The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-10-01

bly, met, and IL is horcby enacted by the
| same and in all elections hereafter to be
held in this Commonwealth it shall be
unlawful for tho judges or inspectors of
any such election TO receive any ballot or
! ballots from any persons embraced in the
provisions, and subject to the disabilities
imposed by said act Of Congress, approved
! March 3D., 1866. And it 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
| quallhed person, he or they so offending
shall be guilty of misdemesnor, aud upon
4 conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
sessions OF this Commonwealth, he shall
for each offence be sentenced to pay n fine
of not less than one hundred dollars, and
10 undergo imprisonment in the Jail of
the proper county for not less.than sixty
days.
| SEC. 8. That ir any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid
| snail at any election hereafter to be held
in this commonwealth vote or tender 10
the officers thereof, and offer to vote bal
| lot or ballots, any person so offending
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof in any Court of Quar-
! ter Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall
for each offence be punished in like man
ner as provided i'm 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-
! 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-
/ AnrN. u Ill
| ned as aforesaid, such persons so offending
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and up
| OH 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, i'm
| the case of officers of such election receiv-
ing such unlawful ballot or ballots.
also give official notice of the following
provisions of an act approved tho 30th 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 it 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 tho names of all the
| State officers voted for aud be labeled
''State;''o one ticketshall 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, If voted for, and he labeled "Coun-
| eww.f fs.I-. k,t. III n =
| all the 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
| ballot boxes.
The Judges of tho 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 a town, village or
city upon the line of n railroad leading to
the county scat, shall before two O'Clock.
| p. M, on WEDNESDAY, NQVEM BER
| FIFTH, 1879, and all other Judges shall
before twelve o'clock, M, on I'll URSDAY
| NOVEMBER SIXTH, 1879, deliver
said returns, together with tho return
sheets, to the prothonotary Of the court of
common pleas of Forest aPunty, which
said return shall be filod, the day and
hour of filing marked therein, and shall be
preserved by the prothonotary for public
| inspection"
Gixen under my hand at my office in Tio-
nesta, this 30th day of September, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sevcnty-nine, and in the
| one hundred and fourth year of the In
dependence of the United States.
G. A. RANDALL, Sheriff.