township - one ticket shall en-
brace the names of all the borough officers
voted for, and be labeled Borough" and
each class shall be deposited in separate
| ballet boxes.
The Judges of the aforesaid districts
shall representatively take 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 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, 1873, 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 therein, and shall be
preserved by the prothonotary for public
inspection"
AN ACT