Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-10-08
Tfaal Aarertisements.

10 the town Of Houizvie.
AN ACT regulating the mode Of voting at NIL
elections IN the several counties Of this Com.
monwealth, approved the 3Oth day Of March,
A. d. 1865, ,izi
SECTION |. De u saacied by the Senate and
House Of Representatives oftho Commonwealth o T
Pennsylvania In General Assembly mot, and Il Is
hereby enacted by authority Of tho same That tho
qualified voters of the several counties Of this
Commonwealth, at NIL general township, borough
aud special elections, are hereby hereafter author
ized and required 10 vote, by tickets, printed, or
written, or partly printed aud partly wrtien, sew
tfaYv ria9s,ffA ss fs'lowsi One ticket fhhH ca-
brace the Of all judges Of courts voted for,
and to 10 labeled outside, Judiciary !" one ticket
shall embrace the names Of the State officers voted
for and be labeled, estate !" one ticket shall en-.
brace the names Of all couaty officers voted for,
including Office Of senator, member and members
Of assembly, II voted for, and member of Congress,
" voted for, and be labeled, "eounty I" one ticket
/ shall embrace the names Of all township officers
voted for. and DO labeled, "township /" ono ticket
| shall embrace the names Of all borough officers
voted for, and be labeled, thorough I" and zach
class shall be deposited in separate ballot toxes
When the Polls are to be Kept Open.
A further supplement to the act regulating
elections in this Commonwealth. approved
January 80, and Februar, l3, A. D. 1874:
SEC. D. At all elections hereafter held under
the laws Of this Commonwealth, the polls shall be
opened at seven o'clock, M. and closed nt sevcu
O'Clock, p.i
appointment Of Judges q Inspectors.
! sEo. g. In all election districts where vaeanc cy
exists by reason Of the disqualification Of the
officers or otherwise In an election board here to-
fore appointed, or where any new district shall be
formed, the Judge or Judges Of the Court of Com
mon Pleas OF the proper county shall, ten days
before any general special election, appoint
competent persons to lll said vacancies, and TO
conduct the election in said new districts. and in
the appointment OF inspectors In any elect lon
district both shall not be Of the same political
party, aud the judge Of elections shall 10 all cases
be Of the political party having the majority Of
votes In said district a. nearly as the said judge
or judges can ascertain the fact and In ease Of
The Disagreement Of the judges as to the selection
Of Inspectors the political majority Of the judges
shall select one Of said Inspectors and the minor
iiy judge or judges shall select the other.
sro. 7. Whenever there shall be = vacancy 10
an election board on ;be morning Of an election,
said vacancy shall bo filled in conformity with
existing laws.
Duties Of Election Omcers.
SIC. s. AZ the opening Of the polls at III elec-
tions II shall he the duy Of the judges Of election
for lheir respective districts to designate one Of
the Inspectors, whose duty Il shall be to have in
custody the registry Of voters, and to mske the
entries therein required by law, and II shall be
the duty Of the other Of the said inspectors to
receive and number the ballots presented at said
election.
sEc. .. All elections by the citizens shall be by
ballot every ballot voted shall be numbered in
the order In which u shall be received, and the
number recorded by the clerks on be list Of voters
opposite the name Of the eleotor from whom re-
ceiNsd' And any voter voting two or more tick
cts, the several tickets so voted shall each be
numbered with the number corresponding with
the number TO The name OF the voter. ANY elec.
tor may write his name upon his ticket or cause
the same to be written thereon. and attended by
So'tiIen OF The district. In addition to the oath
nov preseFibed by law 10 be taken and subscribed
BY election officers, they shall severally be sworn
or affirmed not 10 disclose how any cector shall
have voted, unless required to do 70 as witnesses
in judicial proceeding. All judges, inspectors,
clerks and overseers Of any election held under
/ this act shall before entering upon their duties
be duly sworn or sfbrmed 10 the presence of
csch other. The Judge shall be sworn by the
minority Inspector if there shall be such minority
Inspector, and in case there shall be no minority
Inspector then by justice Of the peace or alder
man, aud the inspectors oyerseers aud clerk shall
be sworn by the Judge. Certificates Of such swear
ing or Affirming shall be duly made out and sign.
ed by the officers so sworn, and attested by the
or minority inspector refuses or fails TO swear the
officers OF election in the manner required b, this
act, or II any officer Of election shall act without
being hrst duly sworn If any officer Of election
shall sign the form Of oath without being duly
sworn, or u any judge or minority inspector shall
certify that any officer was sworn when he was
not shall be deemed misdemeanor, and upon
conviction the sihcer or officers 20 oIending sha 4
be lined not exceeding one thousand dellars or
imprisonment not exceeding one year or both at
the discretion Of the Court
NOn-Reglstered Voters.
SIC. 10. On the day Of election any person
whose name shall not appear on the registry Of
voters, and who olaims the right to vote at said
election, shall produce at least one qualified voter
Of the district as witness to the residence Of
the claimant 10 the district in which he claims to
be voter Tor the period Of at least two months I
Immediately preceding said election, which wit
ness shall be sworn or affirmed, and subscribe a
written, OF partly written and partly printed all
d-sii TO the facts stated by him, which Affidavit
shall define clearly where tho residence is Of the
peIson 10 claiming to be voter, and the person
90 claiming the right to vote shall also tako and
subscribe written, or partly written and partly
printed affidavit, stating IS the best Of his knowl
edge and belief whom and where no was born
that be has been citizen of the United States
for one month, and Of shs Commonwealth of
]
monwealsh one year, or IL formerly q qualified
eector or natiye-born citizen thereof, and has
removed thereirom and returned, that he has re-.
sided therein six months next preceding said elec
tion that he has resided in the district in which
he claims TO be voter for the period Of at least
two months Immediately preceding aaid election
that he has not moved into tho district for the
purpose Of voting therein that he has, II twenty
two years Of age or upwards, paid State or
county tax within two years. which was assessed
at least two months and paid at least one month
before the election. The said affidavit shall also
state when aud where the tax claimed 10 he paid
by the afiaut was assessed, and when aud who're
and to whom paid. end the tav recent .hcrefor
shall be produced for examination unless the
a'lant shall state In his affidavit that 1t has been
lost or destroyed, or that he never received anv.
and II naturalized citizen. shall also state when,
where and by what court he was naturaIized and
shal also produce his certificate Of naturalization
Tor examinations but u the person 8, claiming
the right TO vote shall take and suhsoribs an am
dayit that he ia native bora citizen of the
United States, OF &c bora elsewhere shall state
the tact 10 h,k affidavit, and shall produce evil
dence that he has been naturalsed. OF Is entitled
TO cti4enship by reason Of his fathers naturali-
zationi and shall further state 10 his affidavit that
heis at the time Of making thu aaidayit Of the
age o. tweniy-one and under twenty.tWo ycars
that he has been citizen Of the United States
one month that he has resided in the State one
year. OF, II natiyeborn citizen ef ,hs State, and
removed therefrom aud relusnol, that be has re-
sided therein sN saonths neat preceding said
election, apd in the election district two months
Immediately preceding such election, he shall be
entitled to vote. although he shall not have paid
axes lhe said affidavit Of all persons making
such claims and the aidavi,. Of ihe witnesses 10
their residence shah be preserved by the election
board and at the close OF the election they shall
DO enclosed with the lis, Of voters, tally st. and
other papers required by law to be filed BY the
return Judge with the prothonotary, and shall re.
main on hle herewith In the prothonotsTye office
subject to examination as other election papers
are IL the election ofaeers shall End that the
applicant possesses all the legal qualifications of
n vQ,er ho shall be permitted 10 vote and his
name shall be added to the lis, Of taxahles by tho
election officers, the word "tax" being added
where the claimant claims to vote on tax, and the
word age" where he claims To vote on age, the
sane words being added by the clerks in each
case respectively on the lists Of persons voting at
such election,
Challenge Of Registered Voters.
Sac. IL. It shall be lawful for any qualified
citizen Of the district, notwithstanding the name
Of the proposed voter Is contained on tho list of
resident taxsbles, to challenge the vote of such
persons, whereupon the same proof Of the rieht
Of suffrage as now required by law shall be pub.
liciy made, and acted on by tho election board.
aad the vote admitted or rejected according 10
the evidence. Every person claiming TO be
naturalizcd citizen shall bo required to produce
bis naturalization certificate al the election bc-
fore voting, except whero he has boon for ay
years consccuiivcly voter 10 tho district ia
which he oliers his vote, aud on the vote OF such
person being received !, shall be the duty Of the
election officers to write or stamp on cuch cer,i6-
cate the word "voted,' with the day, month and
year, and II any election officer or othoors shall
receive second vote on tac sauo day by virtue
OF the same certificate, except whore son are on.
Titled TO vote because Of the naturalization of
/ their lathors they and the person who shall oaar