The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-10-13

the oath. If any Judge or mi oritv inspec-
tor refuses or fails TO swear the officers of
election in the in9nncr required by this
act, or if any officer of election shall act
without being duly sworn, or any officer
OF election shall certify that any officer was
sworn when he was not, it shall be deem
cd n misdemeanor, and upon conviction,
the officer or officers so offending shall be
fined not exceeding one thousand dollars,
or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or |
both, in the discretion of the court.
l also make known the following pro-
visions of the new Constitution of Penn
sylvania:
ARTICLE VIII.
SUFFRAGE AND ELECTION.
SEC. l. Every male citizen twenty-one
years of age, possessing tho following |
qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at
all elections
FirSt.-He shall have been citizen of
the United States at least one month.
Second II Q shall have resided in the state
one year, Tor, if having previously been
qualified elector or native born citizen of
the state he shall have removed thereforn
and returned, then six moths,) immedi-
ately precedidg the election.
Third.-He shall have resided in the
election district where he offers to vote at
least two months Immediately preceding
! the election.
| Fourth.-If twenty-five years of age or
upwards, he shall have paid a State or
| county tax which shall have been assessed
at least two months and paid at least one
month before election.
SEC. 2. The General election shall be
held annually on the Tuesday next follow
ing tho first Monday of November, but
| the General Assembly may, by law, fix a
difleront day, two-thirds of all the menu
bers of each House consenting thereto.
Also, the following sections of an act en-
titled, "a further supplement- to the act
regulating elections in this Common
wealth." approved the Both day of Janu-
ary. 1874:
SEC. IL. 1t shall he lawful for any quail
fed citizen of the district, notwithstand
ing the name of the proposed voter is con-
tanned on the list of resident taXables, To
challenge the vote of such person. where.
upon the proof of the right of suffrage as
is now required by law shall be publicly
made and acted upon by the election
board and the vote admitted or rejected,
according to the evidence. Every person
} claiming to be Il naturaiized citizen shall
be required to produce his naturalization
certificate ut the election before voting, eN-
cept where he has been for five years con-
secutivoly voter in the district in which
he offers to vote and on the vote of such
person being received, it shall be the ddty
of the election officers to write or stamp
on such certificate the word "voted," with
the day, month and year; and If amy cleo
| ton officer or officers shall receive a sec
: ond vote on the same day, by virtue of the
: same certificate, except where sons are
l entitled to vote because of the naturaliza-
g tion of their fathers, they and the person
who shall offer such second vote, shall bt
Z guilty of n misdemeanor, and on convic'
! ton thereof, shall be fined or imprisoned,
or both, at the discretion of the court; bu
the fine shall not exceed five hundred dol
@ lars in each case, nor the Imprisonment
hnpnt
II inflicted on conviction on the officers o
c election who shall neglect or refuse Il
@ make or cause 10 be made the endorse
Il ment required aforesaid on said naturali
/ zation certificate.
SEC. II. If any election officer shall re
fuse or neglect to require such proof o
the right Of suffrage as is prescribed 10y
It this law, or laws to which this is supple
ment, from aEy person offering to vot
s whose name is not on this list of assessed
voters, or whose right to vote without re
L. quiring such proof, every person so OF
Tending shall, upon conviction, be suilt.
n of misdemeanOr, and shall be sentences
for every such oftense, to pay fine nc
in exceeding five hundred dollars, or to nm
dergo an Imprisonment of not more tina
oil one year, or both, at the discretion of tn
court.
" Notice is hereby given, That any perso
excepting Justices of the Peace who sha
n hold any office or appointment afproiit 9
OI
i'm or any city or corporated district whethe
commissioned officer or otherwise, SUI
in ordinate officer or agent who Is or shall
employed under the legislature, eXecutiN
cd or judiciary department of this State,
of any city, or of any Incorporated di
=; trict, and also that every member OF Con
gress and of the State Legislature, or of Il
select or common council of any city,
commissioners of any incorporated di
he trict, is by law incapable of holding or O.
ercising at the time, tho office or appoin
ment of Judge inspector or clerk of an
election in this Commonwealth, and tn
% no inspector, Judge or other officer of SUI
election shall be eligible to be then vote
,et for.
''' also give official notice OF the followiI
Of provisions of an act approved the 3Oth
March, 1866, entitled IAN act regulatll
ty the mode of voting at all the elections
" this Commonwealth"
re- SEC. ]. BE il enacted by the Senate ~
N House of Representatives of the COnimo
as wealth of Pennsylvania in General AsseI
bly, met and it is hereby enacted by Z
re- authority of the same. That the qualih
ties voters of the several counties of this Coz
of monwealth at all general, township, be
all ough and special elections are herel
Der hereafter authorized and required to We
ng by. tickets printed or written, or part
ce. printed and partly written, severally ella
re- sitied as follows: One ticket shall embra
in the names of all Judges of courts voted
ted and shall be labeled Judiciary ;" o
his ticket shall embrace the names of all
lge State officers voted for and be label
Tho "State;'' one ticketshall embrace the nam
ties of all the county officers voted for inclu
if ing office of Senator and member of 4
ard sembly, if voted for, and member of Co
me gress, if voted for, and be labeled "Cou
on, ty;' one ticket shall embrace the names
ard all the township officers voted for, and
lall labeled Township - one ticket shall e.
of brace the names of all the borough otfic
+ to voted for, and be labeled Borough" a